Anthony Michael Hall

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Acting

Michael Anthony Hall (born April 14, 1968), known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor best known for his leading role as Johnny Smith in The Dead Zone from 2002 to 2007. He also rose to fame starring in films with John Hughes, which include the teen classics Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Weird Science. Hall diversified his roles to avoid becoming typecast as his geek persona, joining the cast of Saturday Night Live (1985–1986) and starring in films such as Out of Bounds (1986), Johnny Be Good (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Six Degrees of Separation (1993). After a series of minor roles in the 1990s, he starred as Microsoft's Bill Gates in the 1999 television film Pirates of Silicon Valley and started in 2001 comedy Freddy Got Fingered. In 2008, he appeared in a minor role in The Dark Knight. In 2020, he appeared in ABC's The Goldbergs. Additionally, he starred in the slasher film Halloween Kills (2021).

Filmography

• SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025)
• Roswell Delirium (2025)
• Trigger Warning (2024)
• Air Force One Down (2024)
• The Class (2022)
• Clerks III (2022)
• Halloween Kills (2021)
• Something About Her (2021)
• Bodied (2018)
• War Machine (2017)
• The Lears (2017)
• Live by Night (2016)
• Natural Selection (2016)
• Results (2015)
• Foxcatcher (2014)
• Zombie Night (2013)
• Dead in Tombstone (2013)
• Friend Request (2013)
• Sexy Evil Genius (2013)
• Aftermath (2013)
• Last Man Standing (2011)
• Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation (2011)
• Celebrating Sixteen Candles (2008)
• Sincerely Yours (2008)
• The Dark Knight (2008)
• Final Approach (2008)
• LA Blues (2007)
• Hoboken Hollow (2006)
• Funny Valentine (2005)
• The Dead Zone (2002)
• All About the Benjamins (2002)
• Hitched (2001)
• Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story (2001)
• 61* (2001)
• Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
• The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
• The Photographer (2000)
• Happy Accidents (2000)
• A Touch of Hope (1999)
• Dirt Merchant (1999)
• Revenge (1999)
• Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
• The Killing Grounds (1998)
• Cold Night Into Dawn (1997)
• Trojan War (1997)
• Exit in Red (1997)
• Hijacked: Flight 285 (1996)
• The Grave (1996)
• A Bucket of Blood (1995)
• Texas (1995)
• Who Do I Gotta Kill? (1994)
• Hail Caesar (1994)
• Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
• Into the Sun (1992)
• A Gnome Named Gnorm (1991)
• Edward Scissorhands (1990)
• Whatever Happened to Mason Reese (1990)
• Johnny Be Good (1988)
• Out of Bounds (1986)
• Weird Science (1985)
• The Breakfast Club (1985)
• Sixteen Candles (1984)
• National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
• Running Out (1983)
• Six Pack (1982)
• Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (1982)
• The Gold Bug (1980)
• Halloween Store
• Final Invasion