Anthony Michael Hall

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

112

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-04-14 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Anthony Michael Hall

Biography

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. He had the leading role in the USA Network series The Dead Zone from 2002 to 2007. 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).

Known For

  • The Blacklist

    The Blacklist

  • Wednesday

    Wednesday

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • Reacher

    Reacher

  • CSI: Miami

    CSI: Miami

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Psych

    Psych

  • The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight

  • Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

  • Riverdale

    Riverdale

  • Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

  • Community

    Community

  • Entourage

    Entourage

  • The View

    The View

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The Goldbergs

    The Goldbergs

  • The Goldbergs

    The Goldbergs

  • Warehouse 13

    Warehouse 13

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Z Nation

    Z Nation

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • The Dead Zone

    The Dead Zone

  • Edward Scissorhands

    Edward Scissorhands

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Rosewood

    Rosewood

  • Bosch: Legacy

    Bosch: Legacy

  • The Soup

    The Soup

  • The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

  • Awkward.

    Awkward.

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

  • National Lampoon's Vacation

    National Lampoon's Vacation

  • The Jamie Foxx Show

    The Jamie Foxx Show

  • The Breakfast Club

    The Breakfast Club

  • The Hunger

    The Hunger

  • Air Force One Down

    Air Force One Down

  • Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

    Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

  • Natural Selection

    Natural Selection

  • The Class

    The Class

  • The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

    The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

  • SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

    SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

  • Halloween Kills

    Halloween Kills

  • Weird Science

    Weird Science

  • The New Tom Green Show

    The New Tom Green Show

  • Hail Caesar

    Hail Caesar

  • Tales from the Crypt - Uncut

    Tales from the Crypt - Uncut

  • Dirt Merchant

    Dirt Merchant

  • Trigger Warning

    Trigger Warning

  • Final Approach

    Final Approach

  • Results

    Results

  • Clerks III

    Clerks III

  • Trojan War

    Trojan War

  • Hitched

    Hitched

  • Sixteen Candles

    Sixteen Candles

  • The Photographer

    The Photographer

  • Revenge

    Revenge

  • The D'Amelio Show

    The D'Amelio Show

  • Live by Night

    Live by Night

  • The Grave

    The Grave

  • Deadly Games

    Deadly Games

  • Six Pack

    Six Pack

  • Happy Accidents

    Happy Accidents

  • Pirates of Silicon Valley

    Pirates of Silicon Valley

  • Aftermath

    Aftermath

  • War Machine

    War Machine

  • Freddy Got Fingered

    Freddy Got Fingered

  • Exit in Red

    Exit in Red

  • Bodied

    Bodied

  • Sincerely Yours

    Sincerely Yours

  • Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica

    Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica

  • Johnny Be Good

    Johnny Be Good

  • Roswell Delirium

    Roswell Delirium

  • A Gnome Named Gnorm

    A Gnome Named Gnorm

  • The Caveman's Valentine

    The Caveman's Valentine

  • Dead in Tombstone

    Dead in Tombstone

  • Six Degrees of Separation

    Six Degrees of Separation

  • Friend Request

    Friend Request

  • Foxcatcher

    Foxcatcher

  • Retrosexual: The '80s

    Retrosexual: The '80s

  • All About the Benjamins

    All About the Benjamins

  • Into the Sun

    Into the Sun

  • Hijacked: Flight 285

    Hijacked: Flight 285

  • The Dead Zone

    The Dead Zone

  • 61*

    61*

  • Last Man Standing

    Last Man Standing

  • Who Do I Gotta Kill?

    Who Do I Gotta Kill?

  • Funny Valentine

    Funny Valentine

  • Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story

    Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story

  • A Bucket of Blood

    A Bucket of Blood

  • Cold Night Into Dawn

    Cold Night Into Dawn

  • The Killing Grounds

    The Killing Grounds

  • Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn

    Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn

  • Out of Bounds

    Out of Bounds

  • A Touch of Hope

    A Touch of Hope

  • Sexy Evil Genius

    Sexy Evil Genius

  • Gotham Tonight

    Gotham Tonight

  • Something About Her

    Something About Her

  • The Gold Bug

    The Gold Bug

  • Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation

    Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation

  • Celebrating Sixteen Candles

    Celebrating Sixteen Candles

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • LA Blues

    LA Blues

  • Zombie Night

    Zombie Night

  • The Lears

    The Lears

  • Halloween Store

    Halloween Store

  • Running Out

    Running Out

  • Whatever Happened to Mason Reese

    Whatever Happened to Mason Reese

  • Texas

    Texas

  • Les Vampyres

    Les Vampyres