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

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • CSI: Miami

    CSI: Miami

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Reacher

    Reacher

  • Wednesday

    Wednesday

  • Psych

    Psych

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The View

    The View

  • Riverdale

    Riverdale

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight

  • Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Community

    Community

  • Entourage

    Entourage

  • The Goldbergs

    The Goldbergs

  • The Goldbergs

    The Goldbergs

  • Warehouse 13

    Warehouse 13

  • Z Nation

    Z Nation

  • Awkward.

    Awkward.

  • The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • The Dead Zone

    The Dead Zone

  • The Soup

    The Soup

  • Bosch: Legacy

    Bosch: Legacy

  • The Jamie Foxx Show

    The Jamie Foxx Show

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Rosewood

    Rosewood

  • Edward Scissorhands

    Edward Scissorhands

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

  • The Breakfast Club

    The Breakfast Club

  • Hail Caesar

    Hail Caesar

  • The Photographer

    The Photographer

  • Hitched

    Hitched

  • Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

    Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

  • Revenge

    Revenge

  • Sincerely Yours

    Sincerely Yours

  • Freddy Got Fingered

    Freddy Got Fingered

  • The Hunger

    The Hunger

  • Aftermath

    Aftermath

  • Happy Accidents

    Happy Accidents

  • The New Tom Green Show

    The New Tom Green Show

  • National Lampoon's Vacation

    National Lampoon's Vacation

  • Dirt Merchant

    Dirt Merchant

  • Into the Sun

    Into the Sun

  • SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

    SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

  • Live by Night

    Live by Night

  • The Class

    The Class

  • The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

    The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

  • Funny Valentine

    Funny Valentine

  • Halloween Kills

    Halloween Kills

  • Weird Science

    Weird Science

  • The D'Amelio Show

    The D'Amelio Show

  • Last Man Standing

    Last Man Standing

  • Something About Her

    Something About Her

  • Trigger Warning

    Trigger Warning

  • A Bucket of Blood

    A Bucket of Blood

  • Tales from the Crypt - Uncut

    Tales from the Crypt - Uncut

  • The Grave

    The Grave

  • Sixteen Candles

    Sixteen Candles

  • Air Force One Down

    Air Force One Down

  • Bodied

    Bodied

  • Texas

    Texas

  • Foxcatcher

    Foxcatcher

  • All About the Benjamins

    All About the Benjamins

  • War Machine

    War Machine

  • Deadly Games

    Deadly Games

  • Clerks III

    Clerks III

  • Pirates of Silicon Valley

    Pirates of Silicon Valley

  • A Touch of Hope

    A Touch of Hope

  • Gotham Tonight

    Gotham Tonight

  • Results

    Results

  • Six Degrees of Separation

    Six Degrees of Separation

  • Friend Request

    Friend Request

  • 61*

    61*

  • Halloween Store

    Halloween Store

  • Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica

    Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica

  • Six Pack

    Six Pack

  • Johnny Be Good

    Johnny Be Good

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • Dead in Tombstone

    Dead in Tombstone

  • Retrosexual: The '80s

    Retrosexual: The '80s

  • Trojan War

    Trojan War

  • Sexy Evil Genius

    Sexy Evil Genius

  • Natural Selection

    Natural Selection

  • Out of Bounds

    Out of Bounds

  • Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story

    Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story

  • Final Approach

    Final Approach

  • Zombie Night

    Zombie Night

  • Who Do I Gotta Kill?

    Who Do I Gotta Kill?

  • A Gnome Named Gnorm

    A Gnome Named Gnorm

  • Hijacked: Flight 285

    Hijacked: Flight 285

  • The Caveman's Valentine

    The Caveman's Valentine

  • The Lears

    The Lears

  • The Dead Zone

    The Dead Zone

  • Roswell Delirium

    Roswell Delirium

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

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

  • Exit in Red

    Exit in Red

  • LA Blues

    LA Blues

  • The Killing Grounds

    The Killing Grounds

  • Running Out

    Running Out

  • Whatever Happened to Mason Reese

    Whatever Happened to Mason Reese

  • Celebrating Sixteen Candles

    Celebrating Sixteen Candles

  • Cold Night Into Dawn

    Cold Night Into Dawn

  • Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation

    Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation

  • The Gold Bug

    The Gold Bug

  • Les Vampyres

    Les Vampyres