Anthony Michael Hall

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

111

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

  • Wednesday

    Wednesday

  • The Blacklist

    The Blacklist

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • Reacher

    Reacher

  • CSI: Miami

    CSI: Miami

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight

  • Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Psych

    Psych

  • Riverdale

    Riverdale

  • Community

    Community

  • The Goldbergs

    The Goldbergs

  • The Goldbergs

    The Goldbergs

  • Entourage

    Entourage

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The View

    The View

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • Bosch: Legacy

    Bosch: Legacy

  • Warehouse 13

    Warehouse 13

  • The Dead Zone

    The Dead Zone

  • The Soup

    The Soup

  • Rosewood

    Rosewood

  • Z Nation

    Z Nation

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Edward Scissorhands

    Edward Scissorhands

  • Awkward.

    Awkward.

  • The Jamie Foxx Show

    The Jamie Foxx Show

  • The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

  • The Hunger

    The Hunger

  • Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

    Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

  • The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

    The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

  • Halloween Kills

    Halloween Kills

  • The Breakfast Club

    The Breakfast Club

  • National Lampoon's Vacation

    National Lampoon's Vacation

  • SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

    SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

  • Dead in Tombstone

    Dead in Tombstone

  • Clerks III

    Clerks III

  • The New Tom Green Show

    The New Tom Green Show

  • Roswell Delirium

    Roswell Delirium

  • Celebrating Sixteen Candles

    Celebrating Sixteen Candles

  • Final Approach

    Final Approach

  • Trojan War

    Trojan War

  • Trigger Warning

    Trigger Warning

  • The Lears

    The Lears

  • Deadly Games

    Deadly Games

  • Foxcatcher

    Foxcatcher

  • Into the Sun

    Into the Sun

  • Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story

    Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story

  • Hijacked: Flight 285

    Hijacked: Flight 285

  • A Gnome Named Gnorm

    A Gnome Named Gnorm

  • Live by Night

    Live by Night

  • Hail Caesar

    Hail Caesar

  • Air Force One Down

    Air Force One Down

  • All About the Benjamins

    All About the Benjamins

  • Pirates of Silicon Valley

    Pirates of Silicon Valley

  • Weird Science

    Weird Science

  • Sixteen Candles

    Sixteen Candles

  • The D'Amelio Show

    The D'Amelio Show

  • War Machine

    War Machine

  • The Grave

    The Grave

  • 61*

    61*

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

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

  • The Dead Zone

    The Dead Zone

  • Freddy Got Fingered

    Freddy Got Fingered

  • Revenge

    Revenge

  • Exit in Red

    Exit in Red

  • Johnny Be Good

    Johnny Be Good

  • Aftermath

    Aftermath

  • The Caveman's Valentine

    The Caveman's Valentine

  • Six Pack

    Six Pack

  • Texas

    Texas

  • Natural Selection

    Natural Selection

  • Out of Bounds

    Out of Bounds

  • The Killing Grounds

    The Killing Grounds

  • Retrosexual: The '80s

    Retrosexual: The '80s

  • Gotham Tonight

    Gotham Tonight

  • The Class

    The Class

  • Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica

    Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica

  • LA Blues

    LA Blues

  • A Touch of Hope

    A Touch of Hope

  • Hitched

    Hitched

  • Happy Accidents

    Happy Accidents

  • Results

    Results

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • Who Do I Gotta Kill?

    Who Do I Gotta Kill?

  • A Bucket of Blood

    A Bucket of Blood

  • The Photographer

    The Photographer

  • Running Out

    Running Out

  • Six Degrees of Separation

    Six Degrees of Separation

  • The Gold Bug

    The Gold Bug

  • Last Man Standing

    Last Man Standing

  • Funny Valentine

    Funny Valentine

  • Sincerely Yours

    Sincerely Yours

  • Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation

    Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation

  • Bodied

    Bodied

  • Cold Night Into Dawn

    Cold Night Into Dawn

  • Friend Request

    Friend Request

  • Dirt Merchant

    Dirt Merchant

  • Something About Her

    Something About Her

  • Sexy Evil Genius

    Sexy Evil Genius

  • Halloween Store

    Halloween Store

  • Whatever Happened to Mason Reese

    Whatever Happened to Mason Reese

  • Zombie Night

    Zombie Night

  • Les Vampyres

    Les Vampyres