Anthony Michael Hall
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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).
Known for
Credits
The Dark Knight (2008)
as Engel
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
as Jim
Halloween Kills (2021)
as Tommy Doyle
The Breakfast Club (1985)
as Brian Johnson
Live by Night (2016)
as Gary L. Smith
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
as Rusty Griswold
Trigger Warning (2024)
as Ezekiel Swann
War Machine (2017)
as Greg Pulver
Sixteen Candles (1984)
as Geek (Ted)
Weird Science (1985)
as Gary
Foxcatcher (2014)
as Jack
Clerks III (2022)
as Auditioner
Air Force One Down (2024)
as Sam Waitman
Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
as Bill Gates
The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
as Bob
All About the Benjamins (2002)
as Lil J
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025)
as Self
Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
as Mr. Davidson
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
as Trent
Trojan War (1997)
as Bus Driver
Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story (2001)
as Mutt Lange
Johnny Be Good (1988)
as Johnny Walker
Dead in Tombstone (2013)
as Red Hernandez
A Gnome Named Gnorm (1991)
as Casey Gallagher
Out of Bounds (1986)
as Daryl Cage
Happy Accidents (2000)
as Anthony Michael Hall
Texas (1995)
as Yancey Quimper
Into the Sun (1992)
as Tom Slade
61* (2001)
as Whitey Ford
Results (2015)
as Grigory
Who Do I Gotta Kill? (1994)
as Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland
Sexy Evil Genius (2013)
as Mark Von Dutch
Bodied (2018)
as Professor Merkin
A Bucket of Blood (1995)
as Walter
Final Approach (2008)
as Greg Gilliad
Halloween Store (—)
as Sheriff Van Hollis
Six Pack (1982)
as Doc
Funny Valentine (2005)
as Josh
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation (2011)
as Self
A Touch of Hope (1999)
as Dr. Neil Bachman
Dirt Merchant (1999)
as Jeffry Alan Spacy
Cold Night Into Dawn (1997)
as Eddie Rogers
Sincerely Yours (2008)
as Self
Zombie Night (2013)
as Patrick
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (1982)
as Huck Finn
The Dead Zone (2002)
as Johnny Smith
Hail Caesar (1994)
as Julius Caesar McMurty
Last Man Standing (2011)
as Nick Collins
Roswell Delirium (2025)
as Jerry Baskin
The Grave (1996)
as Travis Purcell
Hijacked: Flight 285 (1996)
as Peter Cronin
Something About Her (2021)
as Jack
The Lears (2017)
as Glenn Lear
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese (1990)
as Voice of Mason Reese
The Photographer (2000)
as Greg
The Class (2022)
as Faulk
Friend Request (2013)
as Burk
The Killing Grounds (1998)
as Art Styles
Natural Selection (2016)
as Mr. Stevenson
Aftermath (2013)
as Tom Fiorini
LA Blues (2007)
as Larry
The Gold Bug (1980)
as The Boy
Running Out (1983)
as Kylie
Revenge (1999)
as Brian Cutler
Exit in Red (1997)
as Nick
Celebrating Sixteen Candles (2008)
as Himself
Hitched (2001)
as Ted
Final Invasion (—)
Actor
Les Vampyres (2000)
as Man with Torch