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