Anthony Michael Hall
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).
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Credits
- 2025 · SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night as Self
- 2024 · Air Force One Down as Sam Waitman
- 2022 · Wednesday as Ron Krueger
- 2022 · The Class as Faulk
- 2022 · Clerks III as Auditioner
- 2022 · Bosch: Legacy as Agent William Baron
- 2022 · Reacher as Zachary Beck
- 2021 · Halloween Kills as Tommy Doyle
- 2021 · Celebrity Wheel of Fortune as Self - Contestant
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2017 · Riverdale as Principal Featherhead
- 2016 · Natural Selection as Mr. Stevenson
- 2015 · Rosewood as Detective Willet
- 2014 · Z Nation as Gideon Gould
- 2013 · Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Mister Kitson
- 2013 · The Goldbergs as Security Guard
- 2013 · The Goldbergs as Mr. Perott
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Robby Ressler
- 2011 · Awkward. as Mr. Hart
- 2011 · Last Man Standing as Nick Collins
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Community as Mike
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Warehouse 13 as Walter Sykes
- 2008 · The Dark Knight as Engel
- 2006 · Psych as Harris Trout
- 2005 · American Dad! as (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Tom (voice)
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self
- 2004 · Entourage as Anthony Michael Hall
- 2004 · The Soup as Self
- 2003 · The New Tom Green Show as Self - Guest
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as James Bradstone
- 2002 · The Dead Zone as Johnny Smith
- 2001 · 61* as Whitey Ford
- 2001 · Freddy Got Fingered as Mr. Davidson
- 2000 · The Photographer as Greg
- 1999 · Dirt Merchant as Jeffry Alan Spacy
- 1998 · The Crow: Stairway to Heaven as
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The Hunger as Michael
- 1996 · The Jamie Foxx Show as Tim
- 1996 · The Grave as Travis Purcell
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Thomas Prescott
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Dr. Johnson
- 1990 · Edward Scissorhands as Jim
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Reggie Skulnick
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1985 · Weird Science as Gary
- 1985 · The Breakfast Club as Brian Johnson
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Les Franklin
- 1983 · National Lampoon's Vacation as Rusty Griswold
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters
- Future · Halloween Store as Sheriff Van Hollis
- 2025 · Roswell Delirium as Jerry Baskin
- 2024 · Trigger Warning as Ezekiel Swann
- 2021 · The D'Amelio Show as Self
- 2021 · Something About Her as Jack
- 2018 · Bodied as Professor Merkin
- 2017 · War Machine as Greg Pulver
- 2017 · The Lears as Glenn Lear
- 2016 · Live by Night as Gary Smith
- 2015 · Results as Grigory
- 2014 · Foxcatcher as Jack
- 2013 · Aftermath as Tom Fiorini
- 2013 · Zombie Night as Patrick
- 2013 · Dead in Tombstone as Red Hernandez
- 2013 · Friend Request as Burk
- 2013 · Sexy Evil Genius as Mark Von Dutch
- 2011 · Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation as Self
- 2008 · Sincerely Yours as Self
- 2008 · Celebrating Sixteen Candles as Himself
- 2008 · Gotham Tonight as Mike Engel
- 2008 · Final Approach as Greg Gilliad
- 2007 · LA Blues as Larry
- 2005 · Funny Valentine as Josh
- 2004 · Retrosexual: The '80s as (archive footage)
- 2003 · Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica as Self
- 2002 · The Dead Zone as Johnny Smith
- 2002 · All About the Benjamins as Lil J
- 2001 · Hitched as Ted
- 2001 · Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story as Mutt Lange
- 2001 · The Caveman's Valentine as Bob
- 2000 · Les Vampyres as Man with Torch
- 2000 · Happy Accidents as Anthony Michael Hall
- 1999 · A Touch of Hope as Dr. Neil Bachman
- 1999 · Revenge as Brian Cutler
- 1999 · Pirates of Silicon Valley as Bill Gates
- 1998 · The Killing Grounds as Art Styles
- 1997 · Cold Night Into Dawn as Eddie Rogers
- 1997 · Trojan War as Bus Driver
- 1997 · Exit in Red as Nick
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Hijacked: Flight 285 as Peter Cronin
- 1995 · A Bucket of Blood as Walter
- 1995 · Deadly Games as Chuck Manning
- 1995 · Texas as Yancey Quimper
- 1994 · Who Do I Gotta Kill? as Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland
- 1994 · Hail Caesar as Julius Caesar McMurty
- 1993 · Six Degrees of Separation as Trent
- 1992 · Tales from the Crypt - Uncut as
- 1992 · Into the Sun as Tom Slade
- 1991 · A Gnome Named Gnorm as Casey Gallagher
- 1990 · Whatever Happened to Mason Reese as Voice of Mason Reese
- 1988 · Johnny Be Good as Johnny Walker
- 1986 · Out of Bounds as Daryl Cage
- 1984 · Sixteen Candles as Geek (Ted)
- 1983 · Running Out as Kylie
- 1982 · Six Pack as Doc
- 1982 · Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn as Huck Finn
- 1980 · The Gold Bug as The Boy