Anthony Michael Hall
Born
April 14, 1968 (57 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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).
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Self · (4 episodes)
2025
Roswell Delirium
Jerry Baskin
2025
Trigger Warning
Ezekiel Swann
2024
Air Force One Down
Sam Waitman
2024
The Class
Faulk
2022
Clerks III
Auditioner
2022
Bosch: Legacy
Agent William Baron · (5 episodes)
2022
Reacher
Zachary Beck · (8 episodes)
2022
Halloween Kills
Tommy Doyle
2021
The D'Amelio Show
Self · (1 episode)
2021
Mike Tyson: The Knockout
2021
Something About Her
Jack
2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Self - Contestant · (1 episode)
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 episode)
2019
Bodied
Professor Merkin
2018
War Machine
Greg Pulver
2017
The Lears
Glenn Lear
2017
Riverdale
Principal Featherhead · (1 episode)
2017
Live by Night
Gary Smith
2016
Natural Selection
Mr. Stevenson
2016
Rosewood
Detective Willet · (1 episode)
2015
Results
Grigory
2015
Foxcatcher
Jack
2014
Z Nation
Gideon Gould · (1 episode)
2014
Aftermath
Tom Fiorini
2013
Zombie Night
Patrick
2013
Dead in Tombstone
Red Hernandez
2013
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
Self (archive footage)
2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Mister Kitson · (1 episode)
2013
The Goldbergs
Security Guard · (1 episode)
2013
The Goldbergs
Mr. Perott · (8 episodes)
2013
The Blacklist
Robby Ressler · (2 episodes)
2013
Friend Request
Burk
2013
Sexy Evil Genius
Mark Von Dutch
2013
Honest Trailers
Mike Engel (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2012
Awkward.
Mr. Hart · (10 episodes)
2011
Last Man Standing
Nick Collins
2011
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
Self
2011
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self · (2 episodes)
2009
Community
Mike · (2 episodes)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009
Warehouse 13
Walter Sykes · (4 episodes)
2009
Celebrating Sixteen Candles
Himself
2008
Sincerely Yours
Self
2008
The Dark Knight
Engel
2008
Gotham Tonight
Mike Engel · (4 episodes)
2008
Final Approach
Greg Gilliad
2008
LA Blues
Larry
2007
Psych
Harris Trout · (3 episodes)
2006
Funny Valentine
Josh
2005
American Dad!
(voice) · (1 episode)
2005
American Dad!
Tom (voice) · (1 episode)
2005
Retrosexual: The '80s
(archive footage) · (5 episodes)
2004
The Tony Danza Show
Self · (1 episode)
2004
Entourage
(1 episode)
2004
The Soup
Self · (1 episode)
2004
Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica
Self · (10 episodes)
2003
The New Tom Green Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (3 episodes)
2003
The Dead Zone
Johnny Smith
2002
CSI: Miami
(1 episode)
2002
The Dead Zone
Johnny Smith · (80 episodes)
2002
All About the Benjamins
Lil J
2002
Hitched
2001
Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story
Mutt Lange
2001
61*
Whitey Ford
2001
Freddy Got Fingered
Mr. Davidson
2001
The Caveman's Valentine
Bob
2001
Les Vampyres
Man with Torch
2000
The Photographer
Greg
2000
Happy Accidents
Himself
2000
A Touch of Hope
Dr. Neil Bachman
1999
Dirt Merchant
Jeffry Alan Spacy
1999
Revenge
Brian Cutler
1999
Pirates of Silicon Valley
Bill Gates
1999
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
(1 episode)
1998
The Killing Grounds
Art Styles
1998
Cold Night Into Dawn
Eddie Rogers
1997
Trojan War
Bus Driver
1997
Exit in Red
Nick
1997
The View
Self · (4 episodes)
1997
The Hunger
Michael · (1 episode)
1997
The Jamie Foxx Show
(1 episode)
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
(1 episode)
1996
Hijacked: Flight 285
Peter Cronin
1996
The Grave
Travis Purcell
1996
A Bucket of Blood
Walter
1995
Texas
Yancey Quimper
1995
Touched by an Angel
Thomas Prescott · (2 episodes)
1994
Running Out
Kylie
1983
Halloween Store
Sheriff Van Hollis
Deadly Games
Chuck Manning · (2 episodes)
1995
Who Do I Gotta Kill?
Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland
1994
Hail Caesar
Julius Caesar McMurty
1994
Six Degrees of Separation
Trent
1993
Diagnosis: Murder
Dr. Johnson · (1 episode)
1993
Into the Sun
Tom Slade
1992
A Gnome Named Gnorm
Casey Gallagher
1991
Edward Scissorhands
Jim
1990
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese
Voice of Mason Reese
1990
Tales from the Crypt
Reggie Skulnick · (1 episode)
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(1 episode)
1988
Johnny Be Good
Johnny Walker
1988
Out of Bounds
Daryl Cage
1986
Weird Science
Gary
1985
The Breakfast Club
Brian Johnson
1985
Murder, She Wrote
Les Franklin · (1 episode)
1984
Sixteen Candles
Geek (Ted)
1984
National Lampoon's Vacation
Rusty Griswold
1983
Six Pack
Doc
1982
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
Huck Finn
1982
The Gold Bug
The Boy
1980
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters · (18 episodes)
1975