Anthony Michael Hall
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 14, 1968
- Birthplace
- 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. 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).
Filmography
- Final Invasion
Final Invasion TBA
Actor
Halloween Store TBA
as Sheriff Van Hollis
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert 2025
as Self
Roswell Delirium 2025
as Jerry Baskin, Producer
Trigger Warning 2024
as Ezekiel Swann
Air Force One Down 2024
as Sam Waitman
The Class 2022
as Faulk, Executive Producer
Clerks III 2022
as Auditioner
Halloween Kills 2021
as Tommy Doyle
Something About Her 2021
as Jack
Bodied 2018
as Professor Merkin
War Machine 2017
as Greg Pulver
The Lears 2017
as Glenn Lear
Live by Night 2016
as Gary L. Smith
Natural Selection 2016
as Mr. Stevenson
Results 2015
as Grigory
Foxcatcher 2014
as Jack
Zombie Night 2013
as Patrick
Dead in Tombstone 2013
as Red Hernandez
Friend Request 2013
as Burk
Sexy Evil Genius 2013
as Mark Von Dutch
Aftermath 2013
as Tom Fiorini
Last Man Standing 2011
as Nick Collins
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation 2011
as Self
Sincerely Yours 2008
as Self
Celebrating Sixteen Candles 2008
as Himself
The Dark Knight 2008
as Engel
Final Approach 2008
as Greg Gilliad
LA Blues 2007
as Larry, Executive Producer
Hoboken Hollow 2006
Producer
Funny Valentine 2005
as Josh
The Dead Zone 2002
as Johnny Smith
All About the Benjamins 2002
as Lil J
- Hitched
Hitched 2001
as Ted
Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story 2001
as Mutt Lange
61* 2001
as Whitey Ford
Freddy Got Fingered 2001
as Mr. Davidson
The Caveman's Valentine 2001
as Bob
Les Vampyres 2000
as Man with Torch
The Photographer 2000
as Greg
Happy Accidents 2000
as Anthony Michael Hall
A Touch of Hope 1999
as Dr. Neil Bachman
Dirt Merchant 1999
as Jeffry Alan Spacy
Revenge 1999
as Brian Cutler
Pirates of Silicon Valley 1999
as Bill Gates
The Killing Grounds 1998
as Art Styles
Cold Night Into Dawn 1997
as Eddie Rogers
Trojan War 1997
as Bus Driver
Exit in Red 1997
as Nick
Hijacked: Flight 285 1996
as Peter Cronin
The Grave 1996
as Travis Purcell
A Bucket of Blood 1995
as Walter
Texas 1995
as Yancey Quimper
Who Do I Gotta Kill? 1994
as Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland
Hail Caesar 1994
as Julius Caesar McMurty, Director
Six Degrees of Separation 1993
as Trent
Into the Sun 1992
as Tom Slade
A Gnome Named Gnorm 1991
as Casey Gallagher
Edward Scissorhands 1990
as Jim
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese 1990
as Voice of Mason Reese
Johnny Be Good 1988
as Johnny Walker
Out of Bounds 1986
as Daryl Cage
Weird Science 1985
as Gary
The Breakfast Club 1985
as Brian Johnson
Sixteen Candles 1984
as Geek
National Lampoon's Vacation 1983
as Rusty Griswold
Running Out 1983
as Kylie
Six Pack 1982
as Doc
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn 1982
as Huck Finn
The Gold Bug 1980
as The Boy
Credits from TMDB.