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. 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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Movies (69)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 · Self
Roswell Delirium
2025 · Jerry Baskin, Producer
Detonantes
2024 · Ezekiel Swann
Air Force One Down
2024 · Sam Waitman
The Class
2022 · Faulk, Executive Producer
Dependientes 3
2022 · Auditioner
Halloween Kills: La noche aún no termina
2021 · Tommy Doyle
Something About Her
2021 · Jack
Bodied
2018 · Professor Merkin
War Machine
2017 · Greg Pulver
The Lears
2017 · Glenn Lear
Live by Night
2016 · Gary L. Smith
Natural Selection
2016 · Mr. Stevenson
Results
2015 · Grigory
Foxcatcher
2014 · Jack
Zombie Night
2013 · Patrick
Dead in Tombstone
2013 · Red Hernandez
Friend Request
2013 · Burk
Sexy Evil Genius
2013 · Mark Von Dutch
Aftermath
2013 · Tom Fiorini
Last Man Standing
2011 · Nick Collins
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
2011 · Self
Celebrating Sixteen Candles
2008 · Himself
Sincerely Yours
2008 · Self
Batman: El caballero de la noche
2008 · Engel
Final Approach
2008 · Greg Gilliad
LA Blues
2007 · Larry, Executive Producer
Hoboken Hollow
2006 · Producer
Funny Valentine
2005 · Josh
The Dead Zone
2002 · Johnny Smith
All About the Benjamins
2002 · Lil J
Hitched
2001 · Ted
Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story
2001 · Mutt Lange
61*
2001 · Whitey Ford
Freddy Got Fingered
2001 · Mr. Davidson
El Hombre de la Cueva
2001 · Bob
The Photographer
2000 · Greg
Happy Accidents
2000 · Anthony Michael Hall
A Touch of Hope
1999 · Dr. Neil Bachman
Dirt Merchant
1999 · Jeffry Alan Spacy
Revenge
1999 · Brian Cutler
Pirates of Silicon Valley
1999 · Bill Gates
The Killing Grounds
1998 · Art Styles
Cold Night Into Dawn
1997 · Eddie Rogers
Trojan War
1997 · Bus Driver
Exit in Red
1997 · Nick
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996 · Peter Cronin
The Grave
1996 · Travis Purcell
A Bucket of Blood
1995 · Walter
Texas
1995 · Yancey Quimper
Who Do I Gotta Kill?
1994 · Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland
Hail Caesar
1994 · Julius Caesar McMurty, Director
Six Degrees of Separation
1993 · Trent
Into the Sun
1992 · Tom Slade
A Gnome Named Gnorm
1991 · Casey Gallagher
Edward Scissorhands
1990 · Jim
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese
1990 · Voice of Mason Reese
Johnny Be Good
1988 · Johnny Walker
Out of Bounds
1986 · Daryl Cage
Weird Science
1985 · Gary
The Breakfast Club
1985 · Brian Johnson
Sixteen Candles
1984 · Geek
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983 · Rusty Griswold
Running Out
1983 · Kylie
Six Pack
1982 · Doc
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
1982 · Huck Finn
The Gold Bug
1980 · The Boy
Halloween Store
· Sheriff Van Hollis
Final Invasion
TV shows (44)
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025 · Self
Merlina
2022 · Ron Krueger
Bosch: El Legado
2022 · Agent William Baron
Reacher
2022 · Zachary Beck
The D'Amelio Show
2021 · Self
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021 · Self - Contestant
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self - Guest
Riverdale
2017 · Principal Featherhead
Rosewood
2015 · Detective Willet
Z Nation
2014 · Gideon Gould
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013 · Mister Kitson
The Goldbergs
2013 · Security Guard, Mr. Perott
The Blacklist
2013 · Robby Ressler
Awkward.
2011 · Mr. Hart
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Self
Community
2009 · Mike
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Warehouse 13
2009 · Walter Sykes
Gotham Tonight
2008 · Mike Engel
Psych
2006 · Harris Trout
American Dad!
2005 · (voice), Tom (voice)
Retrosexual: The '80s
2004 · (archive footage)
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self - Guest
Entourage
2004 · Anthony Michael Hall
The Soup
2004 · Self
Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica
2003 · Self
The New Tom Green Show
2003 · Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
CSI: Miami
2002 · James Bradstone
The Dead Zone
2002 · Johnny Smith, Director, Co-Producer, Producer, Co-Executive Producer
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
1998
The View
1997 · Self
The Hunger
1997 · Michael
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996 · Tim
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Deadly Games
1995 · Chuck Manning
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Thomas Prescott
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · Dr. Johnson
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Reggie Skulnick
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Les Franklin
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Various Characters