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