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).
Acted in
Trigger Warning
2024
as Ezekiel Swann
Air Force One Down
2024
as Sam Waitman
Roswell Delirium
2023
as Jerry Baskin
The Class
2022
as Faulk
Clerks III
2022
as Auditioner
Bosch: Legacy
2022
as Agent William Baron
Halloween Kills
2021
as Tommy Doyle
The D'Amelio Show
2021
as Self
Mike Tyson: The Knockout
2021
Something About Her
2021
as Jack
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
as Self - Contestant
Bodied
2018
as Professor Merkin
War Machine
2017
as Greg Pulver
The Lears
2017
as Glenn Lear
Riverdale
2017
as Principal Featherhead
Live by Night
2016
as Gary Smith
Natural Selection
2016
as Mr. Stevenson
Rosewood
2015
as Detective Willet
Results
2015
as Grigory
Foxcatcher
2014
as Jack
Z Nation
2014
as Gideon Gould
Aftermath
2013
as Tom Fiorini
Zombie Night
2013
as Patrick
Dead in Tombstone
2013
as Red Hernandez
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
as Mister Kitson
The Goldbergs
2013
as Security Guard
The Goldbergs
2013
as Mr. Perott
The Blacklist
2013
as Robby Ressler
Friend Request
2013
as Burk
Sexy Evil Genius
2013
as Mark Von Dutch
Honest Trailers
2012
as Mike Engel (archive footage)
Awkward.
2011
as Mr. Hart
Last Man Standing
2011
as Nick Collins
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
2011
as Self
Community
2009
as Mike
Warehouse 13
2009
as Walter Sykes
Celebrating Sixteen Candles
2008
as Himself
Sincerely Yours
2008
as Self
The Dark Knight
2008
as Engel
Gotham Tonight
2008
as Mike Engel
Final Approach
2008
as Greg Gilliad
LA Blues
2007
as Larry
Psych
2006
as Harris Trout
Funny Valentine
2005
as Josh
American Dad!
2005
as (voice)
American Dad!
2005
as Tom (voice)
Retrosexual: The '80s
2004
as (archive footage)
Entourage
2004
The Dead Zone
2002
as Johnny Smith
CSI: Miami
2002
The Dead Zone
2002
as Johnny Smith
All About the Benjamins
2002
as Lil J
Hitched
2001
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 Himself
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 Crow: Stairway to Heaven
1998
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
The Hunger
1997
as Michael
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996
as Peter Cronin
The Grave
1996
as Travis Purcell
A Bucket of Blood
1995
as Walter
Deadly Games
1995
as Chuck Manning
Texas
1995
as Yancey Quimper
Who Do I Gotta Kill?
1994
as Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Thomas Prescott
Hail Caesar
1994
as Julius Caesar McMurty
Six Degrees of Separation
1993
as Trent
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Dr. Johnson
A Gnome Named Gnorm
1992
as Casey Gallagher
Into the Sun
1992
as Tom Slade
Edward Scissorhands
1990
as Jim
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese
1990
as Voice of Mason Reese
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Reggie Skulnick
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
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Les Franklin
Sixteen Candles
1984
as Geek (Ted)
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