Acting · Boston, Massachusetts, USA · Born April 14, 1968
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).
TVSNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025
as Self
MovieRoswell Delirium
2025
as Jerry Baskin
MovieTrigger Warning
2024
as Ezekiel Swann
MovieAir Force One Down
2024
as Sam Waitman
TVWednesday
2022
as Ron Krueger
MovieThe Class
2022
as Faulk
MovieClerks III
2022
as Auditioner
TVBosch: Legacy
2022
as Agent William Baron
TVReacher
2022
as Zachary Beck
MovieHalloween Kills
2021
as Tommy Doyle
TVThe D'Amelio Show
2021
as Self
MovieSomething About Her
2021
as Jack
TVCelebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
as Self - Contestant
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest
MovieBodied
2018
as Professor Merkin
MovieWar Machine
2017
as Greg Pulver
MovieThe Lears
2017
as Glenn Lear
TVRiverdale
2017
as Principal Featherhead
MovieLive by Night
2016
as Gary Smith
MovieNatural Selection
2016
as Mr. Stevenson
TVRosewood
2015
as Detective Willet
MovieResults
2015
as Grigory
MovieFoxcatcher
2014
as Jack
TVZ Nation
2014
as Gideon Gould
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
MovieZombie Night
2013
as Patrick
MovieDead in Tombstone
2013
as Red Hernandez
TVMarvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
as Mister Kitson
TVThe Goldbergs
2013
as Security Guard
TVThe Blacklist
2013
as Robby Ressler
MovieFriend Request
2013
as Burk
MovieSexy Evil Genius
2013
as Mark Von Dutch
MovieAftermath
2013
as Tom Fiorini
TVAwkward.
2011
as Mr. Hart
MovieLast Man Standing
2011
as Nick Collins
MovieInside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
2011
as Self
TVCelebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
TVCommunity
2009
as Mike
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
TVWarehouse 13
2009
as Walter Sykes
MovieCelebrating Sixteen Candles
2008
as Himself
MovieSincerely Yours
2008
as Self
MovieThe Dark Knight
2008
as Engel
TVGotham Tonight
2008
as Mike Engel
MovieFinal Approach
2008
as Greg Gilliad
MovieLA Blues
2007
as Larry
TVPsych
2006
as Harris Trout
MovieFunny Valentine
2005
as Josh
TVAmerican Dad!
2005
as (voice)
Retrosexual: The '80s
2004
as (archive footage)
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
TVEntourage
2004
as Anthony Michael Hall
TVThe Soup
2004
as Self
TVNewlyweds: Nick and Jessica
2003
as Self
The New Tom Green Show
2003
as Self - Guest
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Dead Zone
2002
as Johnny Smith
TVCSI: Miami
2002
as James Bradstone
TVThe Dead Zone
2002
as Johnny Smith
MovieAll About the Benjamins
2002
as Lil J
Hitched
2001
as Ted
MovieHysteria: The Def Leppard Story
2001
as Mutt Lange
Movie61*
2001
as Whitey Ford
MovieFreddy Got Fingered
2001
as Mr. Davidson
MovieThe Caveman's Valentine
2001
as Bob
MovieLes Vampyres
2000
as Man with Torch
MovieThe Photographer
2000
as Greg
MovieHappy Accidents
2000
as Anthony Michael Hall
MovieA Touch of Hope
1999
as Dr. Neil Bachman
MovieDirt Merchant
1999
as Jeffry Alan Spacy
MovieRevenge
1999
as Brian Cutler
MoviePirates of Silicon Valley
1999
as Bill Gates
TVThe Crow: Stairway to Heaven
1998
MovieThe Killing Grounds
1998
as Art Styles
MovieCold Night Into Dawn
1997
as Eddie Rogers
MovieTrojan War
1997
as Bus Driver
MovieExit in Red
1997
as Nick
TVThe View
1997
as Self
TVThe Hunger
1997
as Michael
TVThe Jamie Foxx Show
1996
as Tim
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
MovieHijacked: Flight 285
1996
as Peter Cronin
MovieThe Grave
1996
as Travis Purcell
MovieA Bucket of Blood
1995
as Walter
TVDeadly Games
1995
as Chuck Manning
MovieTexas
1995
as Yancey Quimper
MovieWho Do I Gotta Kill?
1994
as Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Thomas Prescott
MovieHail Caesar
1994
as Julius Caesar McMurty
MovieSix Degrees of Separation
1993
as Trent
TVDiagnosis: Murder
1993
as Dr. Johnson
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieInto the Sun
1992
as Tom Slade
MovieA Gnome Named Gnorm
1991
as Casey Gallagher
MovieEdward Scissorhands
1990
as Jim
MovieWhatever Happened to Mason Reese
1990
as Voice of Mason Reese
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Reggie Skulnick
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
MovieJohnny Be Good
1988
as Johnny Walker
MovieOut of Bounds
1986
as Daryl Cage
MovieWeird Science
1985
as Gary
MovieThe Breakfast Club
1985
as Brian Johnson
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Les Franklin
MovieSixteen Candles
1984
as Geek (Ted)
MovieNational Lampoon's Vacation
1983
as Rusty Griswold
MovieRunning Out
1983
as Kylie
MovieSix Pack
1982
as Doc
MovieRascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
1982
as Huck Finn
MovieThe Gold Bug
1980
as The Boy
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Various Characters
MovieHalloween Store
as Sheriff Van Hollis
