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Anthony Michael Hall
Actor, Director, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn April 14, 1968 (57 years)
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).
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).
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| 2024 | Trigger Warning · as Ezekiel Swann |
| 2024 | Air Force One Down · as Sam Waitman |
| 2023 | Roswell Delirium · as Jerry Baskin |
| 2022 | Wednesday (TV Series) · as Ron Krueger |
| 2022 | Clerks III · as Auditioner |
| 2022 | The Class · as Faulk |
| 2022 | Bosch: Legacy (TV Series) · as Agent William Baron |
| 2022 | Reacher (TV Series) · as Zachary Beck |
| 2021 | Halloween Kills · as Tommy Doyle |
| 2021 | Something About Her · as Jack |
| 2018 | The Breakfast Club: Deleted Scenes · as Brian Johnson |
| 2017 | Bodied · as Professor Merkin |
| 2017 | War Machine · as Greg Pulver |
| 2017 | The Lears · as Glenn Lear |
| 2017 | Riverdale (TV Series) · as Principal Featherhead |
| 2016 | Live by Night · as Gary Smith |
| 2016 | Natural Selection · as Mr. Stevenson |
| 2015 | Rosewood (TV Series) · as Detective Willet |
| 2015 | Results · as Grigory |
| 2014 | Foxcatcher · as Jack |
| 2014 | Z Nation (TV Series) · as Gideon Gould |
| 2014 | Murder in the First (TV Series) · as Paul Barnes |
| 2013 | Aftermath · as Tom Fiorini |
| 2013 | Zombie Night · as Patrick |
| 2013 | Dead in Tombstone · as Red Hernandez |
| 2013 | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV Series) · as Mister Kitson |
| 2013 | The Goldbergs (2013) (TV Series) · as Mr. Perott |
| 2013 | The Blacklist (TV Series) · as Robby Ressler |
| 2013 | Friend Request · as Burk |
| 2013 | Sexy Evil Genius · as Mark Von Dutch |
| 2011 | Awkward. (TV Series) · as Mr. Hart |
| 2011 | Last Man Standing · as Nick Collins |
| 2010 | No Ordinary Family (TV Series) · as Roy Minor |
| 2009 | Community (TV Series) · as Mike |
| 2009 | Warehouse 13 (TV Series) · as Walter Sykes |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight · as Engel |
| 2008 | Gotham Tonight (TV Series) · as Mike Engel |
| 2007 | Final Approach · as Greg Gilliad |
| 2007 | LA Blues · as Larry |
| 2006 | Psych (TV Series) · as Harris Trout |
| 2005 | Funny Valentine · as Josh |
| 2005 | Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found · as Various |
| 2005 | American Dad! (TV Series) · as Tom (voice) |
| 2004 | Retrosexual: The '80s (TV Series) · as (archive Footage) |
| 2002 | The Dead Zone · as Johnny Smith |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami (TV Series) |
| 2002 | The Dead Zone (TV Series) · as Johnny Smith |
| 2002 | All About the Benjamins · as Lil J |
| 2001 | The Caveman's Valentine · as Bob |
| 2001 | Hitched · as Ted Robbins |
| 2001 | Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story · as Mutt Lange |
| 2001 | 61* · as Whitey Ford |
| 2001 | Freddy Got Fingered · as Mr. Davidson |
| 2001 | Freddy Got Fingered · as Mr. Davidson |
| 2000 | Revenge · as Brian Cutler |
| 2000 | The Photographer · as Greg |
| 1999 | A Touch of Hope · as Dr. Neil Bachman |
| 1999 | Dirt Merchant · as Jeffry Alan Spacy |
| 1999 | 2 Little, 2 Late · as Mr. Burggins |
| 1999 | Chicken Soup for the Soul (TV Series) · as Chris |
| 1999 | Pirates of Silicon Valley · as Bill Gates |
| 1998 | The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (TV Series) |
| 1997 | The Killing Grounds · as Art Styles |
| 1997 | Cold Night Into Dawn · as Eddie Rogers |
| 1997 | Trojan War · as Bus Driver |
| 1997 | The Hunger (TV Series) · as Michael |
| 1996 | The Jamie Foxx Show (TV Series) · as Tim |
| 1996 | Exit in Red · as Nick |
| 1996 | Poltergeist: The Legacy (TV Series) · as John Griffin |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
| 1996 | Hijacked: Flight 285 · as Peter Cronin |
| 1996 | The Grave · as Travis Purcell |
| 1995 | A Bucket of Blood · as Walter |
| 1995 | Deadly Games (TV Series) · as Chuck Manning |
| 1994 | Texas · as Yancey Quimper |
| 1994 | Me and the Mob · as Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Thomas Prescott |
| 1994 | Hail Caesar · as Julius Caesar Mcmurty |
| 1993 | Six Degrees of Separation · as Trent |
| 1993 | Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) · as Dr. Johnson |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Hanson Riker |
| 1991 | Into the Sun · as Tom Slade |
| 1991 | Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial · as Yuppie |
| 1990 | Edward Scissorhands · as Jim |
| 1990 | A Gnome Named Gnorm · as Casey Gallagher |
| 1990 | Whatever Happened to Mason Reese · as Voice Of Mason Reese |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Reggie Skulnick |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1988 | Johnny Be Good · as Johnny Walker |
| 1986 | Out of Bounds · as Daryl Cage |
| 1985 | Weird Science · as Gary |
| 1985 | The Breakfast Club · as Brian Johnson |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Les Franklin |
| 1984 | Sixteen Candles · as Geek (ted) |
| 1983 | National Lampoon's Vacation · as Rusty Griswold |
| 1983 | Running Out · as Kylie |
| 1982 | Six Pack · as Doc |
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| 1979 | CBS Library (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1977 | ABC Weekend Special (TV Series) · as The Boy |