Anthony Michael Hall
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. 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).
TV Shows(44)
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Self
2025
Wednesday
Ron Krueger
2022
Bosch: Legacy
Agent William Baron
2022
Reacher
Zachary Beck
2022
The D'Amelio Show
Self
2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Self - Contestant
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
Riverdale
Principal Featherhead
2017
Rosewood
Detective Willet
2015
Z Nation
Gideon Gould
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Mister Kitson
2013
The Goldbergs
Security Guard
2013
The Blacklist
Robby Ressler
2013
Awkward.
Mr. Hart
2011
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
Community
Mike
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Warehouse 13
Walter Sykes
2009
Gotham Tonight
Mike Engel
2008
Psych
Harris Trout
2006
American Dad!
(voice)
2005
Retrosexual: The '80s
(archive footage)
2004
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
Entourage
Anthony Michael Hall
2004
The Soup
Self
2004
Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica
Self
2003
The New Tom Green Show
Self - Guest
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
CSI: Miami
James Bradstone
2002
The Dead Zone
Johnny Smith
2002
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
1998
The View
Self
1997
The Hunger
Michael
1997
The Jamie Foxx Show
Tim
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Deadly Games
Chuck Manning
1995
Touched by an Angel
Thomas Prescott
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
Dr. Johnson
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Tales from the Crypt
Reggie Skulnick
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Murder, She Wrote
Les Franklin
1984
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters
1975
Movies(67)
Roswell Delirium
Jerry Baskin
2025
Trigger Warning
Ezekiel Swann
2024
Air Force One Down
Sam Waitman
2024
The Class
Faulk
2022
Clerks III
Auditioner
2022
Halloween Kills
Tommy Doyle
2021
Something About Her
Jack
2021
Bodied
Professor Merkin
2018
War Machine
Greg Pulver
2017
The Lears
Glenn Lear
2017
Live by Night
Gary Smith
2016
Natural Selection
Mr. Stevenson
2016
Results
Grigory
2015
Foxcatcher
Jack
2014
Zombie Night
Patrick
2013
Dead in Tombstone
Red Hernandez
2013
Friend Request
Burk
2013
Sexy Evil Genius
Mark Von Dutch
2013
Aftermath
Tom Fiorini
2013
Last Man Standing
Nick Collins
2011
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
Self
2011
Celebrating Sixteen Candles
Himself
2008
Sincerely Yours
Self
2008
The Dark Knight
Engel
2008
Final Approach
Greg Gilliad
2008
LA Blues
Larry
2007
Funny Valentine
Josh
2005
The Dead Zone
Johnny Smith
2002
All About the Benjamins
Lil J
2002
Hitched
Ted
2001
Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story
Mutt Lange
2001
61*
Whitey Ford
2001
Freddy Got Fingered
Mr. Davidson
2001
The Caveman's Valentine
Bob
2001
Les Vampyres
Man with Torch
2000
The Photographer
Greg
2000
Happy Accidents
Anthony Michael Hall
2000
A Touch of Hope
Dr. Neil Bachman
1999
Dirt Merchant
Jeffry Alan Spacy
1999
Revenge
Brian Cutler
1999
Pirates of Silicon Valley
Bill Gates
1999
The Killing Grounds
Art Styles
1998
Cold Night Into Dawn
Eddie Rogers
1997
Trojan War
Bus Driver
1997
Exit in Red
Nick
1997
Hijacked: Flight 285
Peter Cronin
1996
The Grave
Travis Purcell
1996
A Bucket of Blood
Walter
1995
Texas
Yancey Quimper
1995
Who Do I Gotta Kill?
Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland
1994
Hail Caesar
Julius Caesar McMurty
1994
Six Degrees of Separation
Trent
1993
Into the Sun
Tom Slade
1992
A Gnome Named Gnorm
Casey Gallagher
1991
Edward Scissorhands
Jim
1990
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese
Voice of Mason Reese
1990
Johnny Be Good
Johnny Walker
1988
Out of Bounds
Daryl Cage
1986
Weird Science
Gary
1985
The Breakfast Club
Brian Johnson
1985
Sixteen Candles
Geek (Ted)
1984
National Lampoon's Vacation
Rusty Griswold
1983
Running Out
Kylie
1983
Six Pack
Doc
1982
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
Huck Finn
1982
The Gold Bug
The Boy
1980
Halloween Store
Sheriff Van Hollis