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).

Cast

The Dark Knight

(Engel)

Edward Scissorhands

(Jim)

The Breakfast Club

(Brian Johnson)

Pirates of Silicon Valley

(Bill Gates)

National Lampoon's Vacation

(Rusty Griswold)

Johnny Be Good

(Johnny Walker)

61*

(Whitey Ford)

A Gnome Named Gnorm

(Casey Gallagher)

Weird Science

(Gary)

Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story

(Mutt Lange)

Freddy Got Fingered

(Mr. Davidson)

The Class

(Faulk)

Sixteen Candles

(Geek (Ted))

Funny Valentine

(Josh)

Revenge

(Brian Cutler)

Final Approach

(Greg Gilliad)

Out of Bounds

(Daryl Cage)

Six Pack

(Doc)

Air Force One Down

(Sam Waitman)

Exit in Red

(Nick)

Last Man Standing

(Nick Collins)

Cold Night Into Dawn

(Eddie Rogers)

Foxcatcher

(Jack)

Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn

(Huck Finn)

Dead in Tombstone

(Red Hernandez)

Sexy Evil Genius

(Mark Von Dutch)

The Killing Grounds

(Art Styles)

Whatever Happened to Mason Reese

(Voice of Mason Reese)

The Photographer

(Greg)

Aftermath

(Tom Fiorini)

Hitched

Les Vampyres

(Man with Torch)

Hail Caesar

(Julius Caesar McMurty)

Into the Sun

(Tom Slade)

A Bucket of Blood

(Walter)

Zombie Night

(Patrick)

Hijacked: Flight 285

(Peter Cronin)

Happy Accidents

(Himself)

Six Degrees of Separation

(Trent)

Who Do I Gotta Kill?

(Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland)

Clerks III

(Auditioner)

Results

(Grigory)

Roswell Delirium

(Jerry Baskin)

Trigger Warning

(Ezekiel Swann)

The Dead Zone

(Johnny Smith)

All About the Benjamins

(Lil J)

Natural Selection

(Mr. Stevenson)

LA Blues

(Larry)

The Caveman's Valentine

(Bob)

Friend Request

(Burk)

War Machine

(Greg Pulver)

The Grave

(Travis Purcell)

Dirt Merchant

(Jeffry Alan Spacy)

Live by Night

(Gary Smith)

A Touch of Hope

(Dr. Neil Bachman)

Bodied

(Professor Merkin)

The Gold Bug

(The Boy)

The Lears

(Glenn Lear)

Trojan War

(Bus Driver)

Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation

(Self)

Texas

(Yancey Quimper)

Halloween Kills

(Tommy Doyle)

Celebrating Sixteen Candles

(Himself)

Something About Her

(Jack)

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy

(Self (archive footage))

Sincerely Yours

(Self)

Mike Tyson: The Knockout

Running Out

(Kylie)

Murder, She Wrote

(Les Franklin)

The Tony Danza Show

(Self)

The Dead Zone

(Johnny Smith)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

CSI: Miami

Saturday Night Live

(Self - Various Characters)

Touched by an Angel

(Thomas Prescott)

The Jamie Foxx Show

Entourage

Tales from the Crypt

(Reggie Skulnick)

The View

(Self)

Riverdale

(Principal Featherhead)

E! True Hollywood Story

The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

Diagnosis: Murder

(Dr. Johnson)

Retrosexual: The '80s

((archive footage))

The New Tom Green Show

(Self - Guest)

The Soup

Community

(Mike)

Psych

(Harris Trout)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Awkward.

(Mr. Hart)

American Dad!

((voice))

Rosewood

(Detective Willet)

Bosch: Legacy

(Agent William Baron)

The Hunger

(Michael)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

(Self - Guest)

Celebrity Ghost Stories

(Self)

Warehouse 13

(Walter Sykes)

Honest Trailers

(Mike Engel (archive footage))

The D'Amelio Show

(Self)

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

(Mister Kitson)

The Goldbergs

(Security Guard)

The Goldbergs

(Mr. Perott)

American Dad!

(Tom (voice))

Z Nation

(Gideon Gould)

The Blacklist

(Robby Ressler)

Gotham Tonight

(Mike Engel)

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

(Self - Contestant)

Deadly Games

(Chuck Manning)