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).

Filmography

• 2025Roswell Delirium — Jerry Baskin, Producer
• 2024Air Force One Down — Sam Waitman
• 2024Trigger Warning — Ezekiel Swann
• Bosch: Legacy — Agent William Baron
• 2022Clerks III — Auditioner
• Reacher — Zachary Beck
• 2022The Class — Faulk, Executive Producer
• Wednesday — Ron Krueger
• 2021Halloween Kills — Tommy Doyle
• 2021Something About Her — Jack
• 2018Bodied — Professor Merkin
• Riverdale — Principal Featherhead
• 2017The Lears — Glenn Lear
• 2017War Machine — Greg Pulver
• 2016Live by Night — Gary L. Smith
• 2016Natural Selection — Mr. Stevenson
• 2015Results — Grigory
• Rosewood — Detective Willet
• 2014Foxcatcher — Jack
• Z Nation — Gideon Gould
• 2013Aftermath — Tom Fiorini
• 2013Dead in Tombstone — Red Hernandez
• 2013Friend Request — Burk
• Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — Mister Kitson
• 2013Sexy Evil Genius — Mark Von Dutch
• The Blacklist — Robby Ressler
• The Goldbergs — Security Guard, Mr. Perott
• 2013Zombie Night — Patrick
• Awkward. — Mr. Hart
• 2011Last Man Standing — Nick Collins
• Community — Mike
• Warehouse 13 — Walter Sykes
• 2008Final Approach — Greg Gilliad
• Gotham Tonight — Mike Engel
• 2008The Dark Knight — Engel
• 2007LA Blues — Larry, Executive Producer
• 2006Hoboken Hollow — Producer
• Psych — Harris Trout
• American Dad! — (voice), Tom (voice)
• 2005Funny Valentine — Josh
• Entourage — Anthony Michael Hall
• Retrosexual: The '80s — (archive footage)
• 2002All About the Benjamins — Lil J
• CSI: Miami — James Bradstone
• 2002The Dead Zone — Johnny Smith
• The Dead Zone — Johnny Smith, Director, Co-Producer, Co-Executive Producer
• 200161* — Whitey Ford
• 2001Freddy Got Fingered — Mr. Davidson
• 2001Hitched — Ted
• 2001Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story — Mutt Lange
• 2001The Caveman's Valentine — Bob
• 2000Happy Accidents — Anthony Michael Hall
• 2000Les Vampyres — Man with Torch
• 2000The Photographer — Greg
• 1999A Touch of Hope — Dr. Neil Bachman
• 1999Dirt Merchant — Jeffry Alan Spacy
• 1999Pirates of Silicon Valley — Bill Gates
• 1999Revenge — Brian Cutler
• The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
• 1998The Killing Grounds — Art Styles
• 1997Cold Night Into Dawn — Eddie Rogers
• 1997Exit in Red — Nick
• The Hunger — Michael
• 1997Trojan War — Bus Driver
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Hijacked: Flight 285 — Peter Cronin
• 1996The Grave — Travis Purcell
• The Jamie Foxx Show — Tim
• 1995A Bucket of Blood — Walter
• Deadly Games — Chuck Manning
• 1995Texas — Yancey Quimper
• 1994Hail Caesar — Julius Caesar McMurty, Director
• Touched by an Angel — Thomas Prescott
• 1994Who Do I Gotta Kill? — Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland
• Diagnosis: Murder — Dr. Johnson
• 1993Six Degrees of Separation — Trent
• 1992Into the Sun — Tom Slade
• 1991A Gnome Named Gnorm — Casey Gallagher
• 1990Edward Scissorhands — Jim
• 1990Whatever Happened to Mason Reese — Voice of Mason Reese
• Tales from the Crypt — Reggie Skulnick
• 1988Johnny Be Good — Johnny Walker
• 1986Out of Bounds — Daryl Cage
• 1985The Breakfast Club — Brian Johnson
• 1985Weird Science — Gary
• Murder, She Wrote — Les Franklin
• 1984Sixteen Candles — Geek (Ted)
• 1983National Lampoon's Vacation — Rusty Griswold
• 1983Running Out — Kylie
• 1982Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn — Huck Finn
• 1982Six Pack — Doc
• 1980The Gold Bug — The Boy
• Final Invasion
• Halloween Store — Sheriff Van Hollis

Appearances as themselves (20)

• SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune — Self - Contestant
• The D'Amelio Show — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• 2011Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation — Self
• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2008Celebrating Sixteen Candles — Himself
• 2008Sincerely Yours — Self
• The Soup — Self
• The Tony Danza Show — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica — Self
• The New Tom Green Show — Self - Guest
• The View — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Various Characters