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).
66 movies · 44 shows
Roswell Delirium
2025·7.5
Trigger Warning
2024·5.7
Air Force One Down
2024·6.1
The Class
2022·4.5
Clerks III
2022·6.0
Halloween Kills
2021·6.4
Something About Her
2021·3.2
Bodied
2018·7.3
War Machine
2017·5.6
The Lears
2017·5.3
Live by Night
2016·6.3
Natural Selection
2016·5.3
Results
2015·5.1
Foxcatcher
2014·6.7
Zombie Night
2013·3.9
Dead in Tombstone
2013·5.0
Friend Request
2013·5.4
Sexy Evil Genius
2013·5.9
Aftermath
2013·5.1
Last Man Standing
2011·4.4
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
2011·7.0
Celebrating Sixteen Candles
2008·0.0
Sincerely Yours
2008·0.0
The Dark Knight
2008·8.5
Final Approach
2008·5.1
LA Blues
2007·0.0
Funny Valentine
2005·6.5
The Dead Zone
2002·7.6
All About the Benjamins
2002·5.9
Hitched
2001·4.6
Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story
2001·7.0
61*
2001·7.0
Freddy Got Fingered
2001·4.7
The Caveman's Valentine
2001·5.8
Les Vampyres
2000·5.5
The Photographer
2000·4.8
Happy Accidents
2000·6.8
A Touch of Hope
1999·5.3
Dirt Merchant
1999·3.2
Revenge
1999·3.5
Pirates of Silicon Valley
1999·7.0
The Killing Grounds
1998·5.4
Cold Night Into Dawn
1997·6.0
Trojan War
1997·6.0
Exit in Red
1997·4.0
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996·5.6
The Grave
1996·5.3
A Bucket of Blood
1995·5.0
Texas
1995·5.0
Who Do I Gotta Kill?
1994·4.3
Hail Caesar
1994·3.4
Six Degrees of Separation
1993·6.4
Into the Sun
1992·4.8
A Gnome Named Gnorm
1991·4.7
Edward Scissorhands
1990·7.7
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese
1990·3.4
Johnny Be Good
1988·4.5
Out of Bounds
1986·5.4
Weird Science
1985·6.5
The Breakfast Club
1985·7.7
Sixteen Candles
1984·6.8
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983·7.1
Running Out
1983·10.0
Six Pack
1982·6.5
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
1982·5.3
The Gold Bug
1980·6.3