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Anthony Michael Hall

Anthony Michael Hall

Birthday: 1968-04-14 | Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Roswell Delirium

as    Jerry Baskin

2024
Trigger Warning

as    Ezekiel Swann

2024
Air Force One Down

as    Sam Waitman

2022
The Class

as    Faulk

2022
Haddonfield's Open Wounds

as    Self

2022
The Kill Team

as    Self

2022
1978 Transformations

as    Self

2022
The Power of FEAR

as    Self

2022
Reacher

as    Zachary Beck

2021
Something About Her

as    Jack

2018
Bodied

as    Professor Merkin

2017
War Machine

as    Greg Pulver

2016
Live by Night

as    Gary Smith

2016
Natural Selection

as    Mr. Stevenson

2015
Results

as    Grigory

2014
Foxcatcher

as    Jack

2013
Friend Request

as    Burk

2013
Sexy Evil Genius

as    Mark Von Dutch

2013
Zombie Night

as    Patrick

2013
Dead in Tombstone

as    Red Hernandez

2013
Aftermath

as    Tom Fiorini

2011
Last Man Standing

as    Nick Collins

2008
Final Approach

as    Greg Gilliad

2008
Sincerely Yours

as    Self

2007
LA Blues

as    Larry

2005
Funny Valentine

as    Josh

2002
The Dead Zone

as    Johnny Smith