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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| Cannes Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | The Breakfast Club | Nominated |
The Dead Zone
as Johnny Smith
Episodes: 80
First Aired: Jun 16, 2002
Awkward.
as Mr. Hart
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Jul 19, 2011
The Goldbergs
as Mr. Perott
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Sep 24, 2013
Retrosexual: The '80s
as (archive footage)
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Nov 14, 2004
Bosch: Legacy
as Agent William Baron
Episodes: 5
First Aired: May 05, 2022
Warehouse 13
as Walter Sykes
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jul 07, 2009
Gotham Tonight
as Mike Engel
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jun 13, 2008
Psych
as Harris Trout
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jul 07, 2006
Touched by an Angel
as Thomas Prescott
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 21, 1994
Community
as Mike
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 17, 2009
The Blacklist
as Robby Ressler
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 23, 2013
Deadly Games
as Chuck Manning
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 05, 1995
Murder, She Wrote
as Les Franklin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1984
Tales from the Crypt
as Reggie Skulnick
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 10, 1989
Riverdale
as Principal Featherhead
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 26, 2017
Diagnosis: Murder
as Dr. Johnson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 29, 1993
American Dad!
as (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 06, 2005
Rosewood
as Detective Willet
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 2015
The Hunger
as Michael
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 20, 1997
Honest Trailers
as Mike Engel (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 13, 2012
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Mister Kitson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 2013
The Goldbergs
as Security Guard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 2013
American Dad!
as Tom (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 06, 2005
Z Nation
as Gideon Gould
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 2014
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters
Episodes: 18
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
The View
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jan 16, 2025
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jan 26, 2003
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 03, 2009
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 2004
CSI: Miami
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 2002
The Jamie Foxx Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 28, 1996
Entourage
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 18, 2004
E! True Hollywood Story
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 21, 1996
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1998
The New Tom Green Show
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 23, 2003
The Soup
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 01, 2004
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 05, 1988
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 16, 2009
The D'Amelio Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 03, 2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
as Self - Contestant
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 07, 2021
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