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Anthony Michael Hall
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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…
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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).
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Anthony Michael Hall's Filmography
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SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
Roswell Delirium
as Jerry Baskin
Trigger Warning
as Ezekiel Swann
Air Force One Down
as Sam Waitman
The Class
as Faulk
Clerks III
as Auditioner
Halloween Kills
as Tommy Doyle
Something About Her
as Jack
Bodied
as Professor Merkin
War Machine
as Greg Pulver
The Lears
as Glenn Lear
Live by Night
as Gary L. Smith
Natural Selection
as Mr. Stevenson
Results
as Grigory
Foxcatcher
as Jack
Zombie Night
as Patrick
Dead in Tombstone
as Red Hernandez
Friend Request
as Burk
Sexy Evil Genius
as Mark Von Dutch
Aftermath
as Tom Fiorini
Last Man Standing
as Nick Collins
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
as Self
Sincerely Yours
as Self
Celebrating Sixteen Candles
as Himself
The Dark Knight
as Engel
Final Approach
as Greg Gilliad
LA Blues
as Larry
Funny Valentine
as Josh
The Dead Zone
as Johnny Smith
All About the Benjamins
as Lil J
No Poster
Hitched
as Ted
Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story
as Mutt Lange
61*
as Whitey Ford
Freddy Got Fingered
as Mr. Davidson
The Caveman's Valentine
as Bob
Les Vampyres
as Man with Torch
The Photographer
as Greg
Happy Accidents
as Anthony Michael Hall
A Touch of Hope
as Dr. Neil Bachman
Dirt Merchant
as Jeffry Alan Spacy
Revenge
as Brian Cutler
Pirates of Silicon Valley
as Bill Gates
The Killing Grounds
as Art Styles
Cold Night Into Dawn
as Eddie Rogers
Trojan War
as Bus Driver
Exit in Red
as Nick
Hijacked: Flight 285
as Peter Cronin
The Grave
as Travis Purcell
A Bucket of Blood
as Walter
Texas
as Yancey Quimper
Who Do I Gotta Kill?
as Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland
Hail Caesar
as Julius Caesar McMurty
Six Degrees of Separation
as Trent
Into the Sun
as Tom Slade
A Gnome Named Gnorm
as Casey Gallagher
Edward Scissorhands
as Jim
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese
as Voice of Mason Reese
Johnny Be Good
as Johnny Walker
Out of Bounds
as Daryl Cage
Weird Science
as Gary
The Breakfast Club
as Brian Johnson
Sixteen Candles
as Geek (Ted)
National Lampoon's Vacation
as Rusty Griswold
Running Out
as Kylie
Six Pack
as Doc
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
as Huck Finn
The Gold Bug
as The Boy
Halloween Store
as Sheriff Van Hollis
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