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Anthony Michael Hall
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 fro…
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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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2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie Self
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2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
TV show Self
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2025
Roswell Delirium
Movie Jerry Baskin
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2024
Trigger Warning
Movie Ezekiel Swann
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2024
Air Force One Down
Movie Sam Waitman
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2022
Wednesday
TV show Ron Krueger
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2022
The Class
Movie Faulk
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2022
Clerks III
Movie Auditioner
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2022
Bosch: Legacy
TV show Agent William Baron
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2022
Reacher
TV show Zachary Beck
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2021
Halloween Kills
Movie Tommy Doyle
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2021
The D'Amelio Show
TV show Self
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2021
Something About Her
Movie Jack
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2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
TV show Self - Contestant
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2018
Bodied
Movie Professor Merkin
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2017
War Machine
Movie Greg Pulver
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2017
The Lears
Movie Glenn Lear
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2017
Riverdale
TV show Principal Featherhead
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2016
Live by Night
Movie Gary L. Smith
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2016
Natural Selection
Movie Mr. Stevenson
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2015
Rosewood
TV show Detective Willet
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2015
Results
Movie Grigory
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2014
Foxcatcher
Movie Jack
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2014
Z Nation
TV show Gideon Gould
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self - Guest
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2013
Zombie Night
Movie Patrick
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2013
Dead in Tombstone
Movie Red Hernandez
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2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TV show Mister Kitson
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2013
The Goldbergs
TV show Security Guard
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2013
The Blacklist
TV show Robby Ressler
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2013
Friend Request
Movie Burk
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2013
Sexy Evil Genius
Movie Mark Von Dutch
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2013
Aftermath
Movie Tom Fiorini
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2011
Awkward.
TV show Mr. Hart
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2011
Last Man Standing
Movie Nick Collins
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2011
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
Movie Self
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2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV show Self
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2009
Community
TV show Mike
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2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV show Self - Guest
