Biography
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 Ou...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Roswell Delirium
2025
as Jerry Baskin
During the 1980s the US is hit by a wave of nuclear attacks, and after the fallout those who remain pretend like everything is normal even though they...

Trigger Warning
2024
as Ezekiel Swann
A Special Forces commando uncovers a dangerous conspiracy when she returns to her hometown looking for answers into her beloved father's death.

Air Force One Down
2024
as Sam Waitman
On her first assignment aboard Air Force One, a rookie Secret Service agent faces the ultimate test when terrorists hijack the plane, intent on derail...

The Class
2022
as Faulk
A coming of age film about a group of high school seniors forced to spend a Saturday at school completing an exam they either missed taking or failed....

The Class
2022
Executive Producer
A coming of age film about a group of high school seniors forced to spend a Saturday at school completing an exam they either missed taking or failed....

Clerks III
2022
as Auditioner
After narrowly surviving a massive heart attack, Randal enlists his old friend Dante to help him make a movie immortalizing their youthful days at the...

Halloween Kills
2021
as Tommy Doyle
Michael manages to free himself from Laurie Strode's trap to resume his ritual bloodbath. As she fights for her life from injuries from their last enc...

Mike Tyson: The Knockout
2021
Mike Tyson's climb, crash and comeback, from his difficult childhood to becoming undisputed world champion to his 1992 rape conviction and his persona...

Something About Her
2021
as Jack
A story of an improbable friendship between a Santa Barbara socialite, suffering from ALS and her caretaker from Senegal.

Bodied
2018
as Professor Merkin
A progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession.

War Machine
2017
as Greg Pulver
A rock star general bent on winning the “impossible” war in Afghanistan takes us inside the complex machinery of modern war. Inspired by the true stor...

The Lears
2017
as Glenn Lear
A modern take on William Shakespeare's King Lear.

Live by Night
2016
as Gary Smith
A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.

Natural Selection
2016
as Mr. Stevenson
Tyler is a young man who is desperately seeking direction from a world that seems to have abandoned him. Searching for answers he looks to his new fri...

Results
2015
as Grigory
Two mismatched personal trainers' lives are upended by the actions of a new, wealthy client.

Foxcatcher
2014
as Jack
The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 ...

Aftermath
2013
as Tom Fiorini
A dark comedy about one man's overreaction! Roma's (Anthony Michael Hall) perfect life unravels when his foreman goes missing and he chooses to fire t...

Zombie Night
2013
as Patrick
Zombies come out at night and two families must survive until morning.

Dead in Tombstone
2013
as Red Hernandez
An outlaw named Guerrero Hernandez is shot in the back and killed whilst attempting to free his half-brother from a small-town prison. Making a deal w...

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
2013
as Self (archive footage)
This feature-length documentary delves into the trilogy, opening with the inspiration and vision for the new Batman films and inching its way toward t...

Friend Request
2013
as Burk
A team of two detectives is tasked with apprehending a crazed, online psycho who tracks down and lures victims via a popular social media site.

Sexy Evil Genius
2013
as Mark Von Dutch
A dark comedy about an eclectic group of strangers invited to a downtown bar by a mutual ex-lover, Nikki Franklyn, a maddeningly sexy, unpredictable a...

Last Man Standing
2011
as Nick Collins
Abby Collins's quiet life as a wife and mother shows no trace of her past work as a military special-ops expert -- until the day her husband is kidnap...

Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
2011
as Self
A look at the making of the classic comedy film.

Celebrating Sixteen Candles
2008
as Himself
A retrospective look at "Sixteen Candles" from cast and crew, as well as fellow screenwriters, directors, and critics.

Sincerely Yours
2008
as Self
Documentary about the making and impact of "The Breakfast Club."

The Dark Knight
2008
as Engel
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the rema...

Final Approach
2008
as Greg Gilliad
FBI hostage rescue team leader Jack Bender has been sacked for not being a team player, and months later he finds himself in the ultimate hostage nigh...

LA Blues
2007
as Larry
Opening in a Hollywood parking lot on New Years Eve as a crowd gathers around an ambulance as a guy is being loaded in on a gurney, the story is told ...

LA Blues
2007
Executive Producer
Opening in a Hollywood parking lot on New Years Eve as a crowd gathers around an ambulance as a guy is being loaded in on a gurney, the story is told ...

Hoboken Hollow
2006
Producer
As Trevor drifts through Texas on collision course with a nightmare he is still haunted by the evils of the war he recently returned from and a promis...

Funny Valentine
2005
as Josh
Two womanizing friends of a shy street performer jump-start his quest for love by placing a personal ad on his behalf and interviewing the candidates.

The Dead Zone
2002
as Johnny Smith
A young man awakens from a six-year coma with the ability to see into peoples futures. This is the first two episodes of the television series.

All About the Benjamins
2002
as Lil J
Bounty hunter Bucum Jackson teams with the small-time con artist, Reggie Wright, that he is pursuing, in an attempt to locate a missing stash of diamo...
Hitched
2001
as Ted Robbins
After a homemaker discovers that her husband is a philanderer, she imprisons him in their soundproof basement and reports him missing to the police.

Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story
2001
as Mutt Lange
A dramatization of the early years of the hard rock band, Def Leppard, the group faces both success and personal tragedies such as drummer, Rick Allen...

61*
2001
as Whitey Ford
In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally loved, while the other, Maris, was universally ha...

Freddy Got Fingered
2001
as Mr. Davidson
Unemployed cartoonist Gord Brody moves back in with his parents Jim and Julie and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he retalia...

The Caveman's Valentine
2001
as Bob
Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tr...

Les Vampyres
2000
as Man with Torch
Undead erotic action featuring some of the adult entertainment industry's biggest names. Winner of the Best All-Girl Sex Scene award at the 2001 AVN A...

The Photographer
2000
as Greg
A year after becoming the toast of New York City's art scene, photographer Max Martin has lost his ability to take a decent picture. On the night befo...

Happy Accidents
2000
as Himself
A comedy that pays tribute to the science fiction genre -- specifically, the sub-genre of time travel. But here the alternate reality is contemporary ...

A Touch of Hope
1999
as Dr. Neil Bachman
Hands-on healer Dean Kraft struggles for many years to come to terms with his abilities and deal with the skepticism of the medical profession.

Dirt Merchant
1999
as Jeffry Alan Spacy
A slacker turns P.I. to solve a rock star's murder.

Revenge
1999
as Brian Cutler
A serial killer, whose victims are men with similar pasts, is tracked by a policewoman.

Pirates of Silicon Valley
1999
as Bill Gates
The story about the men who made the world of technology what it is today, their struggles during college, the founding of their companies, and the in...

The Killing Grounds
1998
as Art Styles
After the fatal crash of a small airplane in the high Sierras, six greedy strangers clash over a fortune in stolen gold. The torturous trip down the ...

Cold Night Into Dawn
1997
as Eddie Rogers
FBI Agent Parr is going through a bad spell: his partner and best friend has just retired, and his wife has just left him. While investigating a robbe...

Trojan War
1997
as Bus Driver
Brad is about to hook up with the girl of his dreams, but runs into a problem, no condom. So Brad sets out into the night to find one, running into ma...

Exit in Red
1997
as Nick
Ed Altman is a psychiatrist who relocates to Palm Springs, Calif., in order to avoid a lawsuit. However, he happens to wander directly into more troub...

Hijacked: Flight 285
1996
as Peter Cronin
A convicted murderer is escorted by marshals on a regular flight from Phoenix to Dallas. Shortly after takeoff, two of his aides, traveling as ordinar...

The Grave
1996
as Travis Purcell
Two prisoners escape with the help of their jailer to search for a treasure that is supposedly buried with a dead millionaire.

A Bucket of Blood
1995
as Walter
Walter Paisley, a busboy at a cappuccino bar called the Jabberjaw, is praised as a genius after he kills his landlady's cat and covers it in plaster. ...

Texas
1995
as Yancey Quimper
In the beginning of the 19th Century many Anglosaxons are settling in the Mexican province of Texas. As the years go by, political conflicts between t...

Who Do I Gotta Kill?
1994
as Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland
A struggling writer takes a job for his mobster uncle in order to obtain first-hand material for a book on conspiracy plots and the JFK assassination....

Hail Caesar
1994
as Julius Caesar McMurty
Caesar is having a hard time dividing his time between his band and his rich girlfriend, Buffer. Buffer's dad doesn't like Ceasar, so he makes Caesar ...

Hail Caesar
1994
Director
Caesar is having a hard time dividing his time between his band and his rich girlfriend, Buffer. Buffer's dad doesn't like Ceasar, so he makes Caesar ...

Six Degrees of Separation
1993
as Trent
The story of a young, gay, black, con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-cl...

Into the Sun
1992
as Tom Slade
Paul Watkins is an American pilot stationed in the Middle East, who is taken away from his normal duties of protecting the skies to show an actor ever...

A Gnome Named Gnorm
1991
as Casey Gallagher
A young Los Angeles police officer and a mysterious gnome become unlikely partners as they track a killer. When a sting operation goes awry, officer C...

Edward Scissorhands
1990
as Jim
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Whatever Happened to Mason Reese
1990
as Voice of Mason Reese
One of the early short films of director Brett Ratner.

Johnny Be Good
1988
as Johnny Walker
It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one ...

Out of Bounds
1986
as Daryl Cage
Farm boy Daryl Cage's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he will have a better life there. After a baggage mixup at...

Weird Science
1985
as Gary
Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a wo...

The Breakfast Club
1985
as Brian Johnson
Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel ...

Sixteen Candles
1984
as Geek (Ted)
With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. ...

National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
as Rusty Griswold
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.

Running Out
1983
as Kylie
A young woman, unable to handle the stress of raising a family, runs out on her husband and young daughter. 12 years later, she returns in hopes of re...

Six Pack
1982
as Doc
Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quick...

Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
1982
as Huck Finn
The adventures and misadventures of Tom and Huck on the Mississippi River in Missouri with their involvement when they fall in with a gang of con arti...

The Gold Bug
1980
as The Boy
Shortly after the Civil War, while exploring the long deserted and reputedly haunted Sullivan's Island off Charleston S.C., a boy encounters two obses...
Halloween Store
N/A
as Sheriff Van Hollis
A group of people find themselves trapped inside a costume store on Halloween night with a mysterious killer on the loose.