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Michael Anthony Hall, known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor who starred in several teen-oriented films of the 1980s. Hall began his career in commercials and on stage as a child, and made his screen debut in 1980. His films with director-screenwriter John Hughes, beginning with the popular 1983 comedy National Lampoon's Vacation and the coming-of-age comedy Sixteen Candles, shaped his early career. Hall's next movies with Hughes were the teen classics The Breakfast Club and Weird Science, both in 1985.
Birth Name
Michael Anthony Thomas Charles Hall
Born
Sunday, 14 April 1968
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Trigger Warning | Ezekiel Swann / Ezekiel | 2024 |
| Air Force One Down | Sam Waitman | 2024 |
| Clerks III | Auditioner / Auditioner 16 | 2022 |
| The Class | Faulk | 2022 |
| Bosch: Legacy | Agent William Baron | 2022 |
| Reacher | Zachary Beck | 2022 |
| Halloween Kills | Tommy Doyle | 2021 |
| Mike Tyson: The Knockout | Self - Author & Friend of Mike Tyson / Self - Actor & Friend of Mike Tyson | 2021 |
| Something About Her | Jack | 2021 |
| Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Self - Celebrity Contestant | 2021 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Trigger Warning | Ezekiel Swann / Ezekiel | 2024 |
| Air Force One Down | Sam Waitman | 2024 |
| Clerks III | Auditioner / Auditioner 16 | 2022 |
| The Class | Faulk | 2022 |
| Bosch: Legacy | Agent William Baron | 2022 |
| Reacher | Zachary Beck | 2022 |
| Halloween Kills | Tommy Doyle | 2021 |
| Mike Tyson: The Knockout | Self - Author & Friend of Mike Tyson / Self - Actor & Friend of Mike Tyson | 2021 |
| Something About Her | Jack | 2021 |
| Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Self - Celebrity Contestant | 2021 |
| Josh Gates Tonight | Self | 2020 |
| The Lears | Glenn Lear | 2019 |
| Bodied | Professor Merkin | 2018 |
| War Machine | Greg Pulver | 2017 |
| Riverdale | Principal Featherhead | 2017 |
| Live by Night | Gary L. Smith / Gary Smith | 2016 |
| Natural Selection | Mr. Stevenson | 2016 |
| Rosewood | Detective Willet | 2015 |
| Results | Grigory | 2015 |
| Foxcatcher | Jack | 2014 |
| Z Nation | Gideon Gould | 2014 |
| Murder in the First | Paul Barnes | 2014 |
| Aftermath | Tom Fiorini / Thomas 'Boss' Fiorini | 2013 |
| Zombie Night | Patrick | 2013 |
| The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of the Dark Knight Trilogy | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 2013 |
| Dead in Tombstone | Red Cavanaugh / Red Hernandez | 2013 |
| The Goldbergs | Mr. Perott / Security Guard | 2013 |
| The Blacklist | Robby Ressler | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Mr. Kitson | 2013 |
| Friend Request | Burk | 2013 |
| Sexy Evil Genius | Mark Von Dutch | 2013 |
| The Haunting Of | Self | 2012 |
| Home & Family | Self | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest / Himself - Guest | 2012 |
| unCONventional | Self | 2012 |
| Awkward. | Mr. Hart | 2011 |
| Last Man Standing | Nick Collins | 2011 |
| No Ordinary Family | Roy Minor | 2010 |
| The 82nd Annual Academy Awards | Self - John Hughes Tribute | 2010 |
| Community | Mike | 2009 |
| Warehouse 13 | Walter Sykes | 2009 |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self | 2009 |
| The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien | Casey Gallagher | 2009 |
| Celebrity Ghost Stories | Himself | 2008 |
| Sincerely Yours | Self | 2008 |
| The Dark Knight | Mike Engel / Engel | 2008 |
| Gotham Tonight | Mike Engel | 2008 |
| Final Approach | Greg Gilliad | 2007 |
| LA Blues | Larry | 2007 |
| Psych | Harris Trout | 2006 |
| Funny Valentine | Josh | 2005 |
| Dancing with the Stars | Self - Team Woz Segway Rider | 2005 |
| Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found | Various | 2005 |
| American Dad! | (voice) / Tom | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| The Insider | Himself / Himself (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Entourage | Anthony Michael Hall | 2004 |
| Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica | Self | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself - Guest | 2003 |
| The Dead Zone | Johnny Smith | 2002 |
| CSI: Miami | James Bradstone | 2002 |
| The Dead Zone | Johnny Smith | 2002 |
| All About the Benjamins | Lil J | 2002 |
| Hitched | Ted Robbins | 2001 |
| Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story | Mutt Lange | 2001 |
| 61* | Whitey Ford | 2001 |
| Freddy Got Fingered | Mr. Davidson | 2001 |
| The Caveman's Valentine | Bob | 2001 |
| The Photographer | Greg | 2000 |
| Happy Accidents | Anthony Michael Hall | 2000 |
| A Touch of Hope | Dr. Neil Bachman / Dean Kraft | 1999 |
| Dirt Merchant | Jeffry Alan Spacy | 1999 |
| Revenge | Brian Cutler | 1999 |
| 2 Little, 2 Late | Mr. Burggins | 1999 |
| Pirates of Silicon Valley | Bill Gates | 1999 |
| The Crow: Stairway to Heaven | Officer Reid Truax | 1998 |
| Blunt | Cameo Appearance | 1998 |
| The Killing Grounds | Art Styles | 1997 |
| Cold Night Into Dawn | Eddie Rogers / Eddie Rodgers | 1997 |
| Trojan War | Bus Driver | 1997 |
| The Hunger | Michael | 1997 |
| Claude's Crib | Shorty | 1997 |
| The Jamie Foxx Show | Tim | 1996 |
| Exit in Red | Nick | 1996 |
| The Grave | Travis Purcell / Travis Percell | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| Poltergeist: The Legacy | John Griffin | 1996 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Himself | 1996 |
| Hijacked: Flight 285 | Peter Cronin | 1996 |
| A Bucket of Blood | Walter | 1995 |
| Deadly Games | Chuck Manning | 1995 |
| Texas | Yancey Quimper | 1994 |
| Me and the Mob | Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland | 1994 |
| Touched by an Angel | Thomas Prescott | 1994 |
| Hail Caesar | Julius Caesar McMurty | 1994 |
| Six Degrees of Separation | Trent | 1993 |
| Diagnosis Murder | Dr. Johnson | 1993 |
| NYPD Blue | Hanson Riker | 1993 |
| WWE Raw | Self - Audience Member | 1993 |
| Into the Sun | Tom Slade | 1991 |
| Edward Scissorhands | Jim | 1990 |
| A Gnome Named Gnorm | Casey Gallagher / Casey | 1990 |
| Whatever Happened to Mason Reese | Voice of Mason Reese / Mason Reese | 1990 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Reggie Skulnick | 1989 |
| Johnny Be Good | Johnny Walker | 1988 |
| Biography | Self / Rusty Griswold on 'Vacation' / Himself | 1987 |
| Out of Bounds | Daryl Cage | 1986 |
| Weird Science | Gary Wallace | 1985 |
| The Breakfast Club | Brian Johnson | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Les Franklin | 1984 |
| Sixteen Candles | Geek / Geek (Ted) | 1984 |
| National Lampoon's Vacation | Rusty Griswold | 1983 |
| Six Pack | Doc | 1982 |
| Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn | Huck Finn / Huckleberry Finn | 1982 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self / Himself | 1981 |
| ABC Weekend Specials | The Boy | 1977 |
| Saturday Night Live | Various / Self - Various Characters / Self / Young Worker / Young Art Garfunkel / Teenager / Ross Dalrymple Jr. / Luke / Craig Sundberg / Professor Lanny Lundquist / Fed Jones / Edd Byrnes / Dr. Cory Whitcomb / Ed Norton / Daryl Hall / Bobby Kennedy | 1975 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Dead Zone | 2002 |
| Hail Caesar | 1994 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Class | 2022 |
| Aftermath | 2013 |
| Friend Request | 2013 |
| LA Blues | 2007 |
| Hoboken Hollow | 2005 |
| Funny Valentine | 2005 |
| The Dead Zone | 2002 |
