Claim: The Breakfast Club starred a person.

Michael Anthony Hall -LRB- born April 14 , 1968 -RRB- , known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall , is an American actor , film producer , and director 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 .   Hall diversified his roles to avoid becoming typecast as his geek persona , joining the cast of Saturday Night Live -LRB- 1985 -- 1986 -RRB- and starring in films such as Out of Bounds -LRB- 1986 -RRB- , Johnny Be Good -LRB- 1988 -RRB- , Edward Scissorhands -LRB- 1990 -RRB- and Six Degrees of Separation -LRB- 1993 -RRB- . 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 . He had the leading role in the USA Network series The Dead Zone from 2002 to 2007 . The show was one of the highest-rated cable television series during its run .