Anthony Michael Hall

Michael Anthony Hall (born April 14, 1968) is an American actor, movie producer and director.  He is known  as Anthony Michael Hall. He was in several movies for teens in the 1980s. Hall began his career in commercials and on stage as a child.  He first made a movie in 1980. Hall was born in West Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in New York, New York.

He joined the cast of Saturday Night Live (1985–1986) and featured in movies, for example, Out of Bounds (1986), Johnny Be Good (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Six Degrees of Separation (1993). After a progression of minor jobs during the 1990s, he featured as Microsoft's Bill Gates in the 1999 TV film Pirates of Silicon Valley. He had the main job in the USA Network arrangement The Dead Zone from 2002 to 2007. In 2020, he showed up in ABC's The Goldbergs.  

 Selected filmography 
 Movies 
 Year Movie Role Notes 1980 The Gold Bug Young Edgar Allan Poe Made-for-TV 1981 Jennifer's Journey Michael  1982 Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn Huckleberry "Huck" Finn Made-for-TV Six Pack Doc  1983 National Lampoon's Vacation Russell 'Rusty' Griswold  1984 Sixteen Candles Farmer Ted (The Geek)  1985 The Breakfast Club Brian R. Johnson  Weird Science Gary Wallace  1986 Out of Bounds Daryl Cage  1988 Johnny Be Good Johnny Walker 1990 Edward Scissorhands Jim  A Gnome Named Gnorm Casey Gallagher Whatever Happened to Mason Reese Mason Reese Voice 1992 Into the Sun Tom Slade  1993 Six Degrees of Separation Trent Conway 1994 Hail Caesar Julius Caesar McMurty Also director Texas Yancey Quimper Made-for-TV Who Do I Gotta Kill? Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland 1995 A Bucket of Blood Walter Paisley Made-for-TV Ripple Marshall Gray1996 Hijacked: Flight 285 Peter Cronin Made-for-TV Exit in Red Nick The Grave Travis 1997 Trojan War Bus Driver  Cold Night Into Dawn Eddie Rodgers  1999 Pirates of Silicon Valley Bill Gates Made-for-TV A Touch of Hope Dean Kraft Made-for-TV 2 Little, 2 Late Mr. Burggins Revenge Brian Cutler Dirt Merchant Jeffry Alan Spacy 2000 Happy Accidents Himself Cameo The Photographer Greg  2001 Hitched Ted Robbins Made-for-TV The Caveman's Valentine Bob  Freddy Got Fingered Mr. Dave Davidson  Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story Robert "Mutt" Lange  61* Whitey Ford Made-for-TV 2002 All About the Benjamins Lil J  2005 Funny Valentine Josh Also co-producer2007 LA Blues Larry Final Approach Greg Gilliad  Made-for-TV 2008 The Dark Knight Mike Engel  2009 Aftermath Tom Fiorini Also producer

 Television 
 Year Show Role Notes 1985–1986 Saturday Night Live Various Cast member 1993 Tales from the Crypt Reggie Skulnick Ep. # 5.9 1995 NYPD Blue Hanson Riker Ep. # 2.13 Deadly Games Chuck Manley/The Camp Counselor Ep. # 1.6 1996 Murder, She Wrote Les Franklin Ep. # 12.22 Touched by an Angel Thomas Prescott Ep. # 2.22 1997 The Jamie Foxx Show Tim Ep. # 2.6 Diagnosis: Murder Dr. Johnson Ep. # 5.6 1998 Poltergeist: The Legacy John Griffin Ep. # 3.8 1999 Touched by an Angel Thomas Prescott Ep. # 5.22 The Crow: Stairway to Heaven Officer Reid Truax Ep. # 1.21 2007 Entourage Himself Ep. # 4.02 2002–2007 The Dead Zone Johnny Smith Starring role, also producer 2009-2011 Community Mike Ep. # 1.12, 2.23 2010 CSI: Miami Dr. James Bradstone Ep. # 8.14 2011 No Ordinary Family Roy Minor Ep. #16 2011 Warehouse 13 Walter Sykes  Ep. #3.09, 3.11, 3.12

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Category:1968 births
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Category:Actors from Boston
Category:American movie actors
Category:American television actors
Category:American television producers
Category:Movie producers from Massachusetts