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Anthony Michael Hall

Highest Rated: 94% National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)

Lowest Rated: 0% Johnny Be Good (1988)

Birthday: Apr 14, 1968

Birthplace: West Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA

Star of a number of classic John Hughes high school comedies in the 1980s, Anthony Michael Hall reinvented himself after a rocky transition to adult roles. Hall's breakout as a gawky but self-possessed freshman geek opposite Molly Ringwald in "Sixteen Candles" (1984) led to similar outcast roles in "The Breakfast Club" (1985) and "Weird Science" (1985), cementing the freckled actor's status as the '80s nerd-of-choice. He was considered a member of Hollywood's Brat Pack, a loosely associated group of young actors who surfaced ad nauseum in dozens of high school and young adult movies of the era, though Hall disassociated himself from that scene and his typecasting when he unsuccessfully ventured into action films and sketch comedy on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975- ). Hall subsequently put aside his genuine comedic talent and likeable smartass appeal in favor of earnest TV movies and scowling villains in low budget films. He finally earned positive attention again in the new millennium as the paranormally powered protagonist of the Stephen King-based series, "The Dead Zone" (USA, 2002-07), which brought him back into the spotlight and effectively erased his status as a kid-star has-been. Along with recurring roles on TV series including teen comedy "Awkward" (MTV 2011-16) and "Murder in the First" (TNT 2014-16), Hall appeared in character roles in films including the Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight" (2008), Bennett Miller's acclaimed drama "Foxcatcher" (2014), Ben Affleck's Prohibition-set action drama "Live By Night" (2017) and satirical Iraq War comedy "War Machine" (2017).

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Highest rated movies

94% 85% National Lampoon's Vacation
Watchlist
94% 94% The Dark Knight Watchlist 90% 91% Edward Scissorhands Watchlist
89% 85% Pirates of Silicon Valley
Watchlist
89% 92% The Breakfast Club Watchlist 89% 84% Bodied Watchlist 88% 66% Foxcatcher Watchlist
88% 71% Six Degrees of Separation
Watchlist
86% 90% 61*
Watchlist
85% 36% Results
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Roswell Delirium Unknown (Character),
Producer
- 2025
20% 15% Trigger Warning Ezekiel (Character) - 2024
11% 42% Air Force One Down Sam Waltman (Character) - 2024
29% 86% The Class Faulk (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2022
39% 66% Halloween Kills Tommy Doyle (Character) $92.0M 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lears Glenn Lear (Character) - 2017
89% 84% Bodied Professor Merkin (Character) $114.0K 2017
48% 34% War Machine Greg Pulver (Character) - 2017
35% 42% Live by Night Gary L. Smith (Character) $10.4M 2016
No Score Yet 31% Natural Selection Mr. Stevenson (Character) - 2015
85% 36% Results Grigory (Character) $103.9K 2015
88% 66% Foxcatcher Jack (Character) $12.1M 2014
No Score Yet 15% Friend Request Burk (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 37% Dead in Tombstone Red Hernandez (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 50% Aftermath Tom Fiorini (Character),
Producer
$3.0K 2013
No Score Yet 36% Zombie Night Patrick (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 50% Sexy Evil Genius Mark Von Dutch (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 39% Last Man Standing Nick Collins (Character) - 2011
94% 94% The Dark Knight Engel (Character) $2.0M 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Final Approach Greg Gilliad (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 73% L.A. Blues Unknown (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Funny Valentine Unknown (Character) - 2005
31% 77% All About the Benjamins Lil' J (Character) $25.5M 2002
No Score Yet 57% Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story Mutt Lange (Character) - 2001
86% 90% 61* Whitey Ford (Character) - 2001
12% 56% Freddy Got Fingered Mr. Davidson (Character) $14.2M 2001
46% 51% The Caveman's Valentine Bob (Character) $687.1K 2001
No Score Yet 42% Hitched Ted Robbins (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 57% The Photographer Greg (Character) - 2000
70% 75% Happy Accidents Famous Actor (Character) $688.5K 2000
No Score Yet 29% Dirt Merchant Jeffry Alan Spacy (Character) - 1999
89% 85% Pirates of Silicon Valley Bill Gates (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 86% A Touch of Hope Dean Kraft (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Killing Grounds Art Styles (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Eternal Revenge Brian Cutler (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 40% Trojan War Bus Driver (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cold Night Into Dawn Eddie Rodgers (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 48% The Grave Travis Purcell (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 0% Hijacked: Flight 285 Peter Cronin (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 30% Exit in Red Nick (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 38% The Death Artist Walter (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 38% Texas Yancey Quimper (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 13% Hail Caesar Julius Caesar McMurty (Character),
Director
- 1994
88% 71% Six Degrees of Separation Trent (Character) $6.3M 1993
No Score Yet 19% Who Do I Gotta Kill? Jimmy's Friend Kevin Friedland (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 34% A Gnome Named Gnorm Casey Gallagher (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 32% Into the Sun Tom Slade (Character) $558.4K 1992
90% 91% Edward Scissorhands Jim (Character) $54.2M 1990
0% 30% Johnny Be Good Johnny Walker (Character) $15.5M 1988
No Score Yet 45% Out of Bounds Daryl Cage (Character) $4.2M 1986
89% 92% The Breakfast Club Brian Ralph Johnson (Character) - 1985
60% 69% Weird Science Gary Wallace (Character) - 1985
81% 85% Sixteen Candles Farmer Ted, 'The Geek' (Character) - 1984
94% 85% National Lampoon's Vacation Russell "Rusty" Griswold (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jennifer's Journey Michael (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 71% Six Pack Doc (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn Huck Finn (Character) - 1982

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 11% The View Guest 2024
No Score Yet 72% The Dead Zone Johnny Smith (Character),
Director
2002-2007 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Guest 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2021
No Score Yet 75% The Goldbergs Security Guard (Guest Star) 2019-2021
91% 79% The Blacklist Robby Ressler (Guest Star) 2020
95% 91% Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Unknown (Guest Star) 2019
81% 47% Riverdale Unknown (Guest Star) 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Unknown (Guest Star) 2017
89% 94% Psych Chief Trout (Guest Star),
Guest
2013-2014
88% 88% Community Mike (Guest Star) 2009 2011
71% 82% No Ordinary Family Roy Minor (Guest Star) 2011
No Score Yet 90% American Dad! Tom (Guest Voice) 2011
No Score Yet 65% CSI: Miami Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
65% 82% Entourage Himself (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Poltergeist: The Legacy Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diagnosis Murder Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Jamie Foxx Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Les Franklin (Guest Star) 1996
50% No Score Yet Deadly Games Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
83% 95% NYPD Blue Hanson Riker (Guest Star) 1995
82% 90% Tales From the Crypt Unknown (Character) 1993
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Unknown (Character) 1985-1986