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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 Out of Bounds (1986), Johnny Be Good (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Six Degrees of Separation (1993). 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 and started in 2001 comedy Freddy Got Fingered. He had the leading role in the USA Network series The Dead Zone from 2002 to 2007. In 2008, he appeared in a minor role in The Dark Knight. In 2020, he appeared in ABC's The Goldbergs. Additionally, he starred in the slasher film Halloween Kills (2021).
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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 Out of Bounds (1986), Johnny Be Good (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Six Degrees of Separation (1993). 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 and started in 2001 comedy Freddy Got Fingered. He had the leading role in the USA Network series The Dead Zone from 2002 to 2007. In 2008, he appeared in a minor role in The Dark Knight. In 2020, he appeared in ABC's The Goldbergs. Additionally, he starred in the slasher film Halloween Kills (2021).
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Diagnosis: Murder
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Blacklist
Psych
E! True Hollywood Story
American Dad!
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Community
Honest Trailers
Z Nation
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Bosch: Legacy
Touched by an Angel
Murder, She Wrote
Tales from the Crypt
The Hunger
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Entourage
The D'Amelio Show
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
The Soup
Riverdale
CSI: Miami
Saturday Night Live
Clerks III
The Dark Knight
Halloween Kills
Air Force One Down
Foxcatcher
Freddy Got Fingered
Sixteen Candles
Edward Scissorhands
The Breakfast Club
National Lampoon's Vacation
Exit in Red
Pirates of Silicon Valley
War Machine
Trigger Warning
Weird Science
A Bucket of Blood
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
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