Anthony Michael Hall

Anthony Michael Hall (born April 14, 1968 in West Roxbury, Massachusetts) is a U.S. movie actor who became famous playing a nerd in several successful, teenage Brat Pack films of the 1980s.

After his early success at playing a geek (National Lampoon's Vacation, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science), Hall avoided playing similar roles to escape the nerdy typecast.

He appeared as a regular on Saturday Night Live at the age of 17, the youngest cast member ever. After a string of bizarre behavior, a tour in rehabilitation for alcoholism, and late puberty, a far more athletic Hall appeared in Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands (1990), this time playing the part of a villainous football player.

Hall has denied he was ever in rehab saying the closest he got was visiting friend Robert Downey Jr. in jail. Hall has been diagnosed as bi-polar and was the subject of a lawsuit for shutting down "Dead Zone" due to his illness.

Hall starred in Hail Caesar, a film about a would-be rock star who works in a pencil eraser factory, which Hall also directed. Hall continues to appear regularly in major films in a variety of roles such as Bill Gates in Pirates of Silicon Valley and baseball player Whitey Ford in 61*. He also stars in The Dead Zone, a hit television series based on the Stephen King novel.

Hall writes and sings for his band, Hall of Mirrors. His sister is also a singer using the stage name of Mary C. , his mother Mercedes Hallis a cabaret singer who also has a a My Space page

Selected filmography

*Six Pack (1982) - Doc
*National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) - Russell 'Rusty' Griswold
*Sixteen Candles (1984) - The Geek (Farmer Ted)
*The Breakfast Club (1985) - Brian Ralph Johnson
*Weird Science (1985) - Garry Wallace
*Saturday Night Live (1985-1986) (television) - various
*Out of Bounds (1986) - Daryl Cage
*Johnny Be Good (1988) - Johnny Walker
*Edward Scissorhands (1990) - Jim, Kim's Boyfriend
*Hail Caesar (1994) - Julius Caesar McMurty
*Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) (television) - Bill Gates
*61* (2001) (television) - Whitey Ford
*Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story (2001) (television) - Robert John "Mutt" Lange
*Freddy Got Fingered (2001) - Mr. Dave Davidson
*All About the Benjamins (2002 in film) - Lil J
*Funny Valentine (2005) - Josh
*Aftermath (2006) - Tom Fiorini (In Post Production)- notable for being the final film of Chris Penn

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