| Net Worth: | $4 Million |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: | April 14, 1968 (56 years old) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Profession: | Movie Actor |
| Nationality: | American |
Former Brat Pack member known for his ’80s comedies, including The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, and Sixteen Candles. His other film credits include Six Degrees of Separation, Edward Scissorhands, and Out of Bounds. He began appearing in season six of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
In his youth he appeared in a commercial for Honeycombs cereal.
He is a member of the 1980s Brat Pack as he is well known for geeky movie roles.
Career
Career: Anthony began starring in commercials at age 7, including ads for Honeycomb cereal and Bounty candy bars. In 1977, he made his stage debut in a production of Steve Allen’s play “The Wake,” and he later appeared in the Woody Allen play “St. Joan of the Microphone” at the Lincoln Center Festival. Hall portrayed a young Edgar Allan Poe in the 1980 television film “The Gold Bug” and Huckleberry Finn in the 1982 TV movie “Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn,” and he first appeared on the big screen in 1982’s “Six Pack.” In 1983, he played Rusty Griswold in “National Lampoon’s Vacation,” which grossed $61.4 million against a $15 million budget, and he followed it with John Hughes’ “Sixteen Candles” in 1984. Anthony reunited with Hughes for 1985’s “The Breakfast Club” and “Weird Science.” “The Breakfast Club” also starred Molly Ringwald (Hall’s “Sixteen Candles” co-star), Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, and Emilio Estevez, and the group became known as the “Brat Pack,” along with Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, and Andrew McCarthy. In 1985, Anthony joined the “Saturday Night Live” cast, but he was fired at the end of the season, as were Robert Downey, Jr., Joan Cusack, Terry Sweeney, and Randy Quaid. After “SNL,” he starred in 1986’s “Out of Bounds” and 1988’s “Johnny Be Good.”
Personal Life
He was born to Mercedes and Larry Hall. He had a sister named Mary.
He starred in National Lampoon’s Vacation as Rusty Griswold, the son of Chevy Chase.
Quotes
“That, we encourage, and I think we’re doing a pretty good job with the website and also the DVD, like the first season came out and the second season’s being prepared now.”
— Anthony Michael Hall
“There’ve been many a season where I couldn’t get work, and I think that you learn character development and you learn how to really want what you do in life when you can’t really do it.”
— Anthony Michael Hall
“First of all, it was in my contract. I knew I would be directing an episode.”
— Anthony Michael Hall
“I think the obvious answer is I was raised in New York City, so growing up, not only myself but my family, like my father, we would watch a lot of Scorsese films.”
— Anthony Michael Hall
“I would say probably Pirates of Silicon Valley just because I’m proud of the work, playing Gates.”
— Anthony Michael Hall