Michael Anthony Thomas Charles Hall (born April 14, 1968), known professionally as
Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor, film producer, and director who starred in several teen-oriented films of the 1980s. Hall began his career in commercials and on stage as a child, and made his screen debut in 1980. His films with director-screenwriter
John Hughes, beginning with the popular 1983 comedy
National Lampoon's Vacation and the
coming-of-age comedy
Sixteen Candles, shaped his early career. Hall's next movies with Hughes were the teen classics
The Breakfast Club and
Weird Science, both in 1985.