Anthony Michael Hall

Hall writes and sings for his band, Hall of Mirrors. Other films include Dominick and Eugene, Parenthood, Those Lips, Those Eyes, Echo Park and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and Slamdance. He also stars in The Dead Zone, a television series based on the Stephen King novel. Murray Abraham. Hall continues to appear regularly in major films in a variety of roles such as nerd billionaire Bill Gates in Pirates of Silicon Valley and baseball player Whitey Ford in 61*. In 1984 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance of Mozart in Amadeus, losing to his Amadeus co-star, F. Hall starred in Hail Caesar, a film about a would-be rock star who works in a pencil eraser factory, which Hall also directed. His next was in the highly popular National Lampoon's Animal House.

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, this time playing the part of the villain. His first film role was in the James Dean influenced film 9/30/55 in 1977. He appeared as a regular on Saturday Night Live at the age of 17, the youngest cast member ever. Within a month of moving to New York City, he became the understudy for Peter Firth in the Broadway production of Equus. He was nominated for a Tony Award for A Few Good Men. After his success at playing a geek in Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club, Hall avoided similar roles for fear of being typecast. He wanted to be a singer as a small child, but switched to acting when his voice changed. Anthony Michael Hall (born April 14, 1968) is a US movie actor who became famous playing a nerd in several prominent Brat Pack films of the 1980s. Born in Whitewater, Wisconsin, he was raised in Plymouth, Michigan.

61* (2001) (television) - Whitey Ford. Thomas Edward Hulce (born December 6, 1953) is an American actor. Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) (television) - Bill Gates. Hail Caesar (1994) - Julius Caesar McMurty. Edward Scissorhands (1990) - Jim, Kim's Boyfriend.

Saturday Night Live (1985-1986) (television) - various. Weird Science (1985) - Garry Wallace. The Breakfast Club (1985) - Brian Ralph Johnson. Sixteen Candles (1984) - The Geek (Farmer Ted).

National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) - Russell 'Rusty' Griswold.