Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL!
Still, I have enough specific thoughts on each to avoid the dreaded grab-bag post. So spoilers for “Community” coming up just as soon as I give you the Forest Whitaker eye…
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: 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 were the teen classics The Breakfast Club and Weird Science he is the only child of blues-jazz singer Mercedes Hall’s first marriage . she divorced hall’s father, Larry, when their son was six months old . in 2020, he appeared in ABC’ hall’s ancestry is Irish and Italian . his half-sister is pursuing a career as a singer under the name of Mary C. Hall uses the name Anthony, rather than Michael . hall began his acting career at age eight and continued throughout high school . through the 1980s, Hall’s mother managed his career, eventually relinquishing that role to her second husband . “i did not go to college,” he was the Honeycomb cereal kid and appeared in commercials for toys and Bounty . his stage debut was in 1977 . he made his screen debut in the Emmy-winning TV movie The Gold Bug . hall’s breakout role came in 1984, when he was cast as Farmer Ted . “for [Hall] to upstage Chevy, I thought, was a remarkable accomplishment,” says Hughes . hall landed a spot on promotional materials, along with co-star Ringwald . reviews of the film were positive for Hall and his co-starrings . “the geek is just a typical freshman,” Hall said . hall starred in two teen-oriented films written and directed by John Hughes . he was cast as Brian Johnson, “the brain,” in the breakfast club . film critic Janet Maslin praised hall and Ringwald hall portrayed John Hughes’ alter egos in sixteen candles, the breakfast club and weird science . he credits the director for putting him on the map and giving him those opportunities as a child . “Hall joined the cast of Saturday night live (SNL) during its 1985–86 season at the age of 17 . he was, and remains, the youngest cast member in the show’s history . his recurring hall was one of six cast members dismissed at the end of that season . he found the show to be far more competitive than he had imagined . “i’ll always be proud of the fact that i was a hall turned down roles written for him by John Hughes in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Pretty in Pink . instead, he starred in the 1986 film Out of Bounds . the film grossed only US$ “all sorts of stories circulated, like I got on set and I was fired,” he says . his next film was 1988’s Johnny be good . he worked with uma Thurman and fellow Saturday Night Live cast reviewers panned Hall’s performance as a high school football star . he appeared in a series of low-budget films . film critic Janet Maslin praised his performance . hall played a gay man who teaches down-and-out Will Smith to dupe rich people in the critically acclaimed film Six Degrees of Separation . hall claimed that it was “the hardest role [he] ever hall was widely praised for his portrayal of 20-year-old Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates . “it was a thrill and a daunting challenge to play someone of his stature and brilliance,” Hall said “you go down, down. You lose the body; you get softer shoulders, you slump, you create a little gut” he is almost there. “then you extend the neck and you do a duck walk.” he starred opposite sheryl lee in the 2001 USA Network cable movie hitched . in the same year, he played renowned music producer Robert “Mutt” Lange in VH1’s movie Hy Hall began his first regular series role in 2002 . he was cast in the show after executive producer saw his performance in Pirates of Silicon Valley . the show debuted on June 16, 2002, and drew higher ratings for Hall directed an episode from season three, “The Cold Hard Truth” the show proved to be one of USA Network’s top shows and one of the highest-rated programs on basic cable . the show’s sixth and final season premiered on June 17, 2007 . Hall appeared in the tenth episode of in Criss Angel Mindfreak’s fourth season . Hall played the main antagonist in Season 3 of Warehouse 13, Walter Sykes . hall reprised his role as Rusty Griswold in 2012 in a series of holiday commercials . from 2011-12, he hall assists at-risk youth through his literacy program, The Anthony Michael Hall Literacy Club . following family tradition, hall pursues his other passion, music . in the late 1980s, hall’s drinking problem, which began in hall eventually quit drinking and became fully sober by 1990 . “the truth is, I had my partying nights, but I never really bounced at the bottom,” he said . hall later said that “the weight gain was hall played a gay love interest to Will Smith in the 1993 film six degrees of separationion . Smith had agreed to a kissing scene between the two . on the day of the shoot, Smith backed off . the cafeteria is named the Anthony Michael Dining Hall . in 2006, hall was ranked #4 in VH1’s list of the “100 Greatest Teen Stars” in 2005, the breakfast club was rewarded with the sheedy, Ringwald, and Hall appeared together on stage, and Paul Gleason gave the award to his former castmates . Estevez could not attend because of family commitments, and Nelson left before the on-