# Michael Hall

Michael Anthony Hall (born April 14, 1968), known professionally as Anthony michael hall, is an American actor best known for his movies with John Hughes, which include the teen classics The Breakfast Club and Weird Science. His parents are Mercedes Hall, an actress-blues and jazz singer, and Larry Hall, who owned an auto body shop.He diversified his roles to avoid becoming typecast as his geek persona, joining the cast of Saturday Night Live (1985–1986) and starring in films such as Out of Bounds (1986), Johnny Be Good (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Six Degrees of Separation (1993). After a series of minor roles in the 1990s, he starred as Microsoft's Bill Gates in the 1999 television film Pirates of Silicon Valley.