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Michael Hall Biography (1968-)

Real name, Michael Anthony Thomas Charles Hall; born April 14, 1968, in Boston, MA; son of Mercedes Hall (an actress and singer); stepson of Thomas Chestaro (a show business manager and producer). Career: Actor and director.Appeared in television commercials. Addresses: Agent: Steve Owens, UpFront Management, 499 North Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210-4842.; Contact: 574 West End Ave., Suite 4, New York, NY 10024.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, Director

Birth Details

April 14, 1968

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Doc, Six Pack, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982
• Rusty Griswold, National Lampoon's Vacation (also known as Vacation), Warner Bros., 1983
• Farmer Ted, Sixteen Candles, Universal, 1984
• Brian Johnson, The Breakfast Club, Universal, 1984
• Gary, Weird Science, Universal, 1985
• Daryl Cage, Out of Bounds, Columbia, 1986
• Johnny Walker, Johnny Be Good, Orion, 1988
• Jim, Edward Scissorhands, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
• Tom Slade, Into the Sun, Trimark Pictures, 1992
• Trent Conway, Six Degrees of Separation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1993
• Jimmy's friend, Me and the Mob (also known as Who Do I Gotta Kill?), Bullseye Video, 1994
• Casey, A Gnome Named Gnorm (also known as The Adventures of a Gnome Named Gnorm and Upworld), PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1994
• Bus driver, Trojan War (also known as No Night Stand and Rescue Me), Warner Bros., 1997
• Cold Night into Dawn, Showcase Entertainment, 1997
• The Killing Grounds, A-pix Entertainment, 1998
• Himself (scenes cut from film), Blunt, 1998
• Dirt Merchant (also known as Dirt Merchant: Alternative Investigator), Quantum Entertainment, 1999
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Regular performer, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1985-86
• Miniseries
• Yancey Quimper, Texas (also known as James A. Michener's Texas), ABC, 1994
• Movies
• Jennifer's Journey, 1979
• Boy, Gold Bug, ABC, 1981
• Orphans, Waifs and Wards, 1981
• Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures ofTom Sawyer and Huck Finn, CBS, 1982
• Kylie, Running Out, CBS, 1983
• Julius Caesar MacGruder, Hail Caesar, Showtime, 1994
• Walter Paisley, Bucket of Blood (also known as Dark Secrets, The Death Artist, and Roger Corman Presents Bucket of Blood),Showtime, 1995
• Peter Cronin, Hijacked: Flight 285, ABC, 1996
• Travis Purcell, The Grave (also known as The Secret), HBO,1996
• Nick Phillips, Exit in Red, The Movie Channel, 1996
• High Voltage, HBO, 1998
• Dean Kraft, A Touch of Hope, NBC, 1999
• Bill Gates, Pirates of Silicon Valley, TNT, 1999
• Television Work
• Movies
• Director, Hail Caesar, Showtime, 1994
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• The Body Human: Facts for Boys, 1980
• Judge, The 1997 Miss Teen USA Pageant, 1997
• Episodic
• Reggie Skulnick, "Creep Course," Tales from the Crypt, HBO, 1993
• Hanson Riker, "Travels with Andy," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1995
• Chuck Manley, "The Camp Counselor," Deadly Games, UPN, 1995
• Thomas Prescott, "Flesh and Blood," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1996
• Les Franklin, "What You Don't Know Can Kill You," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1996
• Dr. Johnson, "Looks Can Kill," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1997
• Hollywood agent, The Jamie Foxx Show, WB, 1997
• John Griffin, "Debt of Honor," Poltergeist: The Legacy, Showtime,1998
• Officer Reid Truax, "Dead to Rights," The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, syndicated, 1998
• Stage Appearances
• The Wake, Philadelphia, PA, 1977
• Appeared in St. Joan of the Microphone, Lincoln Center Festival, New York City; and Segments of a Contemporary Morning, Griffin Repertory Theatre.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• Entertainment Weekly, May 19, 1995, p. 69; December 20, 1996, p. 83.*