Becoming a successful and legendary actor inHollywood can be done in different ways. One could become a cult actor simply by appearing in multiple films across different genres, so fans of each genre will be familiar with your face. You could also become an icon by starring in blockbusters, the coffers. By appearing in blockbusters, your status as a well-known actor is guaranteed. Another way to become a cult actor is not through the amount of work you do or earning movie credits in popular films, but in cult films. Many actors and actresses have cemented their names in film history in this way and that is what Anthony Michael Hall did in 1985 when he starred in two films,The Breakfast Club and Strange Science
Though he failed to recapture the legacy of both films in his later projects, it doesn’t matter anymore, he wrote his name in history.
biography
Anthony Hall is an Easter Child, he was born on Easter Sunday 1968 April 14th. The soft-eyed actor was born to Larry and popular blues-jazz singer Mercedes Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents’ marriage ended when he was only six months old, and of course he ended up with his mother, who was a big deal at the time. In the first five years of his life he had lived in three cities – Boston, California and New York. Hall spent most of his childhood in New York, including the early days of his acting career.
Anthony Michael Hall never went to college but graduated from high school after attending St. Hilda & St. Hugh’s School. When his acting career took off, he transferred to the Professional Children’s School in Manhattan after experiencing the biggest break in his career in the 1980s. Perhaps an innate talent he couldn’t wait to share with the world, or a need to be a performer like his mother, or both, Anthony began his acting career at the age of seven, with his mother as his manager acted.
Beginning with commercials, he starred in ads for brands like Honeycomb and Bounty and various toy companies. A brave and outspoken child, Hall made his professional acting debut in a 1977 drama on stage. He starred in The Wake, a semi-autobiographical play about Steve Allen, and made his television debut in front of a camera in the 1980 film, The Goldbug, playing a young version of Edger Allan Poe.
Casting directors make their subjective decisions about actors for a role in auditions, and an actor can continue to get roles without necessarily penetrating the minds of critics and fans until a defining performance changes the way in which they are viewed by critics and film viewers. For Anthony, that performance was in the National Lampoon Classic, Holiday where he starred as Rusty Griswold and delivered the film’s standout performance.
Anthony Michael Hall followed his appearance in Vacation in 1983 with another in 1984 in the film, Sixteen Candles His performance in the film cemented him as a legitimate actor and child star, and meant the stellar performance of his film career in the ’80s wasn’t over yet. He starred in two other classics – The Breakfast Club and Strange Science Unfortunately, although he has appeared in some critically successful films such as Edward Scissorhands, Six Degrees of Separation, Pirates of Silicon Valley, in which he portrayed billionaire Bill Gates, the ’80s were the pinnacle of Hall’s film career.
His other notable films include The Dark Knight, Fox Catcher and Live By Night To date he has appeared in 43 films and on over 20 television shows including Entourage, Community and Riverdale
Wealth (income and earnings)
With a film career that raved in the 80’s After appearing in a number of commercially successful classics, he continued to act in films and television and has managed to amass a net worth of $8 million through these endeavors.
Is he married, who is the wife?
Anthony Michael Hall has never been married, although he has been in relationships with some notable women such as Samantha Phillips, Kelly Stone and Alison Hughes. Most notably, the Breakfast Club actor was in a relationship with Sandra Guerard that lasted five years, beginning in 2001 and ending in 2006. So far, however, he has not committed anyone by marriage.
Other facts about Anthony Michael Hall
He is the godfather to the son of Marvel Cinematic Universe superstar Robert Downey Jr., Falconer Downey. The two were cast on Saturday Night Live in 1985-86.
He was born Michael Anthony Hall but had to professionally change his name to Anthony Michael Hall due to an actor in the Screen Actors Guild already having the naming agreement.
He has a record label and band, Hall of Mirrors, for which he is the lead singer and songwriter. The band was formed in 1998.
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