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April 14, 1968 in Boston, MA
Biography:Anthony Michael Hall was 14 when he essayed his first screen role in the Kenny Rogers vehicle "Six Pack". With his cracked voice, skinny frame, and unkempt hair, Hall went on to play nerds and dweebs in such films as "Sixteen Candles" (1984) and "The Breakfast Club" (1985), working so well under the direction of John Hughes that there were those who assumed that Hughes was treating the young actor as an alter ego, reliving his own "misfit" high school years. Hall's film career temporary eclipsed in 1985, partly as the result of a disastrous personal-appearance tour during which the actor behaved in a fashion that could charitably be described as bizarre. He showed up as a regular on TV's "Saturday Night Live" later that year, and as he grew older, became too athletic and self-assured to continue in his previous "clueless" vein. Hall's professional second life as a character actor began with his... Full Biography
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