Former child actor Anthony Michael Hall made his feature debut in "Six Pack" (1982), starring country singing star Kenny Rogers (in his debut too), and then landed the role of Rusty in "National Lampoon's Vacation" (1983), catching the attention of the film's screenwriter John Hughes, who was about to make the jump to directing. His performance as the scrawny, braces-wearing king of the freshman geeks in Hughes' "Sixteen Candles" (1984), along with follow-up variations on the role in Hughes' "The Breakfast Club" and "Weird Science", established him as the 80s nerd-of-choice, as well as a
Stage debut in "The Wake" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Acted on stage in "St Joan of the Microphone" at the Lincoln Center Festival (NYC) and "Segments of a Contemporary Morning" at the Griffin Repertory Theater