塞缪尔·杰克逊1948年12月21日出生于美国华盛顿，在田纳西长大，从小就对课业非常的认真，并且进入位于亚特兰大的摩尔浩斯学院读建筑，后来才转到了戏剧系，以戏剧艺术学士的学位毕业。
Anthony Michael Hall was born in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. His parents are Mercedes Hall, an actress-blues and jazz singer, and Larry Hall, who owned an auto body shop. His stepfather is a show-business manager. His sister, Mary Christian, is also a performer. He has Irish and Italian ancestry. Hall's given name was Michael Anthony Thomas Charles Hall, but he adopted the Anthony Michael moniker upon finding that another Michael Hall was already a member of the Screen Actors' Guild.
