Anthony Michael Hall with wife Lucia welcomes their son

Anthony Michael Hall is now a father. The actor, 55, and his wife, Lucia Hall, have had their first child, a son, according to Hall.

Michael Anthony Hall II was born in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 1, weighing 9 pounds, 7 ounces, according to the couple.

"It's great. We're excited. That first month of parenting is pretty wild," the Weird Science actor tells People magazine. "Everything that everybody tells you is pretty true: you lose sleep and it's the craziest time, but it's the best time. So we're really enjoying it."

The Breakfast Club actor, who was born Michael Anthony Hall and had to alter his identity when he joined the Screen Actors Guild in 1976, was thrilled to carry on the legacy with his son's name.

"I knew I did want to name him Michael and my wife also loved that name, even before she met me. So we've shared that, and then we decided to go with the suffix so he's Michael Anthony Hall II because there are a lot of juniors in the world. There’s nothing wrong with that, but we figured we wanted to keep that full name," he explains.

Hall marvels at how his wife, 32, "floated beautifully through her pregnancy," and is thriving as a new mom.

"She was really amazing with it. She’s very healthy and has great genes, so it was all smooth and other than being a little sleep deprived now, really great," he shares.

"And she's been breastfeeding — we have a big boy. In between his breastfeeding, I get to give him his bottles, and I can tell you, this kid has some appetite. He was born 9 lbs, 7 oz. at Cedars Sinai, and we were there for four days. And fortunately, when we came back home the next day, he just connected with mom and she's been feeding him and taking care of him, as have I, ever since."

Right now, the couple is enjoying their first outings with their child as they adjust to being on-the-go parents.

"We're enjoying the simple things like taking strolls on the beach, holding him and feeding him," he shares.

Anthony and Lucia, who appeared together in the 2017 film War Machine, got engaged in a romantic scene in Taormina, Sicily, in the early autumn of 2019, before marrying in 2020.