Michael C. Hall
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Born | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. | February 1, 1971
Education | Earlham College (BA) New York University (MFA) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1995–present |
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Michael Carlyle Hall (born February 1, 1971)
Born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, Hall graduated from
Early life
Hall was born in
Hall graduated from
Hall discovered acting early in life: he performed in What Love Is when he was in second grade at Ravenscroft School. In fifth grade, he began singing, first in a boys' choir, and later, in high school, in musicals, performing in standards such as The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, and Fiddler on the Roof. While a student at Earlham College, he continued acting, starring in Cabaret and other productions.
Career
1995–2005: Early stage roles and Six Feet Under
Hall's professional acting career began in the theater.
In 1998, Hall performed in
Hall's work in the first season of Six Feet Under was recognized with a nomination for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series[10] and for an AFI Award nomination for Actor of the Year in 2002. In addition, he shared in the Screen Actors Guild nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series all five years that the show was in production, winning the award in 2003 and 2004.[11]
In 2003, Hall toured as Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago. In 2005, he returned to off-Broadway theater in the premiere of Noah Haidle's Mr. Marmalade, playing the title character, an emotionally disturbed little girl's imaginary friend.
2006–2014: Television focus and Dexter
Hall starred in and co-produced the Showtime television series Dexter, in which he played a psychopathic blood-spatter analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department, who moonlights as a serial killer/vigilante.[12] Jennifer Carpenter played his adoptive sister, Debra Morgan. The series premiered on October 1, 2006, and ended its run in 2013. After months of rumors, on April 18, 2013, Showtime announced via social media that season eight would be Dexter's final season.[13] Hall also voiced Dexter Morgan in the animated web series Dexter: Early Cuts.
For his work on Dexter, Hall was nominated for five Emmy Awards for
In 2014, Hall stated he would be open to returning for a spinoff series, but said: "I can't even wrap my mind around that. And it's all just theoretical until there is some sort of script reflecting somebody's idea of where it could possibly go. But it's hard for me to imagine what that would be. Yeah, as far as playing Dexter again for an undefined amount of time, that's a little daunting to consider. But doing another television series—there's a lot of amazing stuff on TV. I don't want to do that right away. But I wouldn't say never to that."[18] He has said he would consider revisiting his role as the serial killer if something was written that he deemed "worth pursuing".[19] In
Hall's film credits include the thriller Paycheck (2003), the science fiction thriller Gamer (2009), the 2011 drama The Trouble with Bliss (2011), the comedy Peep World (2012), and Kill Your Darlings (2013).[20] Hall performed in a film adaptation of Joe R. Lansdale's cult novel Cold in July,[21] directed by Jim Mickle.[22] The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.[23] Hall will portray Abraham Lincoln's advisor, Leonard Swett, in the documentary film The Gettysburg Address.
In 2014, he returned to Broadway in the play The Realistic Joneses, starring in the role of John Jones. He assumed the title role in Hedwig and The Angry Inch on Broadway on October 16, 2014, and performed the role until January 18, 2015. Hall returned to the role of Hedwig from February 17–21, 2015, to replace John Cameron Mitchell, who had a knee injury.
2015–present: Dexter revival and other ventures
At the end of 2015 and the start of 2016, Hall starred as Thomas Newton in the NYTW stage production of Lazarus, created by David Bowie and Enda Walsh.[24] Hall performed the song "Lazarus", which appeared on Bowie's final album, Blackstar (2016), on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in December 2015.[25] He later appeared in the London production from October 25, 2016, until January 22, 2017.
In January 2014, Showtime President
In 2017, Hall played US President
On February 3, 2019, Hall starred as a fictionalized version of himself in the half-hour-long, one-time-only Broadway musical, Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical.[33] Also in 2019, Hall starred as Holt in the Netflix thriller film In the Shadow of the Moon.[34] Hall voices the character Toffee in Daron Nefcy's Star vs. the Forces of Evil and also voiced Batman in Justice League: Gods and Monsters.[35]
In 2018, Hall narrated the audiobook version of Stephen King's horror novel Pet Sematary.[36] In 2019, Hall starred alongside Martha Plimpton and Hamish Linklater in an episode of the theatre podcast Playing on Air, titled "Nudity Rider".[37] Hall currently sings for the band Princess Goes (formerly Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum) since 2018, alongside Matt Katz-Bohen and Peter Yanowitz. On September 3, 2019, they filmed their first music video for their song, "Ketamine", in Tarrytown, New York.[38] The audio for the song was released October 25, 2019, with the official music video premiering on Collider on December 12, 2019.[39] The band's eponymous debut EP was released on April 2, 2020.[40] In 2023, the band released their second album, 'Come of Age', and renamed themselves "Princess Goes".[41]
Personal life
In 2002, Hall married actress Amy Spanger. The summer after their wedding, Hall played Billy Flynn opposite Spanger's Roxie Hart in the Broadway musical Chicago. The pair divorced in 2006.[42]
In 2007, Hall began dating his Dexter co-star
In September 2012, Hall began dating Morgan Macgregor, who was an associate editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books, and they married on February 29, 2016.[47]
Cancer
On January 13, 2010, Hall's agent and spokesman confirmed that Hall was undergoing treatment for a form of
Charity
Hall is the face of the Somalia Aid Society's "Feed the People" campaign. He has also worked with Kiehl's to promote a limited-edition skin care line that benefits the Waterkeeper Alliance, an environmental nonprofit organization that works toward clean and safe water worldwide.[52]
In 2011, Hall was the celebrity spokesperson for the
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Paycheck | Agent Klein | |
2009 | Gamer | Ken Castle | |
2011 | Peep World | Jack Meyerwitz | |
2012 | The Trouble with Bliss | Morris Bliss | |
2013 | Kill Your Darlings | David Kammerer | |
2014 | Cold in July | Richard Dane | |
2015 | Justice League: Gods and Monsters | Kirk Langstrom / Batman | Voice, direct-to-video |
2016 | Christine | George Peter Ryan | |
2016 | After Adderall | Director | |
2017 | Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House | John Dean | |
2018 | Game Night | The Bulgarian | |
2019 | The Report | Thomas Eastman | |
2019 | In the Shadow of the Moon | Det. Holt | |
2021 | John and the Hole | Bradley Shay | |
TBA | The Gettysburg Address | Leonard Swett | Voice |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | As the World Turns | Jerry Klein | 1 episode |
2001–2005 | Six Feet Under | David Fisher | 63 episodes |
2004 | Bereft | Jonathan | Television film |
2006 | Mysteries of the Freemasons | Narrator | Television film |
2006–2013 | Dexter | Dexter Morgan | 96 episodes; also executive producer |
2009–2010 | Dexter: Early Cuts | Dexter Morgan | Voice |
2011 | Vietnam in HD | Narrator | |
2012 | Ruth & Erica | Tom | 3 episodes |
2014 | Years of Living Dangerously | Himself | Episode: "A Dangerous Future" |
2015 | Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles | Kirk Langstrom / Batman | Voice, episode: "Twisted" |
2015–2019 | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Toffee | Voice, 11 episodes |
2017 | The Crown | John F. Kennedy | Episode: "Dear Mrs. Kennedy" |
2018 | Safe | Dr. Tom Delaney | Also executive producer |
2019 | Documentary Now! | Billy May "Dead Eyes" Dempsey | Episode: "Any Given Saturday Afternoon" |
2020 | The Defeated | Tom Franklin | Miniseries |
2021–2022 | Dexter: New Blood | Dexter Morgan / Jim Lindsay | Limited series; sequel to its original series Dexter |
Theater
Year | Title | Role | Venue |
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1996 | Henry V | Earl of Warwick | Delacorte Theatre
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1996 | Timon of Athens | Caphis | Delacorte Theatre |
1996 | Skylight | Edward Sergeant | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre |
1998 | Macbeth | Malcolm | The Public Theater |
1998 | Corpus Christi | Saint Peter | Manhattan Theatre Club |
1998 | Cymbeline | Posthumus Leonatus | Delacorte Theatre |
1999–2000 | Cabaret | Emcee | Studio 54 |
2002 | Chicago | Billy Flynn | Richard Rodgers Theatre |
2004 | R Shomon | Morito/Thief/Reporter | Williamstown Theatre Festival |
2005 | Mr. Marmalade | Mr. Marmalade | Laura Pels Theatre
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2014 | The Realistic Joneses | John Jones | Lyceum Theatre |
2014–2015 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Hedwig | Belasco Theatre |
2015–2017 | Lazarus | Thomas Jerome Newton | King's Cross Theatre
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2018 | Thom Pain (based on nothing) | Thom Pain | Signature Theatre Company |
2019 | Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical | Himself | Midtown Manhattan's Town Hall |
Web series
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | CollegeHumor Originals | Bryan | 1 episode: "Porn Rental"[54] |
2023 | The Hacker Chronicles | John Doe | Voice, season 2[55] |
Awards and nominations
See also
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Michael C. Hall was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, February 1, 1971. His father, William Carlyle Hall, who worked for IBM, died when Michael was 11. Janice Styons Hall, Michael's mother, is head of guidance and dean of students at a high school in North Carolina.
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