Acting
Jan 31, 1971
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Michael C. Hall
Acting
Biography
**Michael Carlyle Hall** (born February 1, 1971) is an American actor, producer, and musician celebrated for his compelling portrayals of complex antiheroes. Raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, he earned his MFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts before making his mark on the New York stage in Shakespeare in the Park and as the Emcee in the 1999 Broadway revival of *Cabaret*. He broke into television with widespread critical acclaim and an Emmy nomination as David Fisher, a closeted mortician navigating grief and family duty, in HBO's landmark drama *Six Feet Under* (2001 to 2005). He achieved global stardom headlining Showtime's *Dexter* (2006 to 2013) as forensic blood-spatter analyst and vigilante serial killer Dexter Morgan, winning both a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award alongside six consecutive Emmy nominations. Hall subsequently expanded the franchise across three major continuations: the limited sequel *Dexter: New Blood* (2021), the prequel *Dexter: Original Sin* (2024) as the narrator of Dexter's inner monologue, and the direct follow-up series *Dexter: Resurrection* (2025). Beyond his signature television roles, Hall has starred in diverse screen projects including *Gamer* (2009), *Kill Your Darlings* (2013), the neo-noir thriller *Cold in July* (2014), the biographical drama *Christine* (2016), and the Harlan Coben Netflix miniseries *Safe* (2018). An accomplished stage performer and vocalist, he has headlined Broadway runs in *Chicago*, *The Realistic Joneses*, and *Hedwig and the Angry Inch*, starred in David Bowie's Off-Broadway musical *Lazarus* (2015), and actively records and tours internationally as the frontman of the indie synth-rock trio Princess Goes.
Feature Films (25)
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – and why he's now in hot water.
Paycheck
Documentary based on three New York Times bestselling books by historian Andrew Carroll and inspired by the stage play If All the Sky Were Paper, the film tells the story of Carroll, who travels the world to seek out the greatest war letters ever written
Behind the Lines
A young Vermont widow is haunted by the memory of her dead husband, while trying to date again.
Bereft
Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind.
Gamer
35-year-old Morris Bliss is clamped in the jaws of New York City inertia: he wants to travel but has no money, he needs a job but has no prospects, he still shares an apartment with his widowed father, and the premature death of his mother has left him emotionally walled up. When he finds himself wrapped up in an awkward relationship with Stephanie, the 18-year-old daughter of a former classmate, Morris quickly discovers his static life unraveling and opening up in ways that are long overdue.
The Trouble with Bliss
Television & Series (21)
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.
Six Feet Under
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The firsthand experiences of thirteen Americans during the Vietnam War. The thirteen Americans retell their stories in Vietnam paired with found footage from the battlefield.
Vietnam in HD
Tales of vigilante serial killer Dexter Morgan’s earlier kills and how exactly the dark defender came to perfect his craft following the death of his adoptive father, Harry.
Dexter: Early Cuts
Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.
