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Michael Carlisle Hall (born February 1, 1971) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-nominated American actor, best known for his roles as David Fisher in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under and Dexter Morgan of the Showtime series Dexter.
attended Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, graduating from high school in 1989.
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Michael Carlisle Hall (born February 1, 1971) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-nominated American actor, best known for his roles as David Fisher in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under and Dexter Morgan of the Showtime series Dexter.
Personal life
Michael C. Hall was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, with a sister having died in infancy before his birth. When he was 11 years old his father died of cancer. In a 2004 interview he was quoted as saying,
Hall attended Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, graduating from high school in 1989. He graduated from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, in 1993. He later attended New York University's Master of Fine Arts program in New York City.
In 2002, he married actress Amy Spanger; he played Billy Flynn opposite her Roxie Hart in the Broadway musical Chicago the summer after their wedding. The couple separated and filed for divorce in 2006. On New Year's Eve in 2008, he eloped with Dexter co-star Jennifer Carpenter, who plays his character's sister Debra Morgan.
Career
Hall's acting career began in the theater. Off-Broadway, he appeared in Macbeth and Cymbeline at the New York Shakespeare Festival, and in Timon of Athens and Henry V at the New York Public Theater, The English Teachers at the Manhattan Class Company (MCC), and the controversial play Corpus Christi at the Manhattan Theatre Club. He also performed in the workshop production of what was then known as Sondheim's Wise Guys, which has metamorphosed into Bounce. He sang the role of Paris Singer; this character's songs and function in the play were transferred to the character Hollis Bessamer in the final version of the play. In Los Angeles, he appeared in Skylight at the Mark Taper Forum.
In 1999, director Sam Mendes cast Hall as the flamboyant Emcee in the revival of Cabaret, his first Broadway role. Mendes also directed the film American Beauty, written by Alan Ball, and he suggested Hall for the role of deeply closeted David Fisher when Ball began casting the TV drama Six Feet Under. "Everything I opened up for Cabaret," Hall reported in a 2004 interview, "I slammed shut for David."
Hall's work in the first season of Six Feet Under was recognized by a 2002 Emmy nomination for an Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and 2002 AFI Award nomination for Actor of the Year. In addition, he shared in the Screen Actors Guild nomination for best ensemble cast all five years that the show was in production, winning the award in 2003 and 2004.
In 2003, Hall toured as Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago. His only film credit is the 2003 thriller Paycheck, and he also appeared in the 2003 TV movie Bereft. In 2005 he returned to Off-Broadway theatre in the premiere of Noah Haidle's Mr. Marmalade, playing the title character, an emotionally disturbed little girl's imaginary friend.
Dexter
Hall is currently starring in and co-producing the Showtime television series, Dexter, which revolves around Dexter Morgan, a Miami police blood spatter expert who moonlights as a vigilante serial killer. The series' first season premiered on October 1, 2006, its second season began on September 30, 2007, and its third season started September 28, 2008. For his work on the series, Hall was nominated for the 2007 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a TV Drama and renominated in 2008 for a Golden Globe in the same category. Hall won the 2007 TCA award for Individual Achievement in Drama. Hall has also been nominated for a 2008 Emmy Award for Actor in Drama Series for his work in Dexter. Dexter has been nominated for a 2008 Emmy in the Drama Series category. Hall was nominated for a 2009 Golden Globe for Actor in Drama Series for his work on Dexter.
In a 2006 interview, Hall discussed his approach to the character of Dexter, saying:
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