Michael C. Hall
{{Short description|American actor (born 1971)}}
{{Other people|Michael Hall}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2021}}
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| name = Michael C. Hall
| image = Michael C. Hall Comic-Con 2012.jpg
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| birth_name = Michael Carlyle Hall
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|2|1}}
| birth_place = Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
| education = Earlham College (BA)
New York University (MFA)
| occupation = Actor, musician
| years_active = 1995–present
| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Amy Spanger|2002|2006|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|Jennifer Carpenter|2008|2011|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|Morgan Macgregor|2016}}}}
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Michael Carlyle Hall (born February 1, 1971){{cite news |title=Horoscope |work=TV Guide |date=December 20, 2021 |page=70}} is an American actor and musician. He is known for playing the titular character in the Showtime series Dexter and David Fisher in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under. He won a Golden Globe Award for the former, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and received six total nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, which ties the record for most nominations in the category without a win.{{cite web|title=2009 Golden Globe Nominees |url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/ |work=Hollywood Foreign Press Association |access-date=January 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108115828/http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/ |archive-date=January 8, 2010}} He reprised his role of Dexter Morgan in the miniseries Dexter: New Blood and Dexter: Original Sin, and is set to reprise his role in Dexter: Resurrection.
Born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, Hall graduated from New York University's graduate acting program at the Tisch School of the Arts in 1996. He began his acting career on Broadway in the revival of Cabaret and appeared in a variety of shows throughout the 1990s. Aside from his roles on Six Feet Under and Dexter, he starred in the Broadway musical Hedwig and The Angry Inch and in films including Paycheck, Gamer, Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House, Game Night, and In the Shadow of the Moon.
Early life
Michael C. Hall was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. His mother, Janice (née Styons) Hall, was a mental health counselor at Lees-McRae College, and his father, William Carlyle Hall, was a systems engineer manager for IBM.{{cite news| last=Tallmer| first=Jerry| title=Take a girl in a tutu, a man in a suit, and just add writer| publisher=The Villager| date=October 26, 2005| url=https://www.amny.com/news/take-a-girl-in-a-tutu-a-man-in-a-suit-and-just-add-writer/| access-date=September 11, 2009| archive-date=October 14, 2020| archive-url=https://archive.today/20201014210108/https://www.amny.com/news/take-a-girl-in-a-tutu-a-man-in-a-suit-and-just-add-writer/| url-status=live| quote=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.}} Hall had one older sister who died in infancy before his birth. His father died of prostate cancer in 1982 at the age of 39 when Hall was 11 years old. He has said of this, "There was a very one-on-one, immediate family relationship, my mom and I."{{cite web| title=Michael C Hall Biography| url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/michael-c-hall/biography.html| work=Yahoo! Movies| access-date=August 12, 2013| archive-date=September 22, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922024920/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/michael-c-hall/biography.html| url-status=live}} In a 2004 interview, Hall spoke about his experience in the wake of his father's death: "Certainly, for a young boy, there's no good age, but I think I was on the cusp of a time in my life where I was starting to reach puberty, to relate to my father. To have him ... something gets frozen. As you revisit it for the rest of your life, it's sort of this slow—but hopefully sure—crawling out of that frozen moment."{{cite web|last=Stockwell|first=Anne|date=June 8, 2004|title=Hall of love and death|url=http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=21584|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120231856/https://www.advocate.com/?id=21584|archive-date=November 20, 2020|access-date=April 28, 2012|work=The Advocate}}
Hall discovered acting early in life: he performed in What Love Is when he was in second grade at Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, North Carolina. 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. Hall graduated from Ravenscroft School in 1989 {{cite web| title=Hall '89 and Dexter Earn Golden Globe Nominations| url=http://www.ravenscroft.org/page.cfm?p=66&newsid=1172| work=Ravenscroft School| access-date=August 12, 2013| date=December 15, 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602132300/http://www.ravenscroft.org/page.cfm?p=66| archive-date=June 2, 2013| df=mdy-all}} and enrolled at Earlham College, a liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. At Earlham, Hall continued acting, starring in Cabaret and other productions. Hall graduated from Earlham College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1993. While he has said that he had planned to become a lawyer, he later acknowledged that he had never formed a serious intent to go to law school.{{Cite news |first=Robin |last=Sayers |date=October 2010 |title=Q + LA Michael C. Hall |magazine=Los Angeles Times Magazine |url=http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2010/10/michael-c-hall.html |access-date=November 30, 2013 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203015106/http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2010/10/michael-c-hall.html |url-status=live }} Additionally, Hall graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from New York University's graduate acting program at the Tisch School of the Arts in 1996.{{cite web | title=NYU Graduate Acting Alumni | url=http://gradacting.tisch.nyu.edu/object/ga_alumbios.html | year=2011 | access-date=December 1, 2011 | archive-date=July 5, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705121632/http://gradacting.tisch.nyu.edu/object/ga_alumbios.html | url-status=live }}
Career
= Early work =
Hall's professional acting career began in the theater. Off-Broadway, he appeared in Macbeth and Cymbeline at the New York Shakespeare Festival; in Timon of Athens and Henry V at The 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 the role of Paris Singer in the workshop production of a Stephen Sondheim musical (titled Wise Guys at the time, and in later versions, Bounce and then Road Show. His character's songs and function were transferred to the character Hollis Bessamer in the final version.) In Los Angeles, Hall appeared in Skylight at the Mark Taper Forum. As part of the Texas Shakespeare Festival in the summer of 1995, he played Lancelot in Camelot,{{cite web|title=1995 – Camelot|url=http://www.texasshakespeare.com/the-seasons/previous-seasons/1995-2/1995-camelot/|work=Texas Shakespeare Festival|access-date=August 12, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921160806/http://www.texasshakespeare.com/the-seasons/previous-seasons/1995-2/1995-camelot/|archive-date=September 21, 2013}} Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing. In 1998, Hall performed in William Shakespeare's Cymbeline, in the role of Posthumus Leonatus, which ran from August 4 to 30. In 1999, director Sam Mendes cast Hall as the flamboyant Emcee in the revival of Cabaret; this was Hall's first Broadway role. Hall's film credits from this period include the thriller Paycheck (2003) and the science fiction thriller Gamer (2009).
= 2000s =
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Mendes suggested Hall for the role of closeted David Fisher, when Alan Ball began casting the TV drama Six Feet Under. "Everything opened up for me in Cabaret," but, Hall reported in a 2004 interview, "It slammed shut for David." 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{{cite web|title=Michael C. Hall|url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/michael-c-hall|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727080126/http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/michael-c-hall|archive-date=July 27, 2013|access-date=August 12, 2013|work=Emmys}} 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.The Hollywood Reporter, Volume 401 Publisher Hollywood Reporter Inc., 2007 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 named Lucy's imaginary friend.
Hall starred in and co-produced the Showtime television series Dexter, in which he played Dexter Morgan, a psychopathic blood-spatter analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department, who moonlights as a serial killer/vigilante.{{cite book|last1=Garret|first1=Andrew|title=Andy Given Sunday|publisher=Penguin}} 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.{{cite web|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|date=April 18, 2013|title=Dexter's Done: Showtime Confirms Season 8 Will Be Long-Running Drama's Last|url=http://tvline.com/2013/04/18/dexter-cancelled-showtime-season-8/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621171049/http://tvline.com/2013/04/18/dexter-cancelled-showtime-season-8/|archive-date=June 21, 2017|access-date=April 19, 2013|publisher=TV Line}} 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 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series from 2008 to 2012. The show itself was also nominated for Emmy citations in the Drama Series category in the same years.{{cite news|last=Mike|first=Bruno|date=July 17, 2008|title=Emmy Nominees: The Class of 2008|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/07/17/emmy-nominees-class-2008/|url-status=live|access-date=August 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921233843/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20213025,00.html|archive-date=September 21, 2013}} He won the 2007 Television Critics Association award for Individual Achievement in Drama at the 23rd TCA Awards.{{cite news|date=July 21, 2007|title=NBC Triumphs At TCA Awards|newspaper=Television Critics Association|url=http://tvcritics.org/2007/07/21/nbc-triumphs-at-tca-awards/|url-status=dead|access-date=August 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921104027/http://tvcritics.org/2007/07/21/nbc-triumphs-at-tca-awards/|archive-date=September 21, 2013}} Hall was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Drama in 2007 and 2008,{{cite web|year=2007|title=Hollywood Foreign Press Association 2008 Golden Globe Awards For The Year Ended December 31, 2007|url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/news/id/81|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214020838/http://www.goldenglobes.org/news/id/81|archive-date=December 14, 2007|access-date=December 13, 2007|publisher=HFPA}} and won in 2010 at the 67th Golden Globe Awards.2009 Golden Globe Nominees [http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/ HFPA Nominations and Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108115828/http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/|date=January 8, 2010}} Also in 2010, he won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series at the 16th Screen Actor's Guild Awards.
= 2010s =
Hall's film credits include the 2011 drama The Trouble with Bliss (2011), the comedy Peep World (2012), and Kill Your Darlings (2013).{{cite web|date=September 19, 2013|title=Kill Your Darlings|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1311071/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_5|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328090319/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1311071/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_5|archive-date=March 28, 2016|access-date=June 30, 2018|via=IMDb}} Hall performed in a film adaptation of Joe R. Lansdale's cult novel Cold in July,{{cite news|last=Golden|first=Grant|date=May 31, 2013|title=Michael C. Hall Signs on for Film Adaption of Cold in July|newspaper=Paste Magazine|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2013/05/michael-c-hall-signs-on-for-film-adaptation-of-col.html|url-status=live|access-date=August 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922083950/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2013/05/michael-c-hall-signs-on-for-film-adaptation-of-col.html|archive-date=September 22, 2013}} directed by Jim Mickle.{{cite news|date=May 30, 2013|title=Dan's Michael C. Hall to Star in Jim Mickle's COLD IN JULY!!|newspaper=Icons of Fright|url=http://iconsoffright.com/2013/05/30/dexters-michael-c-hall-set-to-star-in-jim-mickles-cold-in-july/|url-status=live|access-date=August 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820134221/http://iconsoffright.com/2013/05/30/dexters-michael-c-hall-set-to-star-in-jim-mickles-cold-in-july/|archive-date=August 20, 2013}} The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.{{cite web|title=MICHAEL C. HALL SAYS NEVER SAY NEVER TO RETURNING TO TV – In the Mixx|url=http://inthemixxshow.com/4175/michael-c-hall-says-never-say-never-to-returning-to-tv|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320092008/http://inthemixxshow.com/4175/michael-c-hall-says-never-say-never-to-returning-to-tv|archive-date=March 20, 2014|access-date=March 21, 2014}} Hall portrayed 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.
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nytw.org/show/lazarus/|title=NYTW / Lazarus|access-date=January 25, 2016|archive-date=January 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130064411/http://www.nytw.org/show/lazarus/|url-status=live}} Hall performed the song "Lazarus", which appeared on Bowie's final album, Blackstar (2016), on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in December 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKBUc4yW2bo|title=Michael C Hall, Lazarus CBS Performance|publisher=YouTube|access-date=November 21, 2016|archive-date=November 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120231855/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKBUc4yW2bo|url-status=live}} He later appeared in the London production from October 25, 2016, until January 22, 2017. In 2017, Hall played US President John F. Kennedy in season two, episode eight, "Dear Mrs Kennedy", of the Netflix historical drama The Crown, alongside actress Jodi Balfour as First Lady Jackie Kennedy. File:Michael_C._Hall_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg|200x200px]]Hall starred as Tom Delaney, a British widower and doctor, in Safe, an eight-part Netflix original crime drama which premiered on May 10, 2018.{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/safe-trailer-first-look-at-michael-c-halls-netflix-crime-drama-1202372833/|title='Safe' Trailer: First-Look At Michael C Hall's Netflix Crime Drama|last=White|first=Peter|date=April 20, 2018|work=Deadline|access-date=April 20, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=April 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420174726/http://deadline.com/2018/04/safe-trailer-first-look-at-michael-c-halls-netflix-crime-drama-1202372833/|url-status=live}} Also in 2018, Hall starred as Thom Pain in the off-Broadway production of Thom Pain (based on nothing), a one-man show written by Will Eno.{{Cite web|last=Evans|first=Greg|date=August 7, 2018|title=Michael C. Hall Plans Off Broadway Run In Solo "Thom Pain (Based On Nothing)"|url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/michael-c-hall-off-broadway-thom-pain-based-on-nothing-signature-theatre-1202441687/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230130543/https://deadline.com/2018/08/michael-c-hall-off-broadway-thom-pain-based-on-nothing-signature-theatre-1202441687/|archive-date=December 30, 2018|access-date=December 30, 2018|website=Deadline|language=en}} The show was directed by Oliver Butler for the Signature Theatre Company in New York City, and it ran from October 23, 2018, to December 9, 2018, after being extended twice.{{cite web|author=BWW News Desk|title=THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING) Announces Additional Extension|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/THOM-PAIN-BASED-ON-NOTHING-Announces-Additional-Extension-20181114|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230181147/https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/THOM-PAIN-BASED-ON-NOTHING-Announces-Additional-Extension-20181114|archive-date=December 30, 2018|access-date=December 30, 2018|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en}} Also in 2018, Hall narrated the audiobook version of Stephen King's horror novel Pet Sematary.{{Cite magazine |last=Canfield |first=David |date=January 22, 2018 |title=Michael C. Hall to narrate first unabridged Pet Sematary audiobook |url=https://ew.com/books/2018/01/22/stephen-king-michael-c-hall-pet-sematary-audiobook/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528015159/https://ew.com/books/2018/01/22/stephen-king-michael-c-hall-pet-sematary-audiobook/ |archive-date=May 28, 2019 |access-date=May 23, 2019 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en-US}} Since 2018, Hall has written for and performed in the NYC band, Princess Goes (formerly Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum), alongside Matt Katz-Bohen and Peter Yanowitz. Hall met drummer Yanowitz while performing together in Hedwig and The Angry Inch. They struck up a friendship and soon began collaborating on songs with Katz-Bohen, who was also a member of the Hedwig cast.
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.{{Cite web|last=Neilan|first=Dan|title=Michael C. Hall died in the Skittles musical, and other takeaways|url=https://www.avclub.com/michael-c-hall-died-in-the-skittles-musical-and-other-1832361570|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224062453/https://news.avclub.com/michael-c-hall-died-in-the-skittles-musical-and-other-1832361570|archive-date=February 24, 2019|date=February 5, 2019|access-date=February 23, 2019|website=The A.V. Club|language=en-US}} That same year, Hall starred as Holt in the Netflix thriller film In the Shadow of the Moon.{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/michael-c-hall-netflix-in-the-shadow-of-the-moon/|title=Exclusive: Michael C. Hall Joins Boyd Holbrook in Netflix Thriller 'In the Shadow of the Moon'|website=Collider|first=Jeff|last=Sneider|date=June 15, 2018|access-date=June 15, 2018|archive-date=June 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616004044/http://collider.com/michael-c-hall-netflix-in-the-shadow-of-the-moon/|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|first=Michael|last=Franco|date=June 5, 2015|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/superman-has-beard-batman-is-vampiric-in-new-trailer-for-dark-justice-league-series/|title=Superman Has Beard, Batman is Vampiric in New Trailer for Dark Justice League Series|website=CNET|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021025840/https://www.cnet.com/news/superman-has-beard-batman-is-vampiric-in-new-trailer-for-dark-justice-league-series/|archive-date=October 21, 2020|accessdate=January 1, 2016}} Also in 2019, Hall starred alongside Martha Plimpton and Hamish Linklater in an episode of the theatre podcast Playing on Air, titled "Nudity Rider".{{Cite web |last=Rosky |first=Nicole |date=July 31, 2019 |title=Podcast: Listen to Michael C. Hall, Martha Plimpton, and Hamish Linklater in New Play, NUDITY RIDER |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Podcast-Listen-to-Michael-C-Hall-Martha-Plimpton-and-Hamish-Linklater-in-New-Play-NUDITY-RIDER-20190731 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904134653/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Podcast-Listen-to-Michael-C-Hall-Martha-Plimpton-and-Hamish-Linklater-in-New-Play-NUDITY-RIDER-20190731 |archive-date=September 4, 2019 |access-date=September 4, 2019 |website=Broadway World |language=en}} In 2019, Princess Goes filmed their first music video for their song, "Ketamine", in Tarrytown, New York.{{cite web|first=Amanda|last=Feinman|title=Michael C. Hall Is in a Band, and They're Showing Off Their Musical Dexterity in Ridgewood|url=http://bedfordandbowery.com/2019/02/michael-c-hall-is-in-a-band-and-theyre-showing-off-their-musical-dexterity-in-ridgewood/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223160910/http://bedfordandbowery.com/2019/02/michael-c-hall-is-in-a-band-and-theyre-showing-off-their-musical-dexterity-in-ridgewood/|date=February 22, 2019|archive-date=February 23, 2019|access-date=February 23, 2019|website=Bedford + Bowery|language=en-US}} The audio for the song was featured in the end credits for Dexter: New Blood episode 5 "Runaway", and "Ketamine" has been remixed by several artists on the Ketamine EP.
= 2020s =
Hall previously stated he would be open to returning for a Dexter 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."{{cite news |date=January 21, 2014 |title=Michael C. Hall Says He Would Play Dexter Again |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/21/michael-c-hall-dexter_n_4639140.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042003/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/21/michael-c-hall-dexter_n_4639140.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=April 17, 2020 |work=Huffington Post}} He had said he would consider revisiting his role as the serial killer if something was written that he deemed "worth pursuing".{{cite web |last=Cox |first=Gordon |date=November 20, 2018 |title=Listen: Michael C. Hall on 'Thom Pain,' Queer Roles and More 'Dexter' |url=https://variety.com/2018/legit/news/michael-c-hall-dexter-thom-pain-1203032600/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328153303/https://variety.com/2018/legit/news/michael-c-hall-dexter-thom-pain-1203032600/ |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |access-date=March 28, 2019 |website=Variety |language=en}} Showtime president David Nevins said there had been discussions for a Dexter spinoff series that would take the character in a different direction and not continue the previous series. Nevins said they would only do the show if Hall agreed to return.{{cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=January 16, 2014 |title='Dexter' Spinoff 'Would Have to Involve' Michael C. Hall, Showtime Boss Says |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dexter-spinoff-would-have-involve-671620 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809135855/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dexter-spinoff-would-have-involve-671620 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=April 17, 2020 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}} In October 2020, Showtime confirmed that Hall would reprise his role of Dexter Morgan in a 10-episode limited series titled Dexter: New Blood, with Clyde Phillips returning as showrunner. The series premiered on November 7, 2021{{cite web |last=Turchiano |first=Danielle |date=July 25, 2021 |title='Dexter' Revival Series Unveils First Look Trailer and November Premiere Date |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/dexter-revival-premiere-date-trailer-1235026998/ |access-date=July 25, 2021 |work=Variety}}{{cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=October 14, 2020 |title='Dexter': Showtime Revives Serial Killer Drama As Limited Series, Michael C. Hall & Clyde Phillips Return |url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/dexter-showtime-reboot-limited-michael-c-hall-clyde-phillips-1234597514/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014231351/https://deadline.com/2020/10/dexter-showtime-reboot-limited-michael-c-hall-clyde-phillips-1234597514/ |archive-date=October 14, 2020 |access-date=October 15, 2020 |work=Deadline Hollywood}} and ended on January 9, 2022. The series finale was the most watched finale in the history of the network and set streaming records as well.{{cite magazine |last=Rice |first=Lynette |date=January 11, 2022 |title=Killer ending on Dexter: New Blood delivered record ratings to Showtime |url=https://ew.com/tv/dexter-new-blood-finale-record-ratings-showtime/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}
Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum released their eponymous debut EP on April 2, 2020.{{Cite web|last=Gokhman|first=Roman|date=March 30, 2020|title=INTERVIEW: Michael C. Hall, Matt Katz-Bohen & Peter Yanowitz are Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum|url=https://riffmagazine.com/features/michael-c-hall-matt-katz-bohen-peter-yanowitz-princess-goes-to-the-butterfly-museum/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021073344/https://riffmagazine.com/features/michael-c-hall-matt-katz-bohen-peter-yanowitz-princess-goes-to-the-butterfly-museum/|archive-date=October 21, 2020|access-date=April 1, 2020|website=Riff Magazine|language=en-US}} In 2021, the band self released their first full length album, Thanks for Coming. In 2023, the band released their second full length album, Come of Age through So/In De Goot Recordings, simultaneously shortening their name to Princess Goes.{{Cite web |last=Eklecty-City |date=2023-09-14 |title=Interview with Michael C. Hall and the band Princess Goes |url=https://www.eklecty-city.fr/interviews/interview-michael-c-hall-matt-katz-bohen-peter-yanowitz-band-princess-goes/ |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=Eklecty-City |language=fr-FR}} On September 21, 2024, the band played Riot Fest in Chicago. Princess Goes has toured all over the globe and continues to record and perform their music.
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.{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-c-hall-dexter-married_us_56d5a9d8e4b03260bf781284|title='Dexter' Star Michael C. Hall Marries Longtime Girlfriend In City Hall Ceremony|last=Delbyck|first=Cole|date=March 1, 2016|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=January 4, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=July 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714190805/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-c-hall-dexter-married_us_56d5a9d8e4b03260bf781284|url-status=live}} In 2007, Hall began dating his Dexter co-star Jennifer Carpenter. They eloped on New Year's Eve 2008 in California and publicly appeared together for the first time as a married couple at the 66th Golden Globe Awards in January 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kristin/michael_c_hall_jennifer_carpenter_are/78384 |title=Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter are Married |last=Dos Santos |first=Kristin |date=January 9, 2009 |work=E! Online |access-date=December 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814065806/http://www.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kristin/michael_c_hall_jennifer_carpenter_are/78384 |archive-date=August 14, 2011}} In December 2010, Hall and Carpenter released a statement announcing that they had filed for divorce after having been separated "for some time".{{cite magazine|url=http://news-briefs.ew.com/2010/12/13/michael-c-hall-jennifer-carpenter-divorce |title='Dexter' stars Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter File for Divorce (EW exclusive) |last=Snierson |first=Dan |date=December 13, 2010 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=December 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215070056/http://news-briefs.ew.com/2010/12/13/michael-c-hall-jennifer-carpenter-divorce/ |archive-date=December 15, 2010}} The divorce was granted for irreconcilable differences and finalized in December 2011; however, the two remain close friends.{{cite news | url=http://www.ibtimes.com/michael-c-hall-divorce-finalized-who-dexter-star-dating-now-380172 | title=Michael C. Hall Divorce Finalized: Who is 'Dexter' Star Dating Now? | work=International Business Times | date=December 7, 2011 | access-date=April 27, 2013 | archive-date=October 6, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006235241/https://www.ibtimes.com/michael-c-hall-divorce-finalized-who-dexter-star-dating-now-380172 | url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter Divorce 2011: Why Did 'Dexter' Co-stars Split? |work=EzineMark}} 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.{{cite news | url=http://www.eonline.com/news/744804/surprise-dexter-s-michael-c-hall-marries-longtime-girlfriend-morgan-macgregor | work=E! Online | title=Surprise! Dexter's Michael C. Hall Marries Longtime Girlfriend Morgan Macgregor | date=February 29, 2016 | access-date=March 1, 2016 | archive-date=December 25, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225054337/http://www.eonline.com/news/744804/surprise-dexter-s-michael-c-hall-marries-longtime-girlfriend-morgan-macgregor | url-status=live }}
On January 13, 2010, Hall's agent and spokesman confirmed that Hall was undergoing treatment for a form of Hodgkin's lymphoma. In an interview, Hall said that it was upsetting to learn of his cancer when he was 38 years old, as his father had died from cancer at age 39.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/arts/television/19hall.html|title=Michael C. Hall, Newly Invigorated After Life Changes|last=Hale|first=Mike|date=September 19, 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 26, 2018|language=en|archive-date=January 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119231010/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/arts/television/19hall.html|url-status=live}} Hall accepted his Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award in 2010 while wearing a knitted cap over his bald head, having lost his hair due to chemotherapy, which he covered with a wig in season 5 of Dexter.{{cite web| title=New York Times Blogger Mocks Michael C. Hall's Cap Without Knowing He Had Cancer| url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/new-york-times-blogger-mocks-michael-c-halls-cap-without-knowing-he-had-cancer/story-e6frg30c-1225821699621| publisher=PerthNow.com.au| access-date=December 28, 2010| date=January 20, 2010| archive-date=September 4, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904153512/http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/new-york-times-blogger-mocks-michael-c-halls-cap-without-knowing-he-had-cancer/story-e6frg30c-1225821699621| url-status=live}} On April 25, 2010, Carpenter announced that Hall's cancer was fully in remission{{cite web| url=http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272631509.shtml| title=Michael C. Hall – Cancer in Remission & Back to Work on "Dexter"| work=National Ledger| date=April 27, 2010| access-date=April 28, 2010| archive-date=April 30, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430031942/http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272631509.shtml| url-status=live}} and he was set to get back to work for the 6th season of Dexter.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8642605.stm | work=BBC News | title=Dexter Star Hall Over Cancer | date=April 25, 2010 | access-date=April 26, 2010 | archive-date=July 15, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715180400/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8642605.stm | url-status=live }}
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 Waterkeeper Alliance, an environmental nonprofit organization that works toward clean and safe water worldwide.{{cite web | title=Limited Edition Rare Earth Pore Cleansing Masque by Michael C. Hall| url=http://www.kiehls.com/Limited-Edition-Rare-Earth-Pore-Cleansing-Masque-Michael-C.-Hall/933,default,pd.html?start=1&q=limited%20edition| work=Waterkeeper Alliance| access-date=June 15, 2011| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928143046/http://www.kiehls.com/Limited-Edition-Rare-Earth-Pore-Cleansing-Masque-Michael-C.-Hall/933,default,pd.html?start=1&q=limited%20edition| archive-date=September 28, 2011| df=mdy-all}} In 2011, Hall was the celebrity spokesperson for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's "Light the Night Walk" fundraising campaign.{{cite press release | title=Michael C. Hall Supports The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Annual Light The Night Walk In New PSA Campaign| url=http://www.lls.org/aboutlls/news/pressreleases/031511_mchltn| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320032404/http://www.lls.org/aboutlls/news/pressreleases/031511_mchltn| url-status=dead| archive-date=March 20, 2011| date=March 15, 2011| access-date=March 18, 2013| publisher=Leukemia & Lymphoma Society| quote='The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society pours a tremendous amount of money directly into cutting-edge cancer research – research that I've certainly benefited from,' says Hall.}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2003
| Paycheck | Agent Klein | |
| 2009
| Gamer | Ken Castle | |
| 2011
| Jack Meyerwitz | |
| 2012
| Morris Bliss | |
| 2013
| David Kammerer | |
| 2014
| Richard Dane | |
| 2015
| Justice League: Gods and Monsters | Voice, direct-to-video |
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| George Peter Ryan | |
| After Adderall
| Director | |
| 2017
| Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House | |
| 2018
| The Bulgarian | |
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| Thomas Eastman | |
| In the Shadow of the Moon
| Det. Holt | |
| 2021
| Bradley Shay | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1999
| Jerry Klein | 1 episode |
| 2001–2005
| 63 episodes |
| 2004
| Bereft | Jonathan | rowspan="2" | Television film |
| 2006
| Mysteries of the Freemasons | Narrator |
| 2006–2013
| Dexter | 96 episodes |
| 2011
| Narrator | 6 episodes |
| 2012
| Ruth & Erica | Tom | 3 episodes |
| 2014
| Himself | Episode: "A Dangerous Future" |
| 2015
| Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles | Voice, episode: "Twisted" |
| 2015–2019
| Toffee | Voice, 11 episodes |
| 2017
| Episode: "Dear Mrs. Kennedy" |
| 2018
| Safe | Dr. Tom Delaney | 8 episodes; also executive producer |
| 2019
| Billy May "Dead Eyes" Dempsey | Episode: "Any Given Saturday Afternoon" |
| 2020
| Tom Franklin | Miniseries |
| 2021–2022
| Dexter Morgan / Jim Lindsay | 10 episodes; also executive producer |
| 2024–present
| rowspan="2" | Dexter Morgan | 10 episodes; also executive producer |
| 2025
| Also executive producer{{Cite web |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |date=July 26, 2024 |title=Michael C. Hall Returning To 'Dexter' Universe For New Series 'Resurrection' & 'Original Sin' – Comic-Con |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/michael-c-hall-returning-dexter-resurrection-original-sin-series-1236024240/ |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}{{Cite web |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |date=2025-01-17 |title=Michael C. Hall Reveals Production Has Begun On ‘Dexter: Resurrection’: “Looking Forward To Another Thrill Ride” |url=https://deadline.com/2025/01/michael-c-hall-production-start-dexter-resurrection-1236260037/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} |
= Theater =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Venue |
|---|
| rowspan="3" | 1996
| Henry V |
| Timon of Athens
| Caphis | Delacorte Theatre |
| Skylight
| Edward Sergeant |
| rowspan="3" | 1998
| Macbeth | Malcolm |
| Corpus Christi |
| Cymbeline
| Posthumus Leonatus | Delacorte Theatre |
| 1999–2000
| Cabaret | Emcee |
| 2002
| Chicago |
| 2004
| R Shomon | Morito/Thief/Reporter |
| 2005
| Mr. Marmalade |
| 2014
| John Jones |
| 2014–2015
| Hedwig |
| 2015–2017
| Lazarus | Thomas Jerome Newton |
| 2018
| Thom Pain (based on nothing) | Thom Pain |
| 2019
| Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical | Himself | Midtown Manhattan's Town Hall |
= Web series =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2011
| CollegeHumor Originals | Bryan | 1 episode: "Porn Rental"{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2e7y8z|title=Renting Porn (with Michael C. Hall & Ben Schwartz) - video Dailymotion|date=January 8, 2015|website=Dailymotion}} |
| 2023
|The Hacker Chronicles |John Doe |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Association ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result |
|---|
| rowspan="3" | 2002
| American Film Institute Awards | Male Actor of the Year in a Television Series | rowspan="8" | Six Feet Under | {{nom}} |
| Primetime Emmy Awards
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | {{nom}} |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards
| rowspan="3" | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | {{nom}} |
| 2003
| {{won}} |
| 2004
| {{won}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| Monte-Carlo Television Festival | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | {{won}} |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards
| rowspan="2" | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| {{nom}} |
| Satellite Awards
| Best Actor – Television Series Drama | rowspan="35" | Dexter | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="5" | 2007
| Best Actor – Television Series Drama | {{nom}} |
| Satellite Awards
| Best Actor – Television Series Drama | {{won}} |
| Saturn Awards
| {{won}} |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | {{nom}} |
| Television Critics Association Awards
| Individual Achievement in Drama | {{won}} |
| rowspan="6" | 2008
| Favorite International Personality or Actor | {{nom}} |
| Golden Globe Awards
| Best Actor – Television Series Drama | {{nom}} |
| Primetime Emmy Awards
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | {{nom}} |
| Satellite Awards
| Best Actor – Television Series Drama | {{nom}} |
| Saturn Awards
| Best Actor on Television | {{nom}} |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="5" | 2009
| Best Actor – Television Series Drama | {{nom}} |
| Primetime Emmy Awards
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | {{nom}} |
| Saturn Awards
| Best Actor on Television | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | Screen Actors Guild Awards
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | {{nom}} |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="7" | 2010
| Best Actor – Television Series Drama | {{won}} |
| Monte-Carlo Television Festival
| Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | {{won}} |
| Primetime Emmy Awards
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | {{nom}} |
| Satellite Awards
| Best Actor – Television Series Drama | {{nom}} |
| Saturn Awards
| Best Actor on Television | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | Screen Actors Guild Awards
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | {{won}} |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="7" | 2011
| Best Actor – Television Series Drama | {{nom}} |
| Monte-Carlo Television Festival
| Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | Primetime Emmy Awards
| {{nom}} |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
| {{nom}} |
| Saturn Awards
| Best Actor on Television | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" | Screen Actors Guild Awards
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | {{nom}} |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="3" | 2012
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | {{nom}} |
| Saturn Awards
| Best Actor on Television | {{nom}} |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | {{nom}} |
| 2013
| Best Actor on Television | {{nom}} |
| 2014
| Outstanding Ensemble Performance | {{won}} |
| rowspan="3" | 2016
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical | rowspan="4" | Lazarus | {{nom}} |
| Drama League Awards
| {{nom}} |
| Drama Desk Awards
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical | {{nom}} |
| 2017
| {{nom}} |
| 2022
| Best Actor on Television | {{nom}} |
See also
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