Editing Michael C. Hall (section)

{{Short description|American actor (born 1971)}}
{{Other people|Michael Hall}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Michael C. Hall
| image              = Michael C. Hall Comic-Con 2012.jpg
| image_size         = 
| caption            = Hall in 2012
| birth_name         = Michael Carlyle Hall
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1971|2|1}}
| birth_place        = [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], U.S.
| education          = [[Earlham College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[New York University]] ([[Master of Fine Arts|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}}}}
}}

'''Michael Carlyle Hall''' (born February 1, 1971)<ref>{{cite news |title=Horoscope |work=TV Guide |date=December 20, 2021 |page=70}}</ref> is an American actor and musician. He is known for playing [[Dexter Morgan|the titular character]] in the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] series ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'' and [[David Fisher (Six Feet Under)|David Fisher]] in the [[HBO]] drama series ''[[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]]''. He won a [[Golden Globe Awards|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 theatre|Broadway]] in the revival of ''[[Cabaret (musical)#1998 Broadway revival|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 (musical)|Hedwig and The Angry Inch]]'' and in films including ''[[Paycheck (film)|Paycheck]]'', ''[[Gamer (2009 film)|Gamer]]'', ''[[Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House]]'', ''[[Game Night (film)|Game Night]]'', and ''[[In the Shadow of the Moon (2019 film)|In the Shadow of the Moon]]''.