Michael C. Hall

Michael Carlyle Hall (born February 1, 1971) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for playing the role of 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. He reprised his role of Dexter Morgan in ''Dexter: New Blood'', ''Dexter: Resurrection'', and performed the internal monologue in ''Dexter: Original Sin''.

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'', ''Cold in July'', ''Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House'', ''Game Night'', and ''In the Shadow of the Moon''. Provided by Wikipedia