---
name: "Michael C. Hall"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-c-hall"
fi1m_id: "michael-c-hall"
imdb_id: "nm0355910"
tmdb_id: 53820
wikidata_id: "Q203268"
roles: ["Actor","Producer","Director"]
born: "1 February 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-23T13:30:30.857122+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michael C. Hall

## Identity

Michael C. Hall

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-c-hall
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-c-hall
- **IMDb ID:** nm0355910
- **TMDB ID:** 53820
- **Wikidata ID:** Q203268
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_C._Hall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203268, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355910/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53820

Actor and producer. Born 1 February 1971 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Producer, Director
- **Born:** 1 February 1971, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Also known as:** Michael Hall, Michael Carlyle Hall, Michael Chall
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 acting, 1 directing
- **Frequently works with:** [Scott Buck](https://film.one/person/scott-buck.md), [Adam Davidson](https://film.one/person/adam-davidson.md), [Clyde Phillips](https://film.one/person/clyde-phillips.md), [Jeremy Podeswa](https://film.one/person/jeremy-podeswa.md), [Marcos Siega](https://film.one/person/marcos-siega.md), [Michael Cuesta](https://film.one/person/michael-cuesta.md), [Scott Reynolds](https://film.one/person/scott-reynolds.md)
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (2), 2010s 73 (2), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 3 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $0m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_C._Hall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203268, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355910/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53820

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Six Feet Under*](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md) (86)
- **Apple TV:** [*Dexter*](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md) (74)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Christine*](https://film.one/film/christine.md) (68)
- **Hulu:** [*Dexter: Resurrection*](https://film.one/tv/dexter-resurrection.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Michael C. Hall

> At his best, Michael C. Hall makes self-control look like hard work. We value the precision and sympathy he brings to troubled characters, though his repeated casting as men with secrets risks becoming too familiar.

In *Six Feet Under* (2001), Michael C. Hall makes David Fisher's restraint look exhausting. An ordinary conversation can seem to demand more effort from him than he has available, yet Hall keeps the performance controlled. We found David's composure quietly painful, because the work of maintaining it is so apparent. Nothing needs to become an outburst for us to understand the strain. We rate Hall for that precision, and for letting us care about a man who can be difficult company.

Alan Ball's series gives that performance room within a family, and the other actors matter. Peter Krause brings ease to Nate Fisher, Frances Conroy makes Ruth's composure look strained, and Lauren Ambrose's impatient Claire interrupts the heavier moods. David's difficulty in company becomes more affecting beside Nate's ease. The programme sometimes indulges its brooding, but these differences between the actors keep the family worth spending time with.

After that television breakthrough, Hall's turn as Dexter Morgan in *Dexter* (2006) made concealment a more explicit part of his work. Here the controlled exterior belongs to a forensic analyst who is also a serial killer. Hall brings intelligence and a degree of compassion to an extreme point of view; the danger is that another fastidious man with secrets starts to feel like an expected assignment. His returns in *Dexter: New Blood* (2021) and *Dexter: Resurrection* (2025) keep him close to that association.

There have been other directions: Richard Dane in the thriller *Cold in July* (2014), and the title role in the stage production *Hedwig and the Angry Inch* (2014). Playing Hedwig also puts his singing to work. Those parts are useful reminders of the alternatives to another carefully repressed man. We would welcome a lighter role that lets him use his precision without having to conceal so much. Start with *Six Feet Under*, allowing for a family whose brooding occasionally tries the patience.

## Biography

Michael C. Hall is an American actor. He played David Fisher in the HBO series *Six Feet Under* (2001–2005) and Dexter Morgan in the Showtime series *Dexter* (2006–2013). He reprised the latter role in the miniseries *Dexter: New Blood* (2021) and the series *Dexter: Resurrection* (2025), and provided the internal monologue for *Dexter: Original Sin* (2024).

Hall was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with an MFA in acting in 1996. His early career was in theatre, with Broadway appearances in *Cabaret* and *Chicago*.

For *Dexter*, Hall won a Golden Globe Award in 2010 and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He has received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (4) — the average rests on these

- *Dexter: Resurrection* (2025), Fi1m 64, as Dexter Morgan — [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter-resurrection.md)
- *Christine* (2016), Fi1m 68, as George Peter Ryan — [page](https://film.one/film/christine.md)
- *The Crown* (2016), Fi1m 78, as President Kennedy — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), Fi1m 86, as David Fisher — [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)

### Directed (1)

- *Dexter* (2006), Fi1m 74, as Dexter Morgan — [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Gettysburg Address* (2025), as Leonard Swett (voice)
- *Dexter: Resurrection* (2025), series, as Dexter Morgan · Executive Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter-resurrection.md)
- *Dexter: Original Sin* (2024), series, as Dexter's Inner Voice (voice) · Executive Producer
- *Return of the Predators* (2023), as Narrátor
- *Dexter: New Blood* (2021), series, as Dexter Morgan · Executive Producer
- *John and the Hole* (2021), as Brad
- *Shadowplay* (2020), series, as Tom Franklin
- *In the Shadow of the Moon* (2019), as Holt
- *The Report* (2019), as Thomas Eastman
- *Safe* (2018), series, as Tom Delaney · Executive Producer
- *Lazarus* (2018), as Newton
- *Game Night* (2018), as The Bulgarian
- *Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House* (2017), as John Dean
- *Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni* (2017), as Toffee (voice)
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as President Kennedy — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Christine* (2016), as George Peter Ryan — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/christine.md)
- *After Adderall* (2016), as Director
- *Justice League: Gods and Monsters* (2015), as Batman / Kirk Langstrom (voice)
- *Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles* (2015), series, as Batman (voice)
- *Star vs. the Forces of Evil* (2015), series, as Toffee (voice)
- *Cold in July* (2014), as Richard Dane
- *Kill Your Darlings* (2013), as David Kammerer
- *The River* (2013), as The Guru
- *Ruth & Erica* (2012), series, as Tom
- *Vietnam in HD* (2011), series, as Narrator
- *The Trouble with Bliss* (2011), as Morris Bliss
- *Peep World* (2010), as Jack
- *Dexter: Early Cuts* (2009), series, as Dexter Morgan (voice)
- *Gamer* (2009), as Ken Castle
- *Mysteries of the Freemasons* (2007), as Narrator
- *Dexter* (2006), series, as Dexter Morgan · Executive Producer, Director, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md)
- *Bereft* (2004), as Jonathan
- *Paycheck* (2003), as Agent Klein
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, as David Fisher — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Stratagem*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Michael C. Hall](https://film.one/media/person/61344/gallery-623250d799fd.jpg) Michael C. Hall — Kristin Dos Santos, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Michael_C._Hall_%282009%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Julie Benz, David Zayas, Michael C. Hall, C.S. Lee at the Paley Center for Media Gala Honoring Showtime Networks. (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/61344/gallery-af434e038e8a.jpg) Julie Benz, David Zayas, Michael C. Hall, C.S. Lee at the Paley Center for Media Gala Honoring Showtime Networks. (2008) — watchwithkristin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/DexterBenzZayasHallLee.jpg/1280px-DexterBenzZayasHallLee.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![kristin.eonline.com - Comic-Con 2009 - Dexter press room - San Diego, Calif. - July 23, 3009](https://film.one/media/person/61344/gallery-a3c099e041c0.jpg) kristin.eonline.com - Comic-Con 2009 - Dexter press room - San Diego, Calif. - July 23, 3009 — Kristin Dos Santos from Los Angeles, California, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Dexter_panel_%283751537144%29.jpg/1280px-Dexter_panel_%283751537144%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![2024 Comic-Con International in San Diego](https://film.one/media/person/61344/gallery-bdf996e50f44.jpg) 2024 Comic-Con International in San Diego — Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Dexter_panel_%2854305394548%29.jpg/1280px-Dexter_panel_%2854305394548%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael C. Hall](https://film.one/media/person/61344/gallery-d2d6fe5c1a3b.jpg) Michael C. Hall — Image via TMDB
- ![Michael C. Hall](https://film.one/media/person/61344/gallery-8bb684283d49.jpg) Michael C. Hall — Image via TMDB
- ![Michael C. Hall](https://film.one/media/person/61344/gallery-b551f03624cf.jpg) Michael C. Hall — Image via TMDB
- ![From left: Kristin Dos Santos, Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Clyde Phillips, "Dexter," at Comic-Con (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/61344/gallery-c3f2cb6b9fe1.jpg) From left: Kristin Dos Santos, Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Clyde Phillips, "Dexter," at Comic-Con (2008) — watchwithkristin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Dexter_people.jpg/1280px-Dexter_people.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Julie Benz, David Zayas, Michael C. Hall, C.S. Lee at the Paley Center for Media Gala Honoring Showtime Networks. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/61344/gallery-4526fad023da.jpg) Julie Benz, David Zayas, Michael C. Hall, C.S. Lee at the Paley Center for Media Gala Honoring Showtime Networks. (2009) — Dexter_series_tv.JPG: Belb, basandome en logo original de la serie de asesinatos "Dexter".
DexterBenzZayasHallLee.jpg: watchwithkristin
derivative work: FCPB (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Dexter_series_tv-2.jpg/1280px-Dexter_series_tv-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael C. Hall](https://film.one/media/person/61344/gallery-6ba85c56857b.jpg) Michael C. Hall — Image via TMDB
- ![Michael C. Hall](https://film.one/media/person/61344/gallery-705399dd3699.jpg) Michael C. Hall — Image via TMDB
- ![Michael C. Hall](https://film.one/media/person/61344/gallery-8e2102805413.jpg) Michael C. Hall — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 2010: Best Actor – Television Series Drama (won), for *Dexter*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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