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| 3 | Michael Carlyle Hall (born February 1, 1971) is an American actor. |
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| 5 | He's well known for his deep voice and for playing SerialKillerKiller [[Series/{{Dexter}} Dexter Morgan]]. The characters he's played (especially villains) can be [[EvilSoundsDeep quite intimidating]]. |
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| 7 | !Selected filmography: |
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| 9 | * ''Series/AsTheWorldTurns'' (1999) as Jerry Klein |
| 10 | * ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'' (1999) as The Emcee |
| 11 | * ''Series/SixFeetUnder'' (2001-2005) as David Fisher |
| 12 | * ''Film/{{Paycheck}}'' (2003) as Agent Klein |
| 13 | * ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' (2006-2013) as Dexter Morgan |
| 14 | ** ''Series/DexterNewBlood'' (2021-present) |
| 15 | * ''Film/{{Gamer}}'' (2009) as Ken Castle |
| 16 | * ''Film/KillYourDarlings'' (2013) as David Kammerer |
| 17 | * ''Film/ColdInJuly'' (2014) as Richard Dane |
| 18 | * ''Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch'' (2014-2015) as Hedwig[[note]][[TheOtherDarrin Replaced]] Creator/NeilPatrickHarris in the title role on Broadway from October 2014 through January 2015.[[/note]] |
| 19 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' (2015, 2017, 2019) as Toffee (voice) |
| 20 | * ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters'' (2015) as Kirk Langstrom / Batman (voice) |
| 21 | * ''Film/{{Christine|2016}}'' (2016) as George Peter Ryan |
| 22 | * ''Film/MarkFeltTheManWhoBroughtDownTheWhiteHouse'' (2017) as John Dean |
| 23 | * ''Series/{{The Crown|2016}}'' (2017) as UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy |
| 24 | * ''Film/GameNight'' (2018) as The Bulgarian |
| 25 | * ''Series/{{Safe|2018}}'' (2018) as Tom Delaney |
| 26 | * ''Film/TheReport'' (2019) as Thomas Eastman |
| 27 | * ''Series/DocumentaryNow'' (2019) as Bill May "Dead Eyes" Dempsey |
| 28 | * ''Film/InTheShadowOfTheMoon'' (2019) as Detective Holt |
| 29 | * ''Series/TheDefeated'' (2020) as Viceconsul Tom Franklin |
| 30 | * ''Film/JohnAndTheHole'' (2021) as Brad Shay |
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| 32 | !!Some tropes associated with his career include: |
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| 34 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: Both as Dexter and as the Emcee. |
| 35 | * ChewingTheScenery: He gets to do this both in his musical theatre roles and as Dexter. |
| 36 | * KubrickStare: With the right lighting, Hall looks quite menacing. |
| 37 | * RomanceOnTheSet: He married Creator/JenniferCarpenter, who played [[CastIncest his sister]] on ''Series/{{Dexter}}'', though they later divorced. |
| 38 | * ShakespearianActors: He has acted in Shakespeare's plays, although doesn't ''quite'' qualify for the trope, as it was off-Broadway and in Texas, rather than the qualifying status of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company (or even Canada's Stratford Festival). |
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