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3Michael Carlyle Hall (born February 1, 1971) is an American actor. He's well known for his deep voice. so the characters he's played (especially villains) can be [[EvilSoundsDeep quite intimidating]].
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5!Selected filmography:
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7* ''Series/AsTheWorldTurns'' (1999) as Jerry Klein
8* ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'' (1999) as The Emcee
9* ''Series/SixFeetUnder'' (2001-2005) as David Fisher
10* ''Film/{{Paycheck}}'' (2003) as Agent Klein
11* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' (2006-2013) as Dexter Morgan
12** ''Series/DexterNewBlood'' (2021-present)
13* ''Film/{{Gamer}}'' (2009) as Ken Castle
14* ''Film/KillYourDarlings'' (2013) as David Kammerer
15* ''Film/ColdInJuly'' (2014) as Richard Dane
16* ''Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch'' (2014-2015) as Hedwig[[note]][[TheOtherDarrin Replaced]] Creator/NeilPatrickHarris in the title role on Broadway from October 2014 through January 2015.[[/note]]
17* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' (2015, 2017, 2019) as Toffee (voice)
18* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters'' (2015) as Kirk Langstrom / Batman (voice)
19* ''Film/{{Christine|2016}}'' (2016) as George Peter Ryan
20* ''Film/MarkFeltTheManWhoBroughtDownTheWhiteHouse'' (2017) as John Dean
21* ''Series/{{The Crown|2016}}'' (2017) as UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy
22* ''Film/GameNight'' (2018) as The Bulgarian
23* ''Series/{{Safe|2018}}'' (2018) as Tom Delaney
24* ''Film/TheReport'' (2019) as Thomas Eastman
25* ''Series/DocumentaryNow'' (2019) as Bill May "Dead Eyes" Dempsey
26* ''Film/InTheShadowOfTheMoon'' (2019) as Detective Holt
27* ''Series/TheDefeated'' (2020) as Viceconsul Tom Franklin
28* ''Film/JohnAndTheHole'' (2021) as Brad Shay
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30!!Some tropes associated with his career include:
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32* BreakingTheFourthWall: Both as Dexter and as the Emcee.
33* ChewingTheScenery: He gets to do this both in his musical theatre roles and as Dexter.
34* KubrickStare: With the right lighting, Hall looks quite menacing.
35* RomanceOnTheSet: He married Creator/JenniferCarpenter, who played [[CastIncest his sister]] on ''Series/{{Dexter}}'', though they later divorced.
36* 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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