Michael 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 quite intimidating.
Selected filmography:
- As the World Turns (1999) as Jerry Klein
- Cabaret (1999) as The Emcee
- Six Feet Under (2001-2005) as David Fisher
- Paycheck (2003) as Agent Klein
- Dexter (2006-2013) as Dexter Morgan
- Dexter: New Blood (2021-present)
- Gamer (2009) as Ken Castle
- Kill Your Darlings (2013) as David Kammerer
- Cold in July (2014) as Richard Dane
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014-2015) as Hedwignote
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015, 2017, 2019) as Toffee (voice)
- Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015) as Kirk Langstrom / Batman (voice)
- Christine (2016) as George Peter Ryan
- Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down The White House (2017) as John Dean
- The Crown (2017) as John F. Kennedy
- Game Night (2018) as The Bulgarian
- Safe (2018) as Tom Delaney
- The Report (2019) as Thomas Eastman
- Documentary Now! (2019) as Bill May "Dead Eyes" Dempsey
- In the Shadow of the Moon (2019) as Detective Holt
- The Defeated (2020) as Viceconsul Tom Franklin
- John and the Hole (2021) as Brad Shay
Some tropes associated with his career include:
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: Both as Dexter and as the Emcee.
- Chewing the Scenery: He gets to do this both in his musical theatre roles and as Dexter.
- Kubrick Stare: With the right lighting, Hall looks quite menacing.
- Romance on the Set: He married Jennifer Carpenter, who played his sister on Dexter, though they later divorced.
- Shakespearian Actors: 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).
