Michael C. Hall

Michael Carlisle Hall (born February 1 1971) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated American actor, best known for his roles as David Fisher in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under and the title character of the Showtime series Dexter. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Hall grew up an only child, a sister having died in infancy before his birth. When he was 11 his father died of cancer, and in a 2004 interview he recalled, Hall attended Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, graduating from high school in 1989. He graduated from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, in 1993. He later attended New York University's Master of Fine Arts program in New York City. In 2002, he married actress Amy Spanger; he played Billy Flynn opposite her Roxie Hart in the Broadway musical Chicago the summer after their wedding. The couple separated and filed for divorce in 2006; it was widely reported in 2007 that Hall is dating his Dexter co-star Jennifer Carpenter. Hall's acting career began in the...