Date of birth: Feb 1, 1971. Birth place: Raleigh, North Carolina. Eye color: Green. Height: 5' 10½" Family: His sister died in infancy and his father died of cancer when Michael was 11. Married to Amy Spanger since 2002 (Broadway: "Kiss Me, Kate," "Tick ...Tick ... BOOM!"). Divorced. Education: Earlham College, Richmond, IN, 1993; New York University, MFA in acting. Actor bio: Michael Carlisle Hall is a North Carolina native and graduate of NYU's Master of Fine Arts program in acting. His most recent performance was on Broadway as the emcee in "Cabaret." Hall has previously starred in nearly a dozen major off-Broadway plays, including "Macbeth" for the New York Shakespeare Festival, "Cymbeline" for the New York Shakespeare Festival at Central Park's Decone Theater, "Timon of Athens" and "Henry V at the Public", "The English Teachers" for Manhattan Class Company, "Corpus Christi" at the Manhattan Theatre Club and "Skylight" at the Mark Taper Forum.
| CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Non-acting careers: Furniture mover for an interior design firm (owners were gay) during high school; selling suits for a clothing warehouse.
Movies: Bereft, Paycheck.
TV Shows: Dexter, Six Feet Under.
Stage: Caberet, Chicago, Macbeth, Cymbeline, Timon of Athens, Henry V.
Big break: Was said to be "Caberet".
Best known for: His amazing portrayal of David Fisher on the HBO series Six Feet Under.
Awards: Emmy Award nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Drama Series for Six Feet Under; AFI Male Television Actor of the Year Award for Six Feet Under; 2003 and 2004 Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for Six Feet Under.
Upcoming projects: Currently he is pursuing the continuation of Dexter.
Personal quotes: On the eventuality of the show's demise and HBO prison-drama connection, "Dexter could get caught and it could turn into a serial-killer 'Oz'."
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