Michael C. Hall (born February 1, 1971) is an American actor whose television roles include David Fisher on the HBO drama series Six Feet Under and Dexter Morgan on the Showtime series Dexter. In 2009, Hall won a Golden Globe award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in Dexter. Since the original show ended in 2013 after running for eight seasons, there have been three Dexter continuations: a sequel miniseries in 2021 titled Dexter: New Blood, a 2024 prequel series Dexter: Original Sin, and a direct New Blood follow-up, Dexter: Resurrection, in 2025.

Filmography

• Dexter: Resurrection — Dexter Morgan, Executive Producer
• 2025The Gettysburg Address — Leonard Swett (voice)
• Dexter: Original Sin — Dexter's Inner Voice (voice), Executive Producer
• 2023Return of the Predators — Narrátor
• Dexter: New Blood — Dexter Morgan, Executive Producer
• 2021John and the Hole — Brad
• Shadowplay — Tom Franklin
• 2019In the Shadow of the Moon — Holt
• 2019The Report — Thomas Eastman
• 2018Game Night — The Bulgarian
• 2018Lazarus — Newton
• Safe — Tom Delaney, Executive Producer
• 2017Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House — John Dean
• 2017Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni — Toffee (voice)
• 2016After Adderall — Director
• 2016Christine — George Peter Ryan
• The Crown — President Kennedy
• 2015Justice League: Gods and Monsters — Batman / Kirk Langstrom (voice)
• Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles — Batman (voice)
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil — Toffee (voice)
• 2014Cold in July — Richard Dane
• 2013Kill Your Darlings — David Kammerer
• 2013The River — The Guru
• Ruth & Erica — Tom
• 2011The Trouble with Bliss — Morris Bliss
• Vietnam in HD — Narrator
• 2010Peep World — Jack
• Dexter: Early Cuts — Dexter Morgan (voice)
• 2009Gamer — Ken Castle
• 2007Mysteries of the Freemasons — Narrator
• Dexter — Dexter Morgan, Executive Producer, Director, Co-Executive Producer
• 2004Bereft — Jonathan
• 2003Paycheck — Agent Klein
• Six Feet Under — David Fisher
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark
• Stratagem

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2024Behind the Lines — Self
• 2017David Bowie: The Last Five Years — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• 2014Stem Cell Universe With Stephen Hawking — Self - Narrator
• Conan — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• The View — Self - Guest