Michael Carlyle Hall is an American actor and musician. He is known for playing the titular character in the Showtime series
Dexter (2006â2013) and David Fisher in the HBO drama series
Six Feet Under (2001â2005). He won a Golden Globe Award for the former, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and received six total nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, which ties the record for most nominations in the category without a win. He reprised his role of Dexter Morgan in the miniseries
Dexter: New Blood (2021â2022) and
Dexter: Original Sin (2024).