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Michael C Hall www.hamiltonhodell.co.uk Michael C Hall Talent Representation Telephone Christian Hodell +44 (0) 20 7636 1221 [email protected], Address [email protected], Hamilton Hodell, [email protected] 20 Golden Square London, W1F 9JL, United Kingdom Television Title Role Director Production Company SHADOWPLAY Tom Franklin Måns Mårlind/Björn Stein Studio Canal SAFE Tom Various Netflix THE CROWN Series 2 John F. Kennedy Various Netflix RUTH & ERICA Tom Amy Lippman WIGSCO COLLEGEHUMOR ORIGINALS Series 1 Bryan Sam Reich Big Breakfast DEXTER Series 1-8 Nominated for Best Actor in a TV Series, Golden Globes 2011 Winner of Best Actor in a TV Series, Golden Globes 2010 Nominated for Best Actor in a TV Series, Golden Globes 2009 Nominated for Best Actor in a TV Series, Golden Globes 2008 Nominated for Best Actor in a TV Series, Golden Globes 2007 Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor, Emmy Awards 2010 Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor, Emmy Awards 2009 Nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor, Emmy Awards 2008 Nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Awards 2012 Winner of Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Awards 2011 Nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Awards 2010 Dexter Morgan (Lead) Various Showtime/FX Nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Awards 2009 Nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Awards 2008 Nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama Series, Screen Actors Guild Awards 2007 Winner of the Favorite Actor Award, TV Guide Awards, 2012 Winner of the Dorian Award for TV Drama Performance of the Year, Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, 2011 Winner of the Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actor - Drama Series, Monte-Carlo TV Festival, 2010 Winner of Best Actor in a Series, Satellite Awards, 2007 Winner of Best Actor In A Television Program, Saturn Awards, 2007 Winner of the Individual Achievement in Drama Award, Television Critics Association Awards, 2007 SIX FEET UNDER Series 1-5 AFI Award Nomination, Male Television Actor of the Year, 2002 Emmy Award Nomination, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Drama Series, 2002 Screen Actors Guild Award, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, David Fisher (Lead) Various HBO 2003, 2004 Screen Actors Guild Award Nomination, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, 2002 Film Title Role Director Production Company IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON Actor Jim Mickle Netflix THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS Leonard Swett (Voice) Sean Conant Rising Picture Company Margin of Error/Amazon THE REPORT Actor Scott Z. Burns Studios John Francis Daley/Jonathan GAME NIGHT The Bulgarian New Line Cinema Goldstein MARK FELT: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE John Dean Peter Landesman Scott Free Productions CHRISTINE George Antonio Campos Fresh Jade/BorderLine Films AFTER ADDERALL Director Stephen Elliott Independent Batman/Kirk Langstrom Warner Bros. Animation/DC JUSTICE LEAGUE: GODS AND MONSTERS Sam Liu (Voice) Entertainment COLD IN JULY Richard Dane Jim Mickle BSM Studio THE RIVER (Short) The Guru Sam Handel Cotton Hill Studios KILL YOUR DARLINGS David Kammerer John Krokidas Killer Films THE TROUBLE WITH BLISS Morris Bliss Michael Knowles 7A Productions PEEP WORLD Jack Barry Blaustein Occupant Films Mark Neveldine and Brian GAMER Ken Castle Lakeshore Entertainment Taylor BEREFT Jonathon Tim Daly & Clark Matthias Independent PAYCHECK Agent Klein John Woo Paramount Theatre Title Role Director Theatre/Producer Thomas Jerome New York Theatre Workshop, LAZARUS Ivo Van Hove Newton NY/Kings Cross Theatre, London HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Hedwig (Lead) Michael Mayer Belasco Theatre, Broadway CHICAGO Walter Bobbie Broadway CABARET Sam Mendes/Rob Marshall Broadway SKYLIGHT Richard Eyre Broadway CORPUS CHRISTI Joe Mantello Manhattan Theatre Club CYMBELINE Andrei Serban NYSF/Delacorte Theatre MACBETH George C. Wolfe NYSF/Public Theatre HENRY V Douglas Hughes NYSF/Public Theatre TIMON OF ATHENS Brian Kulick NYSF/Public Theatre THE ENGLISH TEACHERS Robert LuPone MCC Theatre SKYLIGHT Robert Egan Mark Taper Forum ROMEO AND JULIET Irene Lewis Center Stage Baltimore HOPSCOTCH Nancy Rogers Williamstown Theatre ABINGDON SQUARE Daniel Bernstein Williamstown Theatre CAMELOT Kathy Barber Texas Shakespeare Festival MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Tom Kremmer Texas Shakespeare Festival Characteristics Characteristic Info Height 5'10" Hair Light Brown Eyes Light Brown Training N.Y.U. Graduate Acting Program, M.F.A. 1996; Earlham College, B.A. 1993 [email protected] +44 (0) 20 7636 1221.
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