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Actor Michael C. Hall arrives at the Critics' Choice Television Awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel on June 20, 2011, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Hall is nominated for a 2011 Primetime Emmy for his work on "Dexter" as Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series. It's his fourth consecutive nomination in the category for the show's titular role.
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Actor Michael C. Hall poses during the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Actor Michael C. Hall on "Dexter."
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Michael C. Hall poses with his trophy for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series in "Dexter" at the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 23, 2010.
On Jan. 13, 2010, Hall's agent and spokesman confirmed that he was undergoing treatment for a treatable form of Hodgkin's lymphoma. On April 25, Carpenter announced that Hall was fully cured and was set to get back to work on the show's fifth season.
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Actor Michael C. Hall, right, winner of the award for actor in a drama series for "Dexter," and actress Julianna Marguilies, winner of the award for actress in a drama series for "The Good Wife," pose together backstage at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 23, 2010, in Los Angeles.
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Michael C. Hall and then-wife actress Jennifer Carpenter arrive at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards on Aug. 29, 2010, in Los Angeles.
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Actor Michael C. Hall and then-wife Jennifer Carpenter attend the InStyle and Warner Bros. 67th Annual Golden Globes post-party held at the Oasis Courtyard at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 17, 2010 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Carpenter stars on "Dexter" as Dexter Morgan's sister, Debra.
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Michael C. Hall poses with the award for best actor in a television series drama for "Dexter" backstage at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Actors Jennifer Carpenter, left, and Michael C. Hall arrive at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 11, 2009, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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"Dexter" star Michael C. Hall arrives at the American Film Institute Awards 2007 luncheon in January 2008. His TV show was among 10 honored at the luncheon.
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Actor Michael C. Hall, from "Dexter" speaks during the Showtime panel at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills on Friday, July 18, 2008.
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Michael C. Hall, of the television show "Dexter," is photographed in a room inspired by his serial killer character at a reception in a townhouse to celebrate Showtime's season premieres of "Dexter" and "Californication" in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008.
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"Dexter" star Michael C. Hall accepts the awards for best TV show at the Scream Awards on Saturday Oct. 18, 2008, in Los Angeles.
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Actor Michael C. Hall arrives to the Broadway opening of "Three Days of Rain," the play starring Julia Roberts, Paul Rudd and Bradley Cooper, Wednesday, April 19, 2006, in New York.
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Along with succesful shows "Six Feet Under" and "Dexter," Michael C. Hall is an accomplished theater actor. The North Carolina native has starred as Billy Flynn in a revival of "Chicago" and on Broadway as the emcee in "Cabaret."
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HBO's "Six Feet Under" cast: Frances Conroy, Richard Jenkins, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Krause, and Michael C. Hall. Hall starred as David Fisher, a mortician who is gay, in the series which ran from 2001-2005. He earned a 2002 Emmy nomination for his work on the show.
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"Six Feet Under" cast: Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Michael C. Hall, Freddy Rodriguez, Peter Krause, Mathew St. Patrick and Rachel Griffiths at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2003.
