Michael C. Hall Net Worth
What is Michael C. Hall’s Net Worth and Salary?
Michael C. Hall, the American actor, has amassed a fortune of $25 million. He is most recognized for his portrayal of Dexter Morgan, the titular serial killer in the Showtime series “Dexter,” and for his role as David Fisher on the HBO series “Six Feet Under.”
Early Life and Education
Michael Carlyle Hall was born on February 1, 1971, in Raleigh, North Carolina. His mother, Janice (née Styons), worked as a mental health counselor, and his father, William Carlyle Hall, worked for IBM. When he was eleven years old, his father passed away from prostate cancer.
In 1989, Hall graduated from Ravenscroft School, and continued his education at Earlham College, a liberal arts college in Indiana. He initially planned on becoming a lawyer, but after he graduated from college in 1993, he did not go to law school.
Instead, he moved to New York City and attended New York University, and graduated from their graduate acting program in 1996. He actually first came into contact with acting and performance while still at student at Ravenscroft school. Throughout his years there, he sang in the choir and performed in productions of “The Sound of Music”, “Oklahoma!”, and “Fiddler on the Roof”. While at Earlham College, he appeared in productions like “Cabaret”.
Michael C. Hall’s Acting Career
Michael C. Hall started his acting career in the theater, appearing in several Off-Broadway productions. He then moved to television screens in 2001 when he was cast as David Fisher in the drama “Six Feet Under”. The show received high ratings and he was nominated for several awards for his work on the show.
In 2006, Hall began starring in the Showtime series “Dexter” as the titular character Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter analyst that moonlights as a vigilante serial killer. The series ran from 2006 to 2013 and then was revived in 2021. For his work on “Dexter”, he received numerous award nominations and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 2010. Additionally, Hall also served as one of the executive producers of the series.
While he was starring on screen in “Six Feet Under” and “Dexter”, he remained active in the theater. In 2005, he starred in an Off-Broadway production of Noah Haidle’s “Mr. Marmalade”, and he returned to Broadway in 2014 to star in “The Realistic Joneses” and “Hedwig and The Angry Inch”.
Outside of television and theater, Hall has also appeared in numerous films, including “Paycheck”, “Gamer”, “Kill Your Darlings”, and “Cold in July”. He has also lent his voice as a voice actor to several projects, including Dodge commercials and the animated show “Star vs. the Forces of Evil”.
Michael C. Hall’s Salary for Dexter
During the middle seasons of Dexter, Michael C. Hall earned $150,000 per episode. However, in the last two seasons, his salary was boosted to $350,000 per episode. This resulted in a total of $4.5 million per season for those final two seasons.
Personal Life and Charitable Work
Michael C. Hall was married to actress Amy Spanger from 2002 to their divorce in 2006. He then married his “Dexter” co-star Jennifer Carpenter in 2008, but they divorced in 2010. In 2012, he began dating Morgan Macgregor, whom he married in 2016.
In 2010, Hall was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, but he went into remission by April of that year. He has since become a spokesperson for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s fundraising campaign and has worked with other charities such as the Somalia Aid Society and the Waterkeeper Alliance.
Michael C. Hall’s Impressive Real Estate Investments
Michael C. Hall, known for his roles in hit TV shows like Dexter and Six Feet Under, has made some impressive investments in real estate over the years. In December 2017, he purchased an apartment in New York City above Central Park West for $4.3 million.
A year earlier, he sold a home in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles for $4.85 million, making a profit of roughly $1 million from his initial purchase. And just two weeks after this sale, he invested $4.2 million in an apartment in Greenwich Village, New York City.
