Michael C. Hall

North Carolina · born or raisedBorn 1971

American actor

Born in Raleigh
Studied at Ravenscroft School

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My father passed away when I was 11 so I suppose I know in my own experience what it's like to have an internalized parental energy that really, as time goes on, has less and less to do with that person and more and more to do with some conversation I'm having with myself.

I mean there's a definite subversiveness to the show. It's inviting people to relish in the identification with someone who on paper is doing reprehensible things. I mean the whole anti-hero notion has been talked about a lot and I do think the show operates in a grey area morally. I like that about it. I like that it encourages people to - hopefully, at least - ask themselves a question about who they're rooting for and why they're rooting for him.

David was relatable for many reasons but ultimately he was just a fundamentally human character. He was inherently contradictory. He was like a real person.