American actor and producer

Michael C. Hall

Michael Carlyle Hall is an American actor and musician. He is best known for playing the role of the titular character in the Showtime series Dexter and David Fisher in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under. 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 Dexter: New Blood, Dexter: Resurrection, and performed the internal monologue in Dexter: Original Sin.

Born

1971

February 1

Died

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1970s

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1971 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

1327 The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
1411 The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).
1662 The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
1713 The Kalabalik or Skirmish at Bender results from the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.

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The world in 1971

When Michael arrived

april 1 Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre more than a thousand people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
april 17 The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
april 19 Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
april 19 Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Charles Nordhoff 1887–1947 English-American lieutenant and author (born 1887) Claude François 1939–1978 Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and dancer (died 1978) Denise Robins 1897–1985 English journalist and author (died 1985) Ekaterina Maximova 1939–2009 Russian ballerina and actress (born 1939) Francesco Maria Veracini 1690–1768 Italian violinist and composer (died 1768) G. Stanley Hall 1844–1924 American psychologist and academic (born 1844) Hassan al-Turabi 1932–2016 Sudanese activist and politician (died 2016) James P. Johnson 1894–1955 American pianist and composer (died 1955) Johannes Trithemius 1462–1516 German cryptographer and historian (born 1462)

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Elon Musk 1971– South African-born American entrepreneur Adam Gilchrist 1971– Australian cricketer and sportscaster Ajith Kumar 1971– Indian actor and race car driver Besnik Hasi 1971– Kosovo Albanian football manager and former player Carla Gugino 1971– American actress Chris Hardwick 1971– American comedian, actor, producer, and television host Corin Nemec 1971– American actor, producer and screenwriter Dannii Minogue 1971– Australian singer-songwriter and actress David Arquette 1971– American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and wrestler

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