Despite a resume consisting of experience exclusive to the theater, Michael C. Hall quickly became a recognizable figure on the small screen, establishing himself in chameleon-like fashion in diverse and often contradictory roles that earned the young actor a strong and loyal following, particularly with his breakthrough performance as the uptight gay mortician David Fisher on “Six Feet Under” (HBO, 2001-05). Prior to HBO’s darkly comic take on dysfunctional families, Hall was a vaunted thespian best known for taking over Alan Cumming’s role as the sexually insinuating emcee in a Broadway
