Michael Simon Hall
Acting
Biography
Michael Simon Hall is an actor, writer and producer who recently expanded from the stage into film and television. He can be seen on HBO with Mark Ruffalo in I Know This Much Is True. Other credits include a charming professor with a hidden dark side in the psychological thriller Women (2021), The Politician, The Leftovers and The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst. He lives in New York City.
Known For
When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. This is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.
The Leftovers
Payton has known since childhood that he's going to be president. First he'll have to navigate the most treacherous political landscape: high school.
The Politician
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
Bridge of Spies
The parallel lives of identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th century America.
I Know This Much Is True
Summer, New York City. A college girl falls hard for a guy she just met. After a night of partying goes wrong, she goes to wild extremes to get him back.
White Girl
A glimpse into the world of Freestyle Canoeing following some of the country's top canoeists as they travel to the Moosehead Lake Regional Finals Competition in northern Maine to duke it out for the title of "Top Paddler".
Canoe Dig It?
After a long day at work, Cal drives home to his suburban neighborhood and realizes that he accidentally went inside the wrong house. Inspired by true events of Levittown, NY; American's first suburb.