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Erik King is an American actor, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Sgt. Doakes on Showtime's television series Dexter. He is also known for his roles as Moses Deyell on Oz, and as Bobby Davidson in Missing Persons King, whose father was a policeman, attended The Duke Ellington High School of Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. and later attended Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland. Early roles for King were in TV series such as Matlock, NYPD Blue and JAG. In 1990, he starred in the short-lived ABC police drama Sunset Beat. He appeared as Moses Deyell in HBO's television series Oz. Other episodic work includes Malcolm in the Middle, Charmed and CSI: Miami. King appeared on The District as Travis Hayward, as well as CBS' Touched by an Angel. King has appeared in multiple feature films, including the adventure film National Treasure[1] and the thriller Desperate Measures. King's prominence rose with his role as police detective James Doakes in the Showtime TV series Dexter. He starred in 24 episodes from the pilot in 2006 to the last episode of Season 2 in 2007. For his portrayal as the main antagonist of the show, he received a Saturn Award nomination in 2008 for Best Supporting Actor on Television. He said of his role that: What I love about Sgt. Doakes is that when you run into a cop, a lot of them are fair, even-minded guys; but there are a lot of guys who are hard-asses and I love the fact that I get to play it. He was a spokesman for Michelin tires.
Season 1: Completely different - Dexter hunts a ritualistic cult-style killer by the name of The Phantom (similar to Travis Marshall). Ends with Dexter unsatisfied by the kill, questioning his purpose. Season 2: Bay Harbor Butcher arc like in the show. Around episode 7, Dr. Danco is introduced, targeting victims with surgical mutilations. He kills Doakes in the finale before Dexter stops him. Season 3: Miguel Prado arc remains, but Freebo is replaced with the Skinner. Miguel manipulates Dexter into helping, Dexter and Miguel kill the skinner together, but Dexter kills Miguel when he becomes reckless. Season 4: Same as original. Trinity Killer murders Rita, shattering Dexter. Season 5: Lumen removed. Dr. Vogel introduced, revealing her role in creating the Code. Dexter learns from her tapes that he has a brother. Season 6: Brian finally appears, echoing the Ice Truck Killer arc. He tempts Dexter to abandon the Code. Dexter spares him instead of killing him. Season 7: Dexter and Brian reluctantly team up to stop a new cannibalistic threat (Roberto Acosta and The Coven). Deb grows close to Kyle Chutsky and becomes pregnant. Brian disappears by the finale. Season 8: Deb gives birth to Nicholas Morgan. No Dark Passenger tie, Nicholas is normal. Dexter struggles to raise Harrison while continuing to kill. New villain: Elliot Budge (a stalker who discovers Dexter is a serial killer). In the end, Dexter fakes his death so Harrison can grow up safe with Deb, Chutsky, and Nicholas.
