Erik King (born April 21, 1963) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Sergeant James Doakes on Showtime's television series Dexter. He is also known for his role as Moses Deyell on Oz, and Bobby Davidson on Missing Persons, in addition to roles in the movies Casualties of War, National Treasure and True Crime.
Early life and education 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.
Career 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.Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2008), pp.1468-9. 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 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 26 episodes from the pilot in 2006 to the last episode of Season 2 in 2007. He also reprised the role in a season 7 episode in 2012. 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. at TV.com
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1987 Street Smart Reggie 1987 Tomorrow's a Killer Sullivan 1989 Casualties of War Brown1990 Cadillac Man Davey Sunset Beat Tucson Smith 1992 Stay Tuned Pierce1993 Joey Breaker Hip Hop Hank The Pickle Man with Beer 1997 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn Wayne Jackson 1998 Desperate Measures Nate Oliver 1999 True Crime Pussy Man 2000 Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her Police Officer Segment: "Love Waits for Kathy" 2004 National Treasure Agent Colfax 2005 Ice Princess Chip Healey 2011 Born to Race Briggs Direct to video2018Vox Lux
Television Year Title Role Notes 1983 Kennedy Young Black Man Miniseries 1986 Spenser: For Hire Louis Harper Episode: "A Day's Wages" 1989 A Man Called Hawk Street Brother Episode: "Never My Love"1990 Sunset Beat Tucson Smith Episode: "One Down, Four Up" Law & Order Dorian "Silky" Ford Episode: "Poison Ivy" 1991 Golden Years Burton Miniseries 1992 The Round Table Wade Carter 7 episodes 1993–1994 Missing Persons Investigator Bobby Davison 17 episodes1994 M.A.N.T.I.S. Justin Battle Episode: "Fire in the Heart" Diagnosis: Murder Tommy Brackett Episode: "Standing Eight Count"1995 Matlock Ron Jaffe Episode: "The Heist" The Invaders Dr. Josh Webber Miniseries1996 Sliders Young Singer Season 2 Episode 8 NYPD Blue Billy Stubbs Episode: "Auntie Maimed" Kindred: The Embraced Sonny Toussaint 8 episodes 1997 JAG Captain Henry Banes Episode: "The Good of the Service" 1998 Any Day Now Reggie Rhodes Episode: "No Comment" 1999 Atomic Train Beau Randall Miniseries2000–2001 Oz Moses Deyell 11 episodes Touched by an Angel Kevin Carter, Peter Lakes 2 episodes 2001 The District Travis Haywood 3 episodes2002 CSI: Miami Detective Fenwick Episode: "Just One Kiss" The Twilight Zone Lenny Episode: "The Pool Guy" 2003 Charmed Dex Episode: "The Importance of Being Phoebe" 2004 Malcolm in the Middle Agent Stone Episode: "Reese Joins the Army: Part 1" 2006–2007 & 2012 Dexter Sgt. James Doakes Season1-2Main Season7 1 episode2010 Burn Notice Bolo Episode: "Noble Causes" Memphis Beat Ron Funk Episode: "Run On" 2014 Growing Up Fisher Vice Principal Collins Episode: "First Time's the Charm" 2015 South of Hell DeMar Episode: "South of the Border"2016 Banshee Dr. Tim Hubbard 4 episodes Mistresses Eliot Mead 2 episodes 2017 The Detour Harris 2 episodes 2019 The Oath Pastor Greg 6 episodes 2020 The Good Fight Jonah 2 episodes 2025 Dexter: Resurrection Sgt. James Doakes Episode: "A Beating Heart..."2026 Boston BlueCrispus “Chris” Williams Episodes: “L’dor V’dor” &
References
External links
at Showtime (archived link)