Erik King

Erik King is an American actor perhaps best known for his portrayal of Sgt Doakes on Showtimes 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 DC 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 shortlived ABC police drama Sunset Beat He appeared as Moses Deyell in HBOs 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 Treasure1 and the thriller Desperate Measures Kings 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 evenminded guys but there are a lot of guys who are hardasses and I love the fact that I get to play it He was a spokesman for Michelin tires