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Erik King is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
, television and stage actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, known for his portrayal of Sgt. Doakes
List of Dexter characters

List of characters, with biographical details, from the Showtime series Dexter and the Jeff Lindsay novel series it was based on, including Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Dearly Devoted Dexter, Dexter in the Dark, and the upcoming fourth book Dexter by Design....
 on Showtime's
Showtime

Showtime is a Pay TV brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States....
 Dexter
Dexter (TV series)

Dexter is an American television drama series that airs on American pay TV Showtime. It is based on the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay and adapted for television by Emmy Award-winning screenwriter James Manos, Jr., who wrote the pilot episode....
. He also appeared as Moses Deyell
Moses Deyell

Moses Deyell is a character at HBO drama Oz played by Erik King....
 in HBO's hit television series Oz
Oz (TV series)

Oz was an United States television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes. It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by Home Box Office....
. King is currently starring in "Wig Out!" a play about "drag queens and the men who love them".

King appeared in the blockbuster adventure National Treasure
National Treasure (film)

National Treasure is a 2004 in film adventure film from Walt Disney Pictures written by Jim Kouf, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Cormac Wibberley, and Marianne Wibberley, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and directed by Jon Turteltaub....
 opposite Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage is an United States Academy Award-winning actor, film director, and Film producer, who currently manages his own production company, Saturn Films....
, Desperate Measures
Desperate Measures

Desperate Measures is a 1998 Action film Thriller starring Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox & Marcia Gay Harden....
 with Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton

'Michael John Douglas' , better known by the stage name 'Michael Keaton', is an American actor, known for his early comedic roles in films such as Night Shift , Beetlejuice, and his portrayal of Batman in the two Tim Burton-directed films of the series, as well as lead roles in the late 1990s and 2000s including Jackie Brown, ...
 and a number of other feature films. His other episodic work includes Malcolm In The Middle
Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle is an United States sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series Premiere on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons....
, Charmed
Charmed

Charmed is an award-winning, Television in the United States cult television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998 until May 21, 2006, when its network, The WB Television Network, ceased operation....
 and CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami is a Spin-off of the CBS network series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The series is an American crime drama television series that trails the investigations of a team of Miami-Dade forensic scientists as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths and other crimes....
.






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Erik King is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
, television and stage actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, known for his portrayal of Sgt. Doakes
List of Dexter characters

List of characters, with biographical details, from the Showtime series Dexter and the Jeff Lindsay novel series it was based on, including Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Dearly Devoted Dexter, Dexter in the Dark, and the upcoming fourth book Dexter by Design....
 on Showtime's
Showtime

Showtime is a Pay TV brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States....
 Dexter
Dexter (TV series)

Dexter is an American television drama series that airs on American pay TV Showtime. It is based on the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay and adapted for television by Emmy Award-winning screenwriter James Manos, Jr., who wrote the pilot episode....
. He also appeared as Moses Deyell
Moses Deyell

Moses Deyell is a character at HBO drama Oz played by Erik King....
 in HBO's hit television series Oz
Oz (TV series)

Oz was an United States television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes. It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by Home Box Office....
. King is currently starring in "Wig Out!" a play about "drag queens and the men who love them".

King appeared in the blockbuster adventure National Treasure
National Treasure (film)

National Treasure is a 2004 in film adventure film from Walt Disney Pictures written by Jim Kouf, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Cormac Wibberley, and Marianne Wibberley, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and directed by Jon Turteltaub....
 opposite Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage is an United States Academy Award-winning actor, film director, and Film producer, who currently manages his own production company, Saturn Films....
, Desperate Measures
Desperate Measures

Desperate Measures is a 1998 Action film Thriller starring Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox & Marcia Gay Harden....
 with Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton

'Michael John Douglas' , better known by the stage name 'Michael Keaton', is an American actor, known for his early comedic roles in films such as Night Shift , Beetlejuice, and his portrayal of Batman in the two Tim Burton-directed films of the series, as well as lead roles in the late 1990s and 2000s including Jackie Brown, ...
 and a number of other feature films. His other episodic work includes Malcolm In The Middle
Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle is an United States sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series Premiere on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons....
, Charmed
Charmed

Charmed is an award-winning, Television in the United States cult television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998 until May 21, 2006, when its network, The WB Television Network, ceased operation....
 and CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami is a Spin-off of the CBS network series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The series is an American crime drama television series that trails the investigations of a team of Miami-Dade forensic scientists as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths and other crimes....
. King appeared on The District
The District

The District is a television police procedural which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia ....
 as "Travis Hayward", as well as CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
' Touched By An Angel
Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel is an United States drama television series that chronicles the missions of a group of angels sent by God. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson , it ran on CBS for nine seasons, from September 21, 1994 to April 27, 2003, and aired in many countries all around the world....
. Erik King's earlier career proves he is no stranger to crime dramas, as he has also starred in major series such as Matlock
Matlock (TV series)

Matlock is a long-running United States television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role. The show ran from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC, where it replaced the long-running series The A-Team to Friday nights, then on November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on American Broadcasting Company....
, NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue is an United States TV show police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan.....
 and JAG
JAG

JAG is an United States Adventure /legal drama television show that was produced by Donald P. Bellisario, in association with Paramount Pictures CBS Paramount Television and, for the first season only, Universal Media Studios....
.

King attended Morehouse College
Morehouse College

Morehouse College is a Private university, Men's colleges in the United States, Historically Black colleges and universities college located in Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia ....
, where he won a varsity letter
Varsity letter

A varsity letter is an award earned in the United States for excellence in school activities. A varsity letter signifies that its winner was a qualified Varsity team team member, awarded after a certain standard was met....
 in track and field and graduated summa cum laude. For his honors thesis, he adapted the seminal 1985 film Krush Groove
Krush Groove

Krush Groove is a 1985 in film Warner Bros. film, written by Ralph Farquhar and directed by Michael Schultz . This film is based on the early days of Def Jam Recordings and up-and-coming record producer Russell Simmons , portrayed by Blair Underwood in his feature film debut....
 as a stage musical
Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. The emotional content of the piece ? humor, pathos, love, anger ? as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole....
.

He is currently the spokesman for Michelin's new HydroEdge line of tires.

Filmography

  • Dexter
    Dexter (TV series)

    Dexter is an American television drama series that airs on American pay TV Showtime. It is based on the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay and adapted for television by Emmy Award-winning screenwriter James Manos, Jr., who wrote the pilot episode....
     — Sgt. Doakes
    List of Dexter characters

    List of characters, with biographical details, from the Showtime series Dexter and the Jeff Lindsay novel series it was based on, including Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Dearly Devoted Dexter, Dexter in the Dark, and the upcoming fourth book Dexter by Design....
  • Ice Princess
    Ice Princess

    Ice Princess is a 2005 in film Walt Disney Pictures live action film, directed by Tim Fywell.This film was rated G by the MPAA...
     (2005) — Chip Healey
  • National Treasure
    National Treasure (film)

    National Treasure is a 2004 in film adventure film from Walt Disney Pictures written by Jim Kouf, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Cormac Wibberley, and Marianne Wibberley, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and directed by Jon Turteltaub....
     (2004) — Agent Colfax
  • The Division
    The Division

    The Division is an United States Lifetime Television original series about a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department....
  • Malcolm in the Middle
    Malcolm in the Middle

    Malcolm in the Middle is an United States sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series Premiere on January 9, 2000, and ended its six-and-a-half-year run on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons....
     — Agent Stone
  • Charmed
    Charmed

    Charmed is an award-winning, Television in the United States cult television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998 until May 21, 2006, when its network, The WB Television Network, ceased operation....
     — Dex (1 episode, 2003)
  • The Twilight Zone
    The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone is an United States television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror fiction, often concluding with a macabre or Twist ending....
     — Lenny
  • CSI: Miami
    CSI: Miami

    CSI: Miami is a Spin-off of the CBS network series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The series is an American crime drama television series that trails the investigations of a team of Miami-Dade forensic scientists as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths and other crimes....
     — Detective Fenwick
  • Touched by an Angel
    Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel is an United States drama television series that chronicles the missions of a group of angels sent by God. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson , it ran on CBS for nine seasons, from September 21, 1994 to April 27, 2003, and aired in many countries all around the world....
     — Kevin Carter
  • The District
    The District

    The District is a television police procedural which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia ....
     — Travis Haywood
  • Oz
    Oz (TV series)

    Oz was an United States television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes. It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by Home Box Office....
     — Moses Deyell
  • Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
    Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

    Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her is a film written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia starring an Ensemble cast . The plot focuses on different women dealing with their life problems....
     (2000) — Police Officer
  • Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1999)
  • Atomic Train
    Atomic Train

    Atomic Train is a 1999 action movie about an accidental nuclear explosion destroying the city of Denver. It was originally broadcast on NBC as a two-part miniseries....
     (1999) — Beau Randall
  • True Crime
    True Crime (1999 film)

    True Crime is a 1999 in film mystery film drama film directed by Clint Eastwood, and based on Andrew Klavan's 1997 novel of the same name. Eastwood also stars in the film as a journalist covering the execution of a death row inmate, only to discover that the convict may actually be innocent....
     (1999) — Pussy Man/Santa Clause
  • Any Day Now — Reggie Rhodes
  • An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
    An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn

    An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn was made in 1997 and released in 1998. It was regarded as one of the Films considered the worst ever, and scooped five awards at the 1998 Golden Raspberry Awards....
     (1998) — Wayne Jackson
  • Desperate Measures
    Desperate Measures

    Desperate Measures is a 1998 Action film Thriller starring Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox & Marcia Gay Harden....
     (1998) — Nate Oliver
  • JAG
    JAG

    JAG is an United States Adventure /legal drama television show that was produced by Donald P. Bellisario, in association with Paramount Pictures CBS Paramount Television and, for the first season only, Universal Media Studios....
     — Capt. Henry Banes
  • NYPD Blue
    NYPD Blue

    NYPD Blue is an United States TV show police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan.....
     — Billy Stubbs
  • Kindred: The Embraced
    Kindred: The Embraced

    Kindred: The Embraced is an American science fiction television program produced by John Leekley Productions and Spelling Television. Loosely based on the role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, the series premiered on Fox Broadcasting Company on April 2, 1996 and ran for eight episodes before the conclusion of the first season on...
     (1996) — Sonny Toussaint
  • Diagnosis Murder — Tommy Brackett
  • The Invaders
    The Invaders

    The Invaders, a Quinn Martin, is an American Broadcasting Company science fiction television program created by Larry Cohen that ran in the United States for two seasons, from January 10, 1967 to March 26, 1968....
     (1995)
  • Matlock
    Matlock (TV series)

    Matlock is a long-running United States television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role. The show ran from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC, where it replaced the long-running series The A-Team to Friday nights, then on November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on American Broadcasting Company....
     — Ron Jaffe
  • The Watcher
    The Watcher (TV series)

    The Watcher is a TV show that premiered on UPN in January 1995 in television, during that network?s disastrous first season. Like every other UPN show premiering that year save Star Trek: Voyager, it did not survive its first season....
  • M.A.N.T.I.S.
    M.A.N.T.I.S.

    M.A.N.T.I.S. is a TV series that aired for one season on the Fox Broadcasting Company between August 1994 and March 1995. The original two-hour TV television pilot was produced by Sam Raimi and developed by Sam Hamm....
     — Justin Battle
  • Missing Persons
    Missing Persons (TV series)

    Missing Persons is an United States television program set in Chicago. The show is about a fictitious missing persons unit, each episode usually following the investigation into three or more cases....
     (1993) — Bobby Davison
  • Joey Breaker (1993) — Hip Hop Hank
  • The Pickle (1993) — Man with Beer
  • Queen
    Queen: The Story of an American Family

    Queen: The Story of an American Family is a 1993 partly factual historical novel by Alex Haley and David Stevens . It brought back to the consciousness of many White Americans the plight of the children of the plantation; the offspring of black slave women and their white masters who were legally their slaves....
     (1993)
  • The Round Table
    The Round Table (TV series)

    The 1992 TV-series The Round Table set in Washington D.C. focused on the lives of a group of 20-something youths who frequently met at the bar The Round Table....
     (1992) — Wade Carter
  • Stay Tuned (1992) — Pierce
  • Golden Years (1991) — Burton
  • Cadillac Man
    Cadillac Man

    Cadillac Man is a 1990 comedy film starring Robin Williams and Tim Robbins....
     (1990) — Davey
  • Law & Order
    Law & Order

    Law & Order is an United States police procedural and legal drama Television program created by Dick Wolf. It has been broadcast on NBC since its debut on September 13, 1990....
     — Dorian Ford
  • Sunset Beat (1990) — Tucson Smith
  • Casualties of War
    Casualties of War

    Casualties of War is a 1989 war movie drama movie about the Vietnam War, starring Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn. It was directed by Brian De Palma, with a screenplay by David Rabe based on actual events that took place in 1966....
     (1989) — Cpl. Brown
  • A Man Called Hawk
    A Man Called Hawk

    A Man Called Hawk is a prime time television series that ran on the American Broadcasting Company television network between 1989#January 1989 in television and 1989#May 1989 in television....
     — Street Brother
  • Babycakes (1989) (TV)
  • Prettykill (1987) — Sullivan
  • Street Smart
    Street Smart (1987 film)

    Street Smart is an Academy-Award nominated film directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Christopher Reeve, Morgan Freeman and Kathy Baker....
     (1987) .... Reggie
  • Kennedy (1983) — Young Black Man


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