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Erik King
Highest Rated: 84% Casualties of War (1989)
Lowest Rated: 19% Desperate Measures (1997)
Birthday: Apr 21, 1969
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., USA
Veteran television actor Erik King is best known for his role as Sergeant James Doakes on the series "Dexter." He attended Morehouse College and began his professional career in 1983 on the miniseries "Kennedy" and followed with a role in "Spenser: For Hire," before making his feature film debut in the 1987 film "Street Smart." King appeared in Brian De Palma's 1989 film "Casualties of War." In 1992, King appeared in multiple episodes of "The Round Table" and a year later scored the first notable recurring role of his career on the series "Missing Persons." In 2000, King scored a recurring role on the HBO drama "Oz" and in 2004, he wasa part of the box office hit "National Treasure," before taking on the most notable role of his career. King starred as Doakes for the first two seasons of the Showtime series, for which he received a Saturn Award Nomination in 2008 for Best Supporting Actor on Television.
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Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crybaby Bridge | John (Character) | - | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | 13% | The Tank | Luke Millens (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | Born to Race | Mr. Briggs (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 46% | 76% | National Treasure | Agent Colfax (Character) | $173.0M | 2004 |
| 76% | 64% | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Police Officer (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 56% | 49% | True Crime |
Pussy Man / |
$16.6M | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Atomic Train | Beau Randall (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 19% | 38% | Desperate Measures | Nate Oliver (Character) | $13.7M | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Heist | Ron Jaffe (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Joey Breaker | Hip Hop Hank (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Missing Persons | Investigator Bobby Davison (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 44% | 55% | Stay Tuned | Pierce (Character) | $9.4M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sunset Beat | Tucson Smith (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 84% | 75% | Casualties of War | Brown (Character) | $17.0M | 1989 |
| 67% | 45% | Street Smart | Reggie (Character) | $711.0K | 1987 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 100% | The Oath | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Mistresses | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| 0% | 50% | South of Hell | DeMar (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 35% | 70% | Growing Up Fisher | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 71% | 81% | Dexter |
Sgt. James Doakes (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2006-2007 2012-2013 |
| 88% | 95% | Burn Notice | Bolo (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Malcolm in the Middle | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| 50% | 73% | The Twilight Zone | Unknown (Character) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000-2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The District | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shake, Rattle & Roll | Unknown (Character) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Any Day Now | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| 30% | 83% | Kindred: The Embraced | Unknown (Character) | 1996 |
| 83% | 93% | NYPD Blue | Billy Stubbs (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Watcher | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Missing Persons | Investigator Bobby Davison (Character) | 1993-1994 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |