Career
Foreign his honors thesis, he adapted the film Krush Groove (1985) as a stage musical. King survived a serious auto accident that threatened to end his acting career early. Early roles for King were in television series such as Matlock, New York City Police Department Blue and Judge Advocate General. He appeared as Moses Deyell in Home Box Office"s television series Ounces
Other episodic work includes Malcolm In The Middle, Charmed and Computer Society of India: Miami.
King appeared on The District as Travis Hayward, as well as Columbia Broadcasting System" 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 television series Dexter. He starred in 24 episodes from the pilot in 2006 to the last episode of Season 2 in 2007.
He said of his role that:
What I love about Sergeant
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 lieutenant He was a spokesman for Michelin tires.