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Doris died when Dexter was 16, and Harry died when Dexter was 20. Consequently, Harry decides to channel the boy's homicidal urges in a "positive" direction by teaching him to be a careful, meticulous killer of people who "deserve it"-murderers who have escaped justice. When Dexter is seven, Harry discovers that the boy has been killing neighborhood pets and realizes that Dexter is a sociopath with a deep need to kill. Harry only tells Dexter that his biological parents both died in a car accident, and Harry brought him home from the crime scene. At the story's outset, Dexter knows very little about his life prior to being adopted by Harry and Doris Morgan. Characterization General biography ĭexter Morgan was born on February 1, 1971. Hall reprised his role as Dexter in the miniseries Dexter: New Blood. In addition, Hall was awarded with a Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama in 2007, and was nominated five times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Paste ranked Dexter Morgan number 6 on their list of the 20 Best Characters of 2011.
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In 2009, he was awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series or Drama.
Season one is largely based on the first novel, Darkly Dreaming Dexter (2004), but the following seasons veered away from the rest of the book series.įor his performance as Dexter, Hall has received critical acclaim. In 2006, the first novel was adapted into the Showtime TV series Dexter and its companion web series Dexter: Early Cuts. In the novel series, Dexter's "Dark Passenger" is a literal demon born of Moloch, who latched himself onto his soul when Dexter was a child, while in the television series, they are an aspect of Dexter's own psyche, portrayed by James Remar in Dexter (as Harry Morgan) and by Jennifer Carpenter in Dexter: New Blood (as Debra Morgan).ĭexter's novel appearances include Darkly Dreaming Dexter (2004), Dearly Devoted Dexter (2005), Dexter in the Dark (2007), Dexter by Design (2009), Dexter Is Delicious (2010), Double Dexter (2011), Dexter's Final Cut (2013), and Dexter Is Dead (2015), the final novel in the series, conceptually inspired by the real-life Brazilian vigilante serial/ spree killer Pedro Rodrigues Filho.
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Dexter follows a code of ethics taught to him in childhood by his adoptive father, Harry, which he refers to as "The Code" or "The Code of Harry" and hinges on two principles: He can only kill people after finding conclusive evidence that they are guilty of murder, and he must not get caught.
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In his spare time, he is a vigilante serial killer who targets other murderers who have evaded the justice system.
In both the novels and television series, Dexter is a forensic blood spatter analyst who works for the fictitious Miami-Metro Police Department. In the television series, Dexter is portrayed by Michael C. Dexter Morgan is a fictional character introduced as the antihero protagonist of the Dexter book series written by Jeff Lindsay, as well as the television series of the same name.
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