In the original series Dexter, which ran for eight seasons on Showtime, Michael C. Hall played the titular blood spatter analyst by day and the murderer by night. His adoptive father Harry was played by James Remar and his sister Deb by Jennifer Carpenter.
Dexter veteran Clyde Phillips returns as showrunner and executive producer of the ten-part prequel series set fifteen years before the events of Dexter.
Dexter: Original Sin follows Dexter (Gibson) in 1991 Miami, as a student training to become a serial killer. When his bloodthirsty urges can no longer be ignored, Dexter finds comfort and understanding in Harry. As his only confidante, he teaches Dexter a code designed to help him find and kill people who deserve to die - all while avoiding being caught by the police. This presents a special challenge for young Dexter as he begins a forensic internship with the Miami Metro Police Department.
Dexter: Original Sin is produced by Clyde Phillips and produced by Showtime Studios and Counterpart Studios. Scott Reynolds also serves as executive producer alongside Michael C. Hall, Mary Leah Sutton, Tony Hernandez and Lilly Burns. Robert Lloyd Lewis produces. Michael Lehmann serves as executive producer on the project that reunites him with Slater, whom he directed in the 1989 film Heathers.
For Showtime Studios, the series is creatively helmed by Gary Levine and Urooj Sharif and production is overseen by Tara Power. The project is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution outside the Paramount+ markets.
Gibson played the role of Nikolai Lantsov in Netflix's fantasy series Shadow and Bone. He also had roles in Channel 4's British crime series Before We Die (UK), Starz's historical drama series The White Princess and Netflix's science fiction series The OA.
Slater is known for his role opposite Rami Malek in Mr. Robot, USA Network's drama-thriller series. He also starred in the first season of the true crime series Dr. Death by Peacock and can currently be seen in Roku's fantasy series The Spiderwick Chronicles. His voice will also soon be heard in the animated prequel series Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas for Netflix.
Brown has so far guest-starred in Paramount+'s Evil, Showtime's Billions, CBS' FBI: International and The Marvelous Mrs. Prime Video's Maisel.
