Marcus Dixon (Alias)

Marcus Dixon
Alias character
Carl Lumbly as Marcus Dixon
First appearance	"Truth Be Told" (episode 1.01)
Last appearance	"All the Time in the World" (episode 5.17)
Portrayed by	Carl Lumbly
Information
Nickname(s)	Dixon
Aliases	Outrigger
Gender	Male
Occupation	SD-6 field agent CIA field agent APO field agent
Title	Director of Joint Taskforce (LA)
Spouse(s)	Diane Dixon (spouse, deceased)
Children	Robin Dixon (daughter) Steven Dixon (son)
Nationality	American

Marcus R. Dixon is a fictional character on the television series, Alias. He has been one of Sydney Bristow's coworkers and the CIA's Director of Joint Task Force. He is portrayed by Carl Lumbly.

Marcus Dixon is an intelligent and strong agent and is fluent in many languages. He is generally level-headed and very keen to the many issues that he must resolve as a leader within the CIA. However, Dixon can be very emotional when his family or loved ones are involved, going so far as to act against orders to protect them. His code name in APO is Outrigger.

Before he was being recruited to SD-6 by Jack Bristow, Dixon was a member of the Recon Marines. At SD-6, Dixon was Sydney Bristow's partner on missions, but unlike Sydney, Dixon was unaware that SD-6 was not actually a covert branch of the CIA. Several times during the first season, Dixon questioned Sydney's loyalties, perceiving the actions she took as being against the U.S. government, when in fact the opposite was true. His cover was that of an investment analyst for Credit Dauphine, a corporate bank in downtown Los Angeles.

Dixon eventually learned the truth about SD-6 after Sydney's latest mission resulted in them acquiring access to the Alliance server, including the access codes to all twelve SD bases; needing to confirm that the current codes were valid, but with Jack Bristow exposed and captured while Sydney's cover was compromised, she was forced to tell Dixon the truth as the only other agent in SD-6 that she could trust.

Following the downfall of SD-6 and his resentment at Sydney for not apparently trusting him, Dixon was pressured by his wife Diane who was now angered by the many years of lies from her husband. He initially felt compelled not to take a position within the CIA. However, following Sydney's capture, Vaughn persuades him to help save Sydney as Dixon was the only person to have successfully infiltrated the location where she was captured, and eventually he decides to join the CIA. However, he initially finds that he does not wish to make her worry about him coming home at night, and decides to request at transfer to intelligence, which would mean a desk job in analysis.