Derek Morgan

Derek Morgan, also known as D is one of the main protagonists of the TV series Criminal Minds. He is a Supervisory Special Agent with the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, and was the acting Unit Chief after Aaron Hotchner stood down for a period of time. 
He soon resigned from the team in order to be with his new family, and his position was taken over by Luke Alvez.
He is portrayed by Shemar Moore, who also played Randall Handel in Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
== Biography ==
Born on born on June 6, 1973, the son of Hank and Fran Morgan, the younger brother of Sara and older brother of Desirée Morgan. He lived in the South Side, Chicago, in a crime-ridden neighborhood, but he lived a morderately good life with his parents and sisters until his father died, while picking him up from school, having thrown up during class, and gunned down in front of him. 
Afterwards, Derek started struggling to keep himself together, getting into fights and doing favors for gang members, once getting arrested by Stan Gordinski after getting into a fight with another group of hoodlums, one of them being Rodney Harris, who had a serious head wound from it. 
He was soon mentored by the head of the local youth center coordinator, Carl Buford, who acted as a surrogate father and putting him on the football team. However, it was during this that Derek was molested by Carl throughout most of the experience, but he never told anyone due to shame and fear. But, Derek managed to get a scholarship to college, ending his football career from an injury, but followed in his father's footsteps and ended up joining the FBI.
== Personality ==
Although Derek comes off as a typical Alpha Male, he is among the kindest and likeable people among the team, often being there for his teammates and doing whatever it takes to protect them. Derek often makes the most jokes in the team aside from Penelope Garcia, who he refers to as "Baby Girl", and could be considered the polar opposite to Aaron Hotchner. 
In Derek's desire to protect his team and catch the criminals, he often uses more physical means of doing so, but can also be rather tactful if the situation calls for it. He also sometimes takes on dangerous tasks without concern for himself if it meant protecting someone else, such as the time where Derek drove a ambulance set to explode somewhere, where no one else would get injured. 
Derek has a good deal of aggression toward unsubs who hurt and kill the innocent. His anger is most directed at pedophiles and people who abuse children, which is the result of his own trauma. In multiple situations, it is noted Derek got more physical when it came to arresting them, and this is mostly shown when he chased down and beat up J.B. Allen, who kidnapped and abused Angel Suarez, who he identified the most with. 
Among the team, Derek is closest to Penelope and Reid, both of whom he has gone through great lengths to protect from unsubs who targeted them. Compared to Garcia, he treats Reid more as a younger brother, as the two often jokes around with one another, same as siblings and pulls childish pranks. 
Because of Derek's experience in the BAU, he considers all the previous cases their team has worked on in deciding whether or not its real or a serious case. Although, this is a rational and logical thought based on experience, it has caused him to almost overlook two potential cases, where people, were, in fact, in danger.
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