History Characters / MCUBenjaminPoindexter

* NeverMyFault: Refuses to admit to doing anything wrong during the convoy ambush, even though two of them had their hands behind their heads, obviously having surrendered. He'd rather blame the vigilantes for getting away with what he can't.

* NoSell: Foggy punches him in the face twice during his massacre of the Bulletin, but it does nothing and Dex just gets him out of the way very quickly.

* PreMortemOneLiner: He tries this by giving a one-liner before trying to kill Vanessa by throwing a microphone aimed at her rib cage. Unfortunately, Matt intercepts him in the nick of time.

** When Dex organizes a manhunt to find Karen and Matt, he would've definitely found them had it not been for Sister Maggie's timely intervention.

* VillainousBreakdown: When he fails to kill Karen Page. He even attacks two people watching him breaking down. He has another one when Ray gives Karen up to the NYPD instead of the FBI.
* WeaponSpecialization: While he's willing to use any object that can hurt his targets when thrown, he has a special fondness for handguns and will use it whenever he gets the chance to. He mentions how he took a liking to the M11 pistol during his time in the U.S. Army, he uses a Glock-17 as his standard gun as an FBI agent which he would use to kill multiple Albanians during their attempt to assassinate Fisk and would later use it to kill Ray Nadeem, he disarms Karen of her own .380 so he could use it to assassinate Jasper Evans, owns an FNS pistol that he tries to kill Daredevil and Ray Nadeem with when they break into his apartment, and during the final battle, picks up a Glock-19 from one of the fallen FBI agents to shoot his superior Tammy Hattley when she tries to reach for her gun.

** He murdered Esther Falb offscreen and stole her Rabbit in a Snowstorm painting to appease Fisk. This [[EvenEvilHasStandards did]] ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards not]]'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards sit right with Fisk]] as he allowed her to [[PetTheDog keep the painting]] after hearing of her tragic backstory.

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''{{Series/Daredevil|2015}}''

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/WilsonBethel

* SoreLoser: Dex does ''not'' take failing or losing very well, with it becoming his BerserkButton. When he fails to kill Karen Page, he starts hitting boxes and kills two people who walk in on him wearing the Daredevil suit unmasked and when his attempt to have her arrested fails, he screams in anger in the back of an ambulance.

* CowboyCop: Dex is a bloodthirsty and sadistic man, and his badge gives him license to indulge in his violent tendencies. His appointed FBI therapist remarks that he's used lethal force before, but Dex is agitated that cops like him get condemned by the press for using self-defense whereas vigilantes like Daredevil get cheered on for doing the same.
-->'''Dex:''' If I were wearing a mask, the press would be calling me a hero. Instead, I'm sitting in here with you trying to justify protecting myself!

* HeroKiller: He kills Ray Nadeem. He also tries to kill Matt several times and comes close but fails because he gets stopped by someone or something else or Matt successfully escapes.

* AdaptationalSympathy: Bullseye in the comics was simply an AxCrazy PsychoForHire whose childhood ambition was "to be the bad guy" and no clearly defined past aside from a few confirmed details. The show not only uses his name from the [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate universe]] (Benjamin Poindexter) but has a tragic backstory of losing his parents and being sent to an orphanage, not to mention that he tries to deal with his insanity by meeting with a psychologist.

An FBI agent on the detail protecting Wilson Fisk during his house arrest. He's the MCU counterpart of Bullseye.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted, and in direct contrast to Fisk. Fisk clearly won’t take a painting from a family affected by the Holocaust. Dex has no problems killing the remaining family members for it. He does this without Fisk’s knowledge, and Fisk is understandably disturbed to find the painting in his living room. This pretty much draws a line of separation between Fisk’s ambitions, and Dex’s complete lack of morals.

* NoSell: Foggy punches him in the face twice, but it does nothing and Dex just gets him out of the way very quickly.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: He shoots a couple of surrendering gunmen...who had just gunned down five of his fellow agents in cold blood. It's difficult to feel bad for them.

** Even while obviously threatening Nadeem upon turning up at his house, he acts very politely and cordial in the presence of Nadeem's wife and kids and has a sweet moment with Ray's son where he gives him tips on how to throw a baseball. He later seemed reluctant to assassinate Nadeem, though Ray forced him to go through with it.

A SWAT sniper on the detail protecting Wilson Fisk.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His backstory (working at a suicide hotline and shadowing Julie) gives him shades of serial killer Ted Bundy.

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* ThrowTheBookAtThem: During the church fight with Matt, he tries to throw scriptures at him, but they're easily blocked due to being heavier and slower than any of them projectiles he throws at Matt.

* WouldHitAGirl: He has no problem harming and killing women like he would men.

* EvilCounterpart: To Matt Murdock. Both lost their parents at a young age albeit, through different circumstances, both of them work for law enforcement, and they constantly suffer life crises'. However, Matt found other parental figures in [[GoodShepherd Father Lantom]] and [[GoodIsNotNice Stick]], who while none of them were perfect, did care for Matt in their own ways. Whereas Dex lost both his parents, killed his own mentor in a fit of rage, and everyone else he cared about died off, [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth none of whom were nearly as sketchy as Matt's familial ties.]] Matt is also a respected lawyer and despite defending a few questionable clients, stays true to his morals, is mostly well-liked by the authorities, and does the right thing for the most part. Dex however is an FBI agent who is constantly looked down upon by his superiors for his brutality until they are all either killed off or turned dirty by Fisk and [[GreenEyedMonster expresses fierce jealousy towards vigilantes, which ultimately turns him dirty and corrupts him into Fisk's]] [[ProfessionalKiller personal hitman.]] However, their fighting styles are completely different: Matt [[CloseRangeCombatant focuses on his fists]], specializes in close-quarters combat and [[BoxingBattler uses boxing]] [[LikeFatherLikeSon just like his late father]], and even though he does show that he has some long-range skills, it's more of an improvised backup and even then, it's limited and he's only decent at it. Dex meanwhile [[LongRangeFighter is more of a marksman]] and unlike Matt, can use pretty much anything he grabs his hands on as a weapon, and while he is more than capable of holding his own during a brawl, [[CripplingOverspecialization he is at a significant disadvantage]] and has to resort to more defensive measures via constant blocking or find something he can throw. In many ways, Dex is what Matt Murdock would have become if he wasn't able to control his bloodlust and became a sociopathic killer instead of a fighter for justice.
** He's also an evil version of Hawkeye. Works for the government (originally), fights bad guys, skilled marksman. Clint, like Dex, can turn anything he gets his hands on into an accurate projectile weapon. But Clint is also extremely perceptive, and TheEveryman moral center of the Avengers, while Dex is a psychopath desperately ''trying'' to act normal while indulging his sadistic urges. Their bosses are a black spymaster in black clothing, and a white criminal in white suits, both with shaved heads. Dex even claims his behavior would be lauded if he were wearing a mask, and in the comics Bullseye doubled for Hawkeye on the Thunderbolts and outright posed as him when he was a member of the Dark Avengers.

* EvilKnockoff: Fisk gives him a Daredevil costume to act as his dragon and discredit the real one.

* BadassNormal: He IS a trained experienced FBI Agent (former FBI Swat) and expert marksman, but otherwise possesses no superpowers aside from his infallible aim. Still, even though the Daredevil suit of armor accounts for most of it, going toe-to-toe with Matt many times shows he's slightly above average in this aspect.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: He shoots a couple of surrendering gunmen...who had just gunned down five of his fellow agents in cold blood. Hard to feel bad for them.

* BadassNormal: He IS a trained experienced FBI Agent (former FBI Swat) and expert marksman, but otherwise possesses no superpowers aside from his infallible aim. Still, even though the Daredevil suit of armor accounts for most of it, going toe-to-toe with Matt many times shows he's slightly above average is this aspect.

* BadassNormal: He doesn't have any explicit superpowers, yet is able to overpower Matt (who admittedly is still recovering from all the abuse he went through in ''The Defenders'') using his skills and fighting prowess alone.

* ArmoredVillainsUnarmoredHeroes: Dex wears a replica of Matt's Daredevil costume which offers a lot of protection while Matt has to reuse his old outfit that offers minimal protection.

* AlternateSelf: Technically he has one on [[''Film/{{Daredevil|2003}} Earth-701306'']]

* AlternateSelf: Technically he has one on [[''Film/{{Daredevil|2003}}''Earth-701306]]

* AlternateSelf: Technically he has one on [[''Film/Daredevil'' Earth-701306]]

* AlternateSelf: Technically he has one on [[''Film/Daredevil(2003)'' Earth-701306]]

->''"FBI and the army before that, they helped keep me on the straight and narrow path. But now... without that it's all... I'm drowning in deep water and I don't know whether I'm swimming through the surface or the bottom."''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"If I was wearing a mask, the press would be calling me a hero. Instead, I'm sitting in here trying to justify defending myself."'']]

-->'''Dex:''' If I was wearing a mask, the press would be calling me a hero. Instead, I'm sitting in here with you having to justify defending myself!

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* AlternateSelf: Has a variant on [[''Film/Daredevil2003'' Earth-701306]].

* AlternateSelf: Has a variant on [[''Film/Daredevil2003''Earth-701306]].

* AlternateSelf: Has a variant on [[''Film/Daredevil''Earth-701306]].

* AlertnateSelf: Has a variant on [[''Film/Daredevil'' Earth-701306]].