[1] King was born in the city of Santa Marta and in his youth moved to England, where he had his training in dramatic art.

After a minor appearance in the series The alternative of the scorpion, he joined the cast of Guajira, popular telenovela of 1996 by RCN Televisión.

Two years later he played the role of Bernabé in the short film by Sergio Cabrera, Golpe de Estadio.

In the decade of 2010 its participation in the Colombian television continued being active, registering appearances in series and telenovelas like El capo, Sin tetas no hay paraíso, Bella calamidades, ¿Dónde carajos está Umaña?, Tres Caínes, and Diomedes, el cacique de la junta.

In 2017 he acted in the Spanish film Loving Pablo, directed by Fernando León de Aranoa.