The Walking Dead Season 1 Cast
by Devinthe66 | created - 28 Sep 2015 | updated - 31 Dec 2016 | PublicThe following is every single credited cast member in season 1 of AMC's The Walking Dead.
1. Andrew Lincoln
Actor | The Walking Dead
Andrew Lincoln is a British actor. Lincoln spent his early childhood in Hull, Yorkshire before his family relocated to Bath, Somerset when he was age 10. He was educated at Beechen Cliff School in Bath, and then the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. His father is a civil engineer...
Portrays: Rick Grimes Appeared in: "Days Gone Bye", "Guts", "Tell It to the Frogs", "Vatos", "Wildfire", "TS-19" (6/6 episodes)
2. Jon Bernthal
Actor | The Wolf of Wall Street
Jon Bernthal was born and raised in Washington D.C., the son of Joan (Marx) and Eric Bernthal, a lawyer. His grandfather was musician Murray Bernthal. Jon went to study at The Moscow Art Theatre School, in Moscow, Russia, where he also played professional baseball in the European professional ...
Portrays: Shane Walsh Appeared in: "Days Gone Bye", "Guts", "Tell It to the Frogs", "Vatos", "Wildfire", "TS-19" (6/6 episodes)
3. Sarah Wayne Callies
Actress | The Walking Dead
Actor, director, and writer Sarah Wayne Callies most recently starred in the ABC series "The Company You Keep". On the comedy front, Sarah appeared as Anita Dyck in the breakout comedy series, "Letterkenny." Prior to that, Sarah starred in the NBC series "Council Of Dads." Sarah is best known for ...
Portrays: Lori Grimes Appeared in: "Days Gone Bye", "Guts", "Tell It to the Frogs", "Vatos", "Wildfire", "TS-19" (6/6 episodes)
4. Laurie Holden
Actress | The Boys
Laurie Holden is best known to audiences as Andrea in the hit AMC drama series The Walking Dead. However, Laurie's big acting break came much earlier in her career, starring with Vanessa Redgrave in the critically acclaimed TNT mini-series Young Catherine. Since that auspicious beginning, she has ...
Portrays: Andrea Harrison Appeared in: "Guts", "Tell It to the Frogs", "Vatos", "Wildfire", "TS-19" (5/6 episodes)
5. Jeffrey DeMunn
Actor | The Green Mile
Jeffrey DeMunn was born on April 25, 1947 in Buffalo, New York. He studied in England at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, then returned to America and was a member of the National Shakespeare Company. He has starred in many theatre productions, both on and off Broadway, including "K2" (for which...
Portrays: Dale Horvath Appeared in: "Days Gone Bye", "Guts", "Tell It to the Frogs", "Vatos", "Wildfire", "TS-19" (6/6 episodes)
6. Steven Yeun
Actor | Minari
Steven Yeun was born in Seoul, South Korea, to June and Je Yeun. His family first immigrated to Canada and stayed there for one year, and then moved to the U.S. He has a brother named Brian. He began acting while at Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, MI, where he studied Psychology as a major (BS in ...
Portrays: Glenn Rhee Appeared in: "Days Gone Bye", "Guts", "Tell It to the Frogs", "Vatos", "Wildfire", "TS-19" (6/6 episodes)
7. Chandler Riggs
Actor | The Walking Dead
Chandler Riggs was born on June 27, 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Chandler is an actor and producer, known for The Walking Dead (2010), A Million Little Things (2018) and Only (2019).
Portrays: Carl Grimes Appeared in: "Days Gone Bye", "Guts", "Tell It to the Frogs", "Vatos", "Wildfire", "TS-19" (6/6 episodes)
8. Lennie James
Actor | The Walking Dead
Lennie James was born in Nottingham to Trinidadian parents, and grew up in South London. His mother, Phyllis Mary James, died when he was 12. Lennie and his older brother went into a council children's home. When he was 16 he was fostered with a social worker who had two older children, and they ...
Portrays: Morgan Jones Appeared in: "Days Gone Bye" (1/6 episodes)
9. Emma Bell
Actress | The Walking Dead
Emma Jean Bell (born December 17, 1986) was born in Woodstown, New Jersey, grew up in Flemington and the Stanton section of Readington Township and attended Hunterdon Central Regional High School. She moved to New York City at the age of 16. She attended Talent Unlimited High School Performing Arts...
Portrays: Amy Harrison Appeared in: "Days Gone Bye", "Guts", "Tell It to the Frogs", "Vatos", "Wildfire" (5/6 episodes)
10. Jim R. Coleman
Actor | Instinct
Jim R. Coleman was born on February 9, 1961 in Dallas, Texas, to James and Ira Coleman. After graduating high school Jim joined the US Army and served 3 years as a Medic. After being honorable discharged Jim moved to Florida where his professional acting career began. Having appeared in more than ...
Portrays: Lambert Kendal Appeared in: "Days Gone Bye" (1/6 episodes)
11. Linds Edwards
Actor | Homefront
Linds Edwards is known for Homefront (2013), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) and Powers (2015). He has been married to Ashley Shelton since December 12, 2012.
Portrays: Leon Basset Appeared in: "Days Gone Bye" (1/6 episodes)
12. Keisha Tillis
Actress | The Walking Dead
Keisha Tillis is known for The Walking Dead (2010), Till (2022) and Fear the Walking Dead (2015). Keisha has been married to Dexter Tillis since March 24, 2004. They have three children.
Portrays: Jenny Jones Appeared in: "Days Gone Bye" (1/6 episodes)
13. Adrian Kali Turner
Actor | Bad Teacher
Multi-talented Adrian Kali Turner is an actor, singer, writer, entrepreneur and community activist. Adrian was raised in Fayetteville, Georgia before moving to the Los Angeles area. Adrian holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Music Technology from the California Institute of The Arts (CalARTS)....
Portrays: Duane Jones Appeared in: "Days Gone Bye" (1/6 episodes)
14. Michael Rooker
Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy
Michael Rooker was born on April 6, 1955 in Jasper, Alabama. When he was thirteen, his parents divorced and he went with his mother to live in Chicago. He caught the acting bug while attending college, and began appearing in local stage productions. On first breaking into film, his intensity and "...
Portrays: Merle Dixon Appeared in: "Guts", "Tell It to the Frogs" (2/6 episodes)
15. Andrew Rothenberg
Actor | Fargo
Andrew Rothenberg was born on January 26, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Fargo (2014), The Walking Dead (2010) and Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022).
Portrays: Jim Appeared in: "Guts", "Tell It to the Frogs", "Vatos", "Wildfire" (4/6 episodes)
16. Juan Gabriel Pareja
Actor | The Walking Dead
Juan Gabriel Pareja is known for The Walking Dead (2010), Goliath (2016) and The Mist (2007).
Portrays: Morales Appeared in: "Guts", "Tell It to the Frogs", "Vatos", "Wildfire" (4/6 episodes)
17. Irone Singleton
Actor | The Blind Side
IronE Singleton is best known to audiences as the menacing kingpin Alton in the Academy® Oscar Award-nominated film The Blind Side; the biggest box office grossing sports movie of all time. He is also known as the compassionate tough guy, T-Dog, in the Emmy, AFI & WGA Award winning, Golden Globe ...
Portrays: Theodore "T-Dog" Douglas Appeared in: "Guts", "Tell It to the Frogs", "Vatos", "Wildfire", "TS-19" (5/6 episodes)
18. Jeryl Prescott
Actress | The Walking Dead
Known for Judge Martha Ross in All the Queen's Men (2021-22), Resort to Love on Netflix (2021), Madame Xanadu in Swamp Thing (2019), Emera Umber in High Flying Bird (2019), Peg in Unpregnant (2020), and Jacqui in The Walking Dead (2010-2012), Jeryl was born in Washington, DC and raised in ...
Portrays: Jacqui Appeared in: "Guts", "Tell It to the Frogs", "Vatos", "Wildfire", "TS-19" (5/6 episodes)
19. Norman Reedus
Actor | The Walking Dead
Norman Reedus was born in Hollywood, Florida. He is of Italian, English, Scottish and Irish descent. He is an accomplished photographer with several books of his photography published and continues to do art shows in galleries all around the world every year. His first novel was published in 2022 ...
Portrays: Daryl Dixon Appeared in: "Tell It to the Frogs", "Vatos", "Wildfire", "TS-19" (4/6 episodes)
20. Adam Minarovich
Actor | The Walking Dead
Adam Minarovich was born on January 30, 1977 in Houston, Texas, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Walking Dead (2010), Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013) and Chop (2011).
Portrays: Ed Peletier Appeared in: "Tell It to the Frogs", "Vatos", "Wildfire" (3/6 episodes)
21. Melissa McBride
Actress | The Walking Dead
Melissa Suzanne McBride (born May 23, 1965) is an American actress and former casting director, best known for her role as Carol Peletier on the AMC series The Walking Dead. McBride has garnered critical acclaim and received multiple awards and nominations for her role on the show.
McBride was born ...
Portrays: Carol Peletier Appeared in: "Tell It to the Frogs", "Vatos", "Wildfire", "TS-19" (4/6 episodes)
22. Madison Lintz
Actress | The Walking Dead
Madison Lintz was born on May 11, 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia. She began her acting career when she was only 6 years old. She had been in a few commercials and voice-overs and did a commercial for a national Golden Corral spot which aired all over the country. Her big acting break came when she got ...
Portrays: Sophia Peletier Appeared in: "Tell It to the Frogs", "Vatos", "Wildfire", "TS-19" (4/6 episodes)
23. Maddie Lomax
Actress | The Walking Dead
Maddie Lomax was born on February 9, 2000 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She is an actress, known for The Walking Dead (2010) and The Wizard of Agni (2010).
Portrays: Eliza Morales Appeared in: "Tell It to the Frogs", "Vatos", "Wildfire" (3/6 episodes)
24. Noel Gugliemi
Actor | The Fast and the Furious
Actor, Producer and Founder of independent film company Entangled Entertainment, Noel Guglielmi was raised in Los Angeles and first cast -- without a formal audition -- in a Taco Bell commercial at the age of 15.
Discovered during an acting class as a boy, today he is one of Hollywood's most ...
Portrays: Felipe Appeared in: "Vatos" (1/6 episodes)
25. Neil Brown Jr.
Actor | SEAL Team
Born in a rough neighborhood to strict, but loving parents. Neil Brown, Jr, who was a gifted martial artist and self proclaimed "knucklehead ", received his first role in film purely by chance, when a producer Patty Thomas Robinson walked into his karate Dojo looking for a kid to be in the TV ...
Portrays: Guillermo Appeared in: "Vatos" (1/6 episodes)
26. Anthony Guajardo
Actor | The Pizza Joint
Anthony Guajardo's passion for the craft started at the age of 5 when he told his mom that he wanted to become an actor. She thought it was a phase but he begged her for years until she finally took him seriously. Anthony's mom found a talent agency in San Antonio that she believed could help. ...
Portrays: Miguel Appeared in: "Vatos" (1/6 episodes)
27. Gina Morelli
Actress | Bringing Down the House
Gina Morelli is known for Bringing Down the House (2003), The Walking Dead (2010) and NYPD Blue (1993).
Portrays: Abuela Appeared in: "Vatos" (1/6 episodes)
28. James Gonzaba
Actor | CSI: Miami
James Gonzaba is known for CSI: Miami (2002), The Walking Dead (2010) and The Return of Johnny V. (2011).
Portrays: Jorge Appeared in: "Vatos" (1/6 episodes)
29. Noah Emmerich
Actor | Super 8
Noah Emmerich was born and raised in New York City, to Constance, a concert pianist, and André Emmerich, an art dealer and gallery owner. He attended Yale University, where he sang with the a capella group the Yale Spizzwinks. He attended NYU Film School where he wrote and directed an award winning...
Portrays: Dr. Edwin Jenner Appeared in: "Wildfire", "TS-19" (2/6 episodes)
30. Viviana Chavez
Actress | The Walking Dead
Viviana Chavez is known for The Walking Dead (2010), The Resident (2018) and Cobra Kai (2018).
Portrays: Miranda Morales Appeared in: "Tell It to the Frogs", "Vatos", "Wildfire" (3/6 episodes)
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