The Walking Dead characters — the complete character guide

Every The Walking Dead character: who appears in which season, what happens to them and the actors behind them. Next to the episode guide and trailers.

Rick GrimesS1–S9A sheriff's deputy from King County who becomes the group's leader and the moral centre of its first nine seasons.Daryl DixonS1–S11A tracker and crossbow hunter created for the series, who grows from outsider to the group's most dependable protector.Carol PeletierS1–S11A survivor whose arc runs from quiet vulnerability to hard-earned tactical authority within the communities.Maggie GreeneS2–S11Hershel's daughter, introduced on the family farm, who becomes the leader of the Hilltop community.MichonneS3–S10A katana-wielding survivor who arrives alone and becomes central to Rick's family and to Alexandria.NeganS6–S11Leader of the Saviors, introduced at the end of season six, whose long arc moves from antagonist to uneasy ally.Glenn RheeS1–S7A former pizza delivery driver from Atlanta whose scavenging skills and decency anchor the early group.Carl GrimesS1–S8Rick and Lori's son, who grows up inside the apocalypse and pushes his father toward a future worth building.Shane WalshS1–S2Rick's partner on the force, whose survival-first instincts put him on a collision course with the group.Lori GrimesS1–S3Rick's wife, who holds the camp together in the first months and carries its hardest personal choices.Hershel GreeneS2–S4A farmer and veterinarian whose faith and steadiness give the group a conscience during the farm and prison years.AndreaS1–S3A former civil rights lawyer who becomes a marksman and, later, a go-between for the prison and Woodbury.Abraham FordS4–S7A former sergeant escorting Eugene to Washington, whose bluntness hides a search for purpose.Rosita EspinosaS4–S11A resourceful fighter and field medic who arrives with Abraham's convoy and stays through the final season.Eugene PorterS4–S11A self-described scientist whose claim about a cure sets a long journey in motion and whose courage grows slowly.Sasha WilliamsS3–S7A former firefighter and sharpshooter who arrives with her brother Tyreese and becomes one of the group's best scouts.Morgan JonesS1–S8The first survivor Rick meets after waking, whose path through grief and pacifism recurs across the series.Beth GreeneS2–S5Hershel's younger daughter, a singer whose quiet resilience carries several of the show's most personal episodes.Father GabrielS5–S11A priest who survived alone in his church and slowly earns a place among the communities he first failed.AaronS5–S11Alexandria's recruiter, who first approaches Rick's group on the road and keeps the community open to newcomers.King EzekielS7–S11The self-styled king of the Kingdom, a former zookeeper whose showmanship masks careful, humane leadership.AlphaS9–S10Leader of the Whisperers, a group that walks among the dead in masks made of their skin.The GovernorS3–S4The charismatic leader of Woodbury, whose orderly town hides the cost of keeping it that way.Judith GrimesS3–S11Rick and Lori's daughter, born during the prison years and raised by the communities she later helps defend.Tara ChamblerS4–S9A former student who joins after Woodbury's fall and rises to leadership at the Hilltop.Tyreese WilliamsS3–S5Sasha's brother, a gentle fighter whose reluctance to kill defines one of the show's quietest moral arcs.