List of ''Fear the Walking Dead'' characters

Main cast

Recurring cast

Madison Clark

Madison Clark, portrayed by Kim Dickens, is a former high school guidance counselor and is the mother to Nick and Alicia and ex-fiancé of Travis. Madison is described as intelligent and willful to the point she sometimes becomes forceful. She is quick to adapt to the new world. Highly domineering, Madison likes being in control of situations, and is prone to feeling tense during disagreements with others or in situations where she is largely powerless. Even though she usually maintains a stubborn demeanor, Madison often becomes afraid and uncertain when the people she cares about (especially her family) are in danger. She has shown to have a ruthlessly dark and uncaring side.

Travis Manawa

Travis Manawa, portrayed by Cliff Curtis, is a former English teacher who divorced from his wife Elizabeth Ortiz and had to deal with the resentment of his troubled son Chris. Travis later became engaged to guidance counselor Madison Clark and integrated himself into her family including her two children, Nick and Alicia. Travis is a good-natured man and loving father, a protective, pragmatic and resolute individual who holds a firm personal conviction and belief that everything can be fixed, one way or another. He has been described as "the one character who desperately tries to cling to his humanity, the one person who believes that there is always a way to repair something that is broken and that a corner will always be turned" and "a good man trying to do right by everyone in his life". He holds a strong belief that civilization will eventually be rebuilt.

Nick Clark

Nick Clark, portrayed by Frank Dillane, is the son of Madison Clark and Steven Clark, who died a few years before the apocalypse, and the brother of Alicia Clark. Nick has had a troubled past and has always chosen the wrong road. He is very down to earth but flawed individual with severe addictions to drugs, specifically heroin. Despite his flaws, Nick is a very intelligent young man, and is shown to care for his immediate family and eventually the family of his mother's boyfriend Travis after some reluctance. He is quite intelligent and quick thinking, such as being the first member of the group to realize that the infected aren't infected, but rather dead, going as far as to prevent Alicia from visiting Matt, as he knew he would already be dead and attack her. However he can be selfish at times, such as taking Griselda Salazar's oxycontin which she was using due to her injury.

Alicia Clark

Alicia Clark, portrayed by Alycia Debnam-Carey, is the daughter of Madison and Steven Clark, who died a few years before the apocalypse. She is the younger sister of Nick Clark. She was a formerly high-ranking member and resident of the Broke Jaw Ranch community as she becomes a de-facto co-leader, and briefly had a relationship with Jake Otto.

Liza Ortiz

Elizabeth "Liza" Ortiz, portrayed by Elizabeth Rodriguez, is a main character in the first season of Fear the Walking Dead. Liza is the ex-wife of Travis Manawa and the mother of Chris Manawa. Liza is a described as a "Latino-American and one of many LA residents dealing with the start of the outbreak". Following her and Travis's divorce, Chris blames his father for their separation.

Liza is killed in the first season finale when her husband Travis kills her out of mercy after being bitten by a walker. After her death, Chris is shown to be even more angered and traumatized and blames his father Travis.

Ofelia Salazar

Ofelia Salazar, portrayed by Mercedes Mason, is the daughter of Daniel and Griselda Salazar. After the death of her mother and apparent loss of her father, Ofelia becomes much more distant. She ultimately leaves the group after finding the Rosarito Beach Hotel survivors, leading to her eventual alignment with Qaletaqa Walker's group, and becoming a member of the Black Hat Reservation. Ofelia is described as being born in El Salvador and immigrating to Los Angeles with her parents when she was a baby. She is strong, independent, beautiful; professional but fierce, protective of her parents whom she feels are backwards – no one messes with her mother and father. After getting caught in the middle of the conflict between the Broke Jaw Ranch community and the Black Hat Reservation Native Americans, Ofelia is bitten by a walker while attempting to clear an air vent. Ofelia manages to save the survivors by causing an explosion to draw the walkers away, but shortly afterwards begins to succumb to her walker bite. She dies of the bite shortly before Maddison can reunite Ofelia with her father and Daniel is forced to shoot his own daughter to prevent her from turning, devastating him.

Chris Manawa

Chris Manawa, portrayed by Lorenzo James Henrie, is the teenage son of Travis Manawa and Liza Ortiz. Christopher was shown to be a normal, highly intelligent teenager before the apocalypse occurred, though he did appear to be extremely angered at his father for leaving and seemed to hold this against him for the rest of his life. Chris slowly adapted to the apocalypse in the beginning and retained his kind side, though after the death of his mother, he is shown to be even more angered and traumatized. But later on during the apocalypse, Chris takes a dramatic turn for the worst and is shown to be angered at his father, distant from everyone and has turned into a noticeably colder individual. He is shown to willing to allow members of his own group to die as shown when he almost allows Madison to be killed by walkers and threatens to kill Alicia if she tells of what happened. Travis, fearful of what Chris was turning into, chose to take him away from the group in the hopes of helping him cool down, though this would not work in his favor as the two encountered a new group of survivors, consisting of Brandon, Derek and James. Chris very quickly adapted to this new group and agreed fully with their views of the new world in which making the hard call is the only way to survive and even killed a farm owner who threatened them. Chris then helped Brandon and Derek kill James due to his injuries slowing them down and willingly and coldly abandoned his father in order to leave with Brandon and Derek, leading to his own demise.

Daniel Salazar

Daniel Salazar, portrayed by Rubén Blades, is the husband of Griselda and the father of Ofelia. He is Lola Guerrero's former chief security officer at the Gonzalez Dam. Daniel is a highly intelligent, caring, cautious and formidable man who is a strong, determined survivor. Daniel's past as a secret agent of the Salvadoran Junta and CIA has revealed him to be a highly trained killer, having directly killed 100 people himself (with many more killed indirectly). His training and survival skills have shaped him into a formidable combatant. He is highly adept with firearms and hands to hand combat. Daniel is also shown to be a skilled torturer with extensive knowledge of interrogation techniques and is willing, albeit reluctantly, to use this skill when he feel it is necessary to survive, as seen when he brutally tortured Andrew Adams. Daniel however does not appear to be pleased with the past atrocities he has committed or was forced to commit, and regrets being the monster that he was forced to become. Despite his murderous past, Daniel has demonstrated that he cares about his family more than anything else and is a loving husband and father who vowed to give his daughter the best life possible. Daniel was shown to be devastated by the loss of his beloved wife, the anchor that kept him stable. He subsequently came unhinged for a time and nearly killed himself. Daniel is extremely cautious around those he does not trust, such as Victor Strand and appears to be highly skilled at identifying a potential threat. While under the leadership of Dante Esquivel, Daniel briefly re-embraces his cruel nature but ultimately turns on Dante and his men, saving his allies from ceryain death, demonstrating that he will never harm the innocent again and that he is ready to kill a threat without any hesitation.

Victor Strand

Victor Strand, portrayed by Colman Domingo, is a mysterious character who has acquired great personal wealth as immediately indicated by his suit and jewelry, then later by his gated coast-side estate, Aston Martin and luxury yacht, the Abigail. He appears to already have some knowledge of the outbreak and how it manifests itself in humans. It is unknown how long he was imprisoned at the temporary hospital set up in Raynard Community College before Nick arrived. He is calm and does not panic when confronting the walkers, even when he was trapped at the end of a locked corridor as a herd approached. He appears to have adapted quickly to the new world, telling Nicholas Clark that the only way to survive a mad world is to embrace the madness. Victor has a good sense of judgement, believing that Nick has the skills to survive, identifying his heroin addiction as a precursor to the behavior necessary for survival. Strand later joined Madison and her group.

Alex

Alex, portrayed by Michelle Ang, is a pragmatic and quiet survivor introduced in the Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 web series. Alex appears to have more knowledge about the infection than others. When a dangerous situation occurs she is quick to take rational steps to stop it, even if others dislike or are confused about her actions. After the plane crashed, she went to great lengths to protect a severely injured Jake from dying, decisively killing two passengers who tried to harm him.

Luciana Galvez

Danay García

Luciana Galvez, portrayed by Danay García, is a Nick's girlfriend and a former scout for La Colonia, a survivor community in Tijuana, Baja California and was briefly a resident of the Broke Jaw Ranch community. She later joins the Dell Diamond baseball stadium community and is currently a member of Morgan Jones' group.

Jeremiah Otto

Dayton Callie

Jeremiah Otto, portrayed by Dayton Callie, is the father of Jake and Troy and the former leader and one of the four founding fathers of the Broke Jaw Ranch community. Described by showrunner Dave Erickson as having a "certain moral compass", Jeremiah is "definitely rough", with a "darker and uglier side to him as well, and it's frankly racist". Erickson has noted that Jeremiah will become "violent when he has to be".^[1][2]

Jeremiah is first seen walking along the Mexican-American border with his assault rifle, where he sees Ofelia Salazar walking in the desert. He begins shooting at her, firing at her until she hides behind a tree. Soon after, he approaches her and aims his gun at her, asking Ofelia to hand over her knife, before taking Ofelia away.

Troy Otto

Daniel Sharman

Troy Otto, portrayed by Daniel Sharman, is the youngest son of Jeremiah Otto and Jake's half-brother. Tory was a formerly high-ranking member of the Broke Jaw Ranch community. He is described as having a “wild temperament” and being “charismatic with a cruel streak". Described as having "embraced the violence of the apocalypse", with his "isolationist viewpoint" of being "intensely suspicious of outsiders" having allowed him to be "better-suited for leading in this new post-apocalyptic world", after having a hateful mother and drunk negligent father. Troy was the last surviving member of his family, as well as the last survivor of Broke Jaw Ranch.^[3]

Troy is first seen when he enters a locked office where Madison and Alicia are being held. He offers them tea and seems hospitable, until he starts interrogating them. Madison explains to Troy that she’s looking for her son, Nick. Madison then demands to know where they’ve taken Travis. Troy avoids answering, but promises to let them go once he’s finished “processing” them. He shows particular interest in Madison.

Jake Otto

Sam Underwood

Jake Otto, portrayed by Sam Underwood,

Lola Guerrero

Lola Guerrero, portrayed by Lisandra Tena,

Morgan Jones

Lennie James

Morgan Jones, portrayed by Lennie James,

John Dorie

Garret Dillahunt

John Dorie, portrayed by Garret Dillahunt,

Althea

Maggie Grace

Althea, portrayed by Maggie Grace

June

Jenna Elfman

June also known as Naomi and Laura, portrayed by Jenna Elfman,

Los Angeles

• Art "Artie" Costa, portrayed by Scott Lawrence, is the principal at the high school where Madison and Travis work.^[4]
• Tobias, portrayed by Lincoln A. Castellanos, is a wise-beyond-his-years high school senior.
• Matt, portrayed by Maestro Harrell, is Alicia's boyfriend.
• Griselda Salazar, portrayed by Patricia Reyes Spíndola, is Ofelia's mother, who emigrated from El Salvador with her husband Daniel to escape political unrest.
• Lt. Moyers, portrayed by Jamie McShane, is the leader of the National Guard contingent in charge of protecting Madison's neighborhood.^[5]
• Cpl. Andrew Adams, portrayed by Shawn Hatosy, is a well-intentioned military man with a soulful disposition, who is out of his element. ^[6]
• Dr. Bethany Exner, portrayed by Sandrine Holt, is a confident and skilled doctor.^[7]

Pacific Coast

• Jack Kipling, portrayed by Daniel Zovatto, is a member of the pirates who develops an attraction to Alicia.^[8]
• Reed, portrayed by Jesse McCartney is Connor's brother and a hostile member of the pirates.^[9]
• Vida, portrayed by Veronica Diaz, is a pregnant woman and one of Connor's pirates.^[10]
• Luis Flores, portrayed by Arturo Del Puerto, is an ally and right-hand man of Victor Strand and Thomas Abigail.^[11]

Mexico

• Thomas Abigail, portrayed by Dougray Scott, is Strand's boyfriend and the namesake of the boat Abigail.^[12]
• Celia Flores, portrayed by Marlene Forte, is Luis's mother.^[13]
• Alejandro Nuñez, portrayed by Paul Calderón, is a pharmacist and leader of La Colonia, a community in Tijuana, Mexico, he claims to have been bitten, but did not die.^[14]
• Marco Rodriguez, portrayed by Alejandro Edda, is the leader of the gang who live near La Colonia.
• Elena Reyes, portrayed by Karen Bethzabe, is the Rosario Beach hotel manager who helps Alicia.^[15]
• Hector Reyes, portrayed by Ramses Jimenez, is Elena's nephew who used to manage the hotel with her.
• Oscar Diaz, portrayed by Andres Londono, is the leader of a group of survivors living at a hotel.^[16]
• Andres Diaz, portrayed by Raul Casso, is Oscar's brother.
• Ilene Stowe, portrayed by Brenda Strong, is a member of the wedding party and mother-in-law of Oscar.^[17]
• Brandon Luke, portrayed by Kelly Blatz, is the leader of a group of young men that befriend Chris.^[18]
• Derek, portrayed by Kenny Wormald, is a member of Brandon's group.^[19]
• James McCallister, portrayed by Israel Broussard, is a member of Brandon's group.^[19]

The Ranch

• Qaletaqa Walker, portrayed by Michael Greyeyes, is a Native American in a war with Jeremiah Otto, who occupies his lands.
• Blake Sarno, portrayed by Michael William Freeman, is a member of Broke Jaw Ranch's militia.
• Lee "Crazy Dog", portrayed by Justin Rain, is the right-hand man of Qaletaqa.
• Cooper, portrayed by Matt Lasky, is a member of Broke Jaw Ranch's militia.
• Gretchen Trimbol, portrayed by Rae Gray, is a resident of Broke Jaw Ranch who becomes friends with Alicia.
• Christine, portrayed by Linda Gehringer, is a resident of Broke Jaw Ranch who forms a bond with Alicia.

The Dam

• Dante Esquivel, portrayed by Jason Manuel Olazabal, is the leader of Gonzalez Dam.
• Efrain Morales, portrayed by Jesse Borrego, is a man who saves Daniel after he is injured in a fire.
• Proctor John, portrayed by Ray McKinnon, is the leader of the gang known as the Proctors.

Baseball Stadium

• Cole, portrayed by Sebastian Sozzi, is a resident of the community within the baseball stadium.^[20]
• Vivian, portrayed by Rhoda Griffis, is a resident of the community within the baseball stadium.
• Douglas, portrayed by Kenneth Wayne Bradley, is a resident of the community within the baseball stadium.

The Vultures

• Melvin, portrayed by Kevin Zegers, is the antagonistic leader of the Vultures.^[21]
• Charlie, portrayed by Alexa Nisenson, is a young girl who is a spy for the Vultures and shot and killed Nick. She then defected to Althea's group.
• Ennis, portrayed by Evan Gamble.^[22]

Miscellaneous survivors

• Diana, portrayed by Edwina Findley, is a pragmatic survivor who becomes friends with Alicia.
• Martha, portrayed by Tonya Pinkins, is a survivor driven insane by the loss of her husband Hank when no one would help them and who sets out to make Morgan Jones strong by killing all of his friends.