‘The Walking Dead’ Casts Negan – 10 Things You Should Know

The Walking Dead announces who will play Negan on the hit TWD series.

For over a year, people have been wondering if the character Negan was going to make an appearance on The Walking Dead. Which is a pretty big deal because in the comic books Negan is the one of the most brutal villains in The Walking Dead comic book series and is the man responsible for killing Glenn.

Well, The Walking Dead announced earlier today that they have finally found the actor to play Negan on The Walking Dead. 

Following an extensive casting search, AMC’s The Walking Dead has found their next villain. Jeffrey Dean Morgan has been chosen to take the major role of Negan, the character from the Robert Kirkman comic book series.

The character, who is expected to appear in the season six finale directed by Special FX coordinator Greg Nicotero, is the violent leader of a group known as The Saviors who use force and intimidation to subjugate other communities including Alexandria.

Negan first appears in the 100th issue when he crosses paths with Rick Grimes, who had been pretty vocal about killing the man who takes the community’s supplies in order for “protection” from walkers.

Basically, Negan makes David Morrissey’s character The Governor look like an episode of Boy Meets World.

Negan, who went through the mysterious casting process under the name of “Orin” has become a major villain in the comic book series ever since he kills Glenn with “Lucille,” a baseball bat covered with barbed wire that he always has by his side. In fact, in the latest issue of The Walking Dead Negan is still alive.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan will join the show as a guest star and then promoted to a series regular for season seven of The Walking Dead. But Jeffrey Dean had major competition for the role of Negan. Morgan competed against Timothy Olyphant, Matt Dillon and Garret Dillahunt, according to sources close to The Hollywood Reporter.

Production of the season six finale of The Walking Dead starts this week in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Walking Dead has been teasing the introduction of Negan for the past two seasons. With the season five trailer depicting a member of the Terminus community about to take a swing at Glenn’s head with a baseball bat.

Morgan has a pretty long list of jobs in Hollywood. He is currently a series regular on CBS’ hit TV series The Good Wife, Halle Berry’s now cancelled series Extant, he starred on the now cancelled Starz network series Magic City and had a major storyline on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy. 

Morgan will also appear on Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.

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• Here’s When We Will Find Out What Happened to Glenn on ‘The Walking Dead’

• ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 6 Spoilers: Episode 5 – [Spoiler] is Pregnant with [Spoiler’s] Baby

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