'Walking Dead' Season 9 Adds Ryan Hurst as Comics Character

Katie Roberts

August 27, 2018 - 3 min read

Another character from the "Walking Dead" comics is set to the AMC series for its ninth season: Ryan Hurst has just been cast to play Beta.

Andrew Lincoln) and co. are engaged.

Hurst previously starred on FX motorcycle gang series "Sons of Anarchy," playing Opie. He recently appeared on Amazon series "Bosch," and starred in beloved football flick " the Titans" back in 2001.

The actor s other previously announced guest stars for season nine, the show's first deaf character, Connie, who also featured in the "Walking Dead" comics.

All these new characters may not help distract fans, however, from two huge departures: Lincoln and previously abandoned the show will be tuning in to see how everything shakes out.

Season nine of "The Walking Dead" hits AMC on October 7.

[via: TheWrap]

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Article by Katie Roberts

Freelance Writer

Katie Nowak Roberts is a freelance writer and pop culture junkie based in Rochester, New York. Her work has also appeared in Uproxx, (585) magazine, Indianapolis Monthly, The Record newspaper (Troy, New York), Syracuse Woman Magazine, Making Music Magazine, and International Musician (official trade publication of the American Federation of Musicians).