Cliff Curtis has been cast as the male lead in
The Walking Dead companion series for AMC. A New Zealand actor of Maori descent, Curtis was previously seen on the TV series
Missing and
Gang Related.In the companion series, now code-named
Cobalt, Curtis plays a divorced teacher who joins up with a female guidance counselor and her two children as the zombie apocalypse hits, taking place in the same world as
The Walking Dead series but at a much farther, more urban location.
Frank Dillane (
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) and Alycia Debnam Carey (
Into the Storm) will play the children of the female guidance counselor, who will be played by Kim Dickens.