Fear the Walking Dead
Summary
Fear the walk Deadtakes place in a living dead apocalypse , and that universe proved to be a hotbed for villains throughout its eight - time of year run . ManyFear the Walking Deadcharactersare villains , but not all of them are believable , thanks to a deficiency of naturalistic motivation and few bet . The good news is that the show is about survival , so villain often fare with surprising moves .
For every weaker opposer , there is a Teddy , who flip out all the villain convention books to subvert outlook . Victor Strand also supervise to scandalize audience with his late - microscope stage heel turn to go against the people who kept him good for so long . However , someFear the Walking Deadvillains have been more successful than others .
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11Sam “Shrike” Krennick
Played by Maya Eshet
Shrike is an antagonist to Morgan , Madison , Dwight , and the rest of the survivor inFear the Walking Deadseason 8 . A resourceful vernal charwoman with the weighting of the world on her shoulder , Shrike struggles to make decisions that could have keep P.A.D.R.E. in operation for much longer . Her undoing is allowing parent such as Morgan , Grace , Dwight , and Sherry to populate while she maintain their child captive for what she view as to be a greater intention .
Despite having a strong army , Shrike ’s lack of a meanspirited streak makes her one of the most polarizing scoundrel . With her involvement inFear the WalkingDead ’s last time of year , the stake should have been mellow , but in the end , the only thing she does of substance is cut off June ’s trigger finger and force the character to span some of the ugliestThe Walking Deadsettlementsto escort . Shrike is ultimately kill after being bite by her late father because of her involuntariness to put him down .
10Ben “Crane” Krennick
Played by Daniel Rashid
Also appearing in season 8 , Ben is a potentially interesting character because he ’s disclose to be P.A.D.R.E. However , due to a lack of characterization , he is almost forgotten about until he ambushes Madison and Troy inFear the Walking Dead ’s next-to-last episode . Like Shrike , Ben holds on to the yesteryear to keep his father ’s work alive , even if it means take children away from their parents to usher in a new creation order . He ’s also driven by his pursuance for retribution following his baby ’s death .
Unfortunately for Ben , this desire for revenge comes back to bite him when trying to take down Madison and everyone else he deems responsible in theFear the Walking Deadseries finale . Instead of get his interpretation of Justice Department , he is go through by Walkers after feed out of bullet train . He is only back for a short period of time near the show ’s conclusion , butas one of the last villains , Ben stand out a act more than Shrike .
9Martha
Played by Tonya Pinkins
Martha is one of the first villains as part of the show ’s reboot of sorts in season 4 . Martha ’s life changes evermore when she lose her husband , Hank , at the outset of the apocalypse . Instead of turning her brokenheartedness into empathy for others , she go about her days obliterate survivors who endeavor to help the great unwashed because she witness it as a sign of weakness . There are shade of a well baddie in there , and although the show attempts to found her as one , nothing she does has many lasting outcome on the write up or its characters .
Martha is stubborn and refuses treatment after being shot by Wendell , which triggers a massive transmission . She then purposefully gets herself seize with teeth by a Walker to foreclose Morgan from help her . at long last , Morgan put her down and brings her meandering journey on the show to a conclusion .
8Dakota
Played by Zoe Colletti
When Dakota first appears inFear the Walking Deadseason 6 , she is a young girl trying to miss her pitiless sister ’s reign of little terror . As the season shape up , she learns her baby is actually her female parent and holds on to much hate because of her existence . This collapse her a more interesting backstory than some of the show ’s other villains .
Dakota has homicidal tendencies , having killed John Dorie and Cameron . Despite show remorse for her actions , Morgan and the chemical group struggle to trust her , tug her to join effect with Teddy , who promises to allow her to be her authentic self for however long the world has left . Despite attempts from John Dorie Sr . to keep her active , she stay outside as the nuclear warheads explode over Texas . This gives Dakota one ofFear the walk Dead’smost impactful deathsand solidifies her as a memorable baddie .
Over Fear The Walking Dead ’s eight season , cast members have left , some more lurid than others . But there are an regalia of ground for these going .
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7Reed and Connor
Played by Jesse McCartney and Mark Kelly
WhenFear the walk Deadseason 2 takes the franchise to the high seas , Reed and Connor are put in as plagiariser comrade . Despite an initial soft exterior , Reed makes his presence feel by telling Madison , Chris , Alicia , and everyone else on the boat how he will kill them . Connor is more undetermined to letting the subsister leave with their lives after stealing the ship .
6Proctor John
Played by Ray McKinnon
Proctor John appear in the 2d part ofFear the Walking Deadseason 3 . He ’s shown to be unpitying , even before the apocalypse , which gives him an edge over some of the show ’s other villains who were propel by the outbreak . Proctor John also get going after the Clark family directly , which is ultimately his undoing . During a monumental scene in the season 3 finish , he ’s bested by Nick and is presumed stagnant as a result .
In addition to his extreme cruelty that helps him stand out , Proctor John is noteworthy for ushering in theFear the Walking Deadrebootin season 4 . He service as one of the last villains in the show ’s original era , playing a key part in its history . to boot , the ambiguous nature of Proctor John ’s " demise " helps keep him in witness ' minds long after his last visual aspect .
5Troy Otto
Played by Daniel Sharman
Troy first appears inFear the Walking Deadseason 3 and has a unassailable bond with Nick . However , his plot line come to an plain close when Madison kills him . In a bizarre bend , Troy returns alive inFear the Walking Deadseason 8 and project to take down Madison . However , the duad are push to work together when his daughter go missing . Despite afterward agree to a ceasefire with Madison , she defeat him in front of his daughter .
Troy ’s role as one of Madison ’s biggest adversary assist him stand out among some of the show ’s weaker scoundrel . deliberate he appears in two different seasons geezerhood asunder , he has a more meaningful impact on the show ’s overall electric arc than some of the other antagonists . Troy ’s also involve in multiple big moments . Madison kill him in time of year 3 is particularly lurid , as it happen just as he is blossoming into a villain .
4Melvin
Played by Kevin Zegers
Melvin is the drawing card of the Vultures and a man who masks his insecurities with charisma . When he initially arrive on the show in season 4 , he draw a bead on to take the stadium from Madison , Alicia , and the other survivors . As his arc intensifies , viewers see different sides of Melvin that hint he may not be as bad as he first implies .
This equivocalness helps Melvin stand out and quit him from becoming a streamlet - of - the - mill opposer . While otherFear the Walking Deadvillains are overtly ominous with fairly obvious intentions , Melvin has a surprising appealingness that makes his motivations harder to figure out . He interacts with a mass of the show ’s characters , extending his orbit and affect on the tale . However , it ’s ultimately Alicia who brings about his death , impaling him in the caput in a brutal bit .
3Victor Strand
Played by Colman Domingo
Strand is introduced in a small role at the end ofFear the Walking Deadseason 1 and prove to be resourceful . He helps Nick and his family get away to a lavish mansion and later on to the Abigail , a beautiful gravy boat , as Los Angeles is decimate by the military . Strand becomes one of the main character and a confidante for Alicia and the rest of the Clarks .
shopworn of mislay in the apocalypse , Strand submit a tower in nuclear - ravaged Texas and kill those who pit his world ordination . His motivation may be sketchy , butColman Domingo ’s performance kick upstairs Strand to not only one ofFear the Walking Dead ’s good villains , but one of its good characters . He ’s the uncommon " villain " who proved popular enough to puzzle around , appearing in every individual season of the show .
Fear The Walking Dead ’s showrunners confirmed what they envisioned for three characters missing from season 8 , and it ca-ca their absences even worse .
2Virginia “Ginny”
Played by Colby Minifie
Virginia is enclose inFear the Walking Deadseason 5 and continues into the sixth season , do her one of the show ’s longer - lasting villains . She is bring out to be Dakota ’s female parent and has done some despicable thing during her life , including murdering her parents . Her connection with Dakota is weak , and she urgently essay to fortify it , even if she makes all the wrong determination in the process .
Despite her secure king and influence , she ’s shown to buckle under air pressure , pitilessly killing multitude who fight down her prescript . This ferocity makes Virginia abide out , as does the surprising care she has for certain mass in her life story , particularly Dakota . There ’s a duality to Virginia that makes it backbreaking to predict what she ’ll do next , and she ’s all the more severe to the show ’s characters because of it .
