Fear the Walking Dead: Official Character Profiles

And the updates keep pouring in!

I feel like I’m being a little spoiled by all these Fear the Walking Dead sneak peeks we’re being given lately but, hey, you won’t hear me complaining.

Honestly, I’m looking forward to seeing what other snippets and sneak peeks we’ll get in the month leading up to the series premiere on August 23!

This time around, AMC has released official character profiles for our brand new cast of heroes, villains, and victims – or meals on wheels, if you’re feeling pro-zombie today.

Ladies and gentlemen, without further adieu, meet your Fear the Walking Dead cast:

Madison Clark (Kim Dickens) — Madison Clark is a popular guidance counselor at a high school in El Sereno who, prior to the zombie apocalypse, helped students prepare for their future. A widowed mother, she raised two children single-handedly, but has recently found love with the high school English teacher. The pressure of survival brings clarity for Madison and she is quick to make the hard choices that will keep her family alive. The outbreak reveals a past to Madison that she had tried to bury. Now, in this new world, she can’t hide who she really is.

Travis Manawa (Cliff Curtis) — Travis Manawa is a father, high school English teacher and boyfriend to Madison Clark. He’s a good man – everyone’s All-American. As the group’s patriarch, he is protective, pragmatic and resolute in his conviction that anything can be fixed. He maintains a relationship with his ex-wife and resentful son while trying to become a father to Madison’s children. Travis wrestles with the challenge of blending a family — a challenge that is exacerbated by a new, unforeseen chaos.

Nick Clark (Frank Dillane) — Nick Clark is a 19-year old drug addict. His mother, Madison, has sent him to rehab several times, but now Nick has reached a point where no one can tell him what to do or force him into recovery — he has to do that all by himself. When we first meet Nick, we meet a young man at a crossroads. Nick wants to prove he can rebuild his life – and the apocalypse may provide him an ironic opportunity to do so.

Alicia Clark (Alycia Debnam-Carey) — Alicia Clark is a model student who overachieves with frustrating ease. She wants the hell out of Los Angeles, and she has her sights set on graduating and escaping to college where she will be free of her family’s drama. For years, she’s watched her older brother sink deeper into his addiction, and she is close to giving up on him when the apocalypse hits. Her ambition is in direct proportion to her brother’s screw ups. She loves her mother, empathizes, but it’s time to do for herself – time to escape.

Christopher Manawa (Lorenzo Henrie) — Christopher Manawa is a rebellious teenager with a cause. He has both his father’s do-good attitude and his mother’s edge. The product of divorced parents, Christopher often feels that he and his mother are his father’s forgotten family. He resents his father’s insistence on bringing the two families closer because he wants nothing more than to break away from the Clarks and be his father’s sole priority.

Liza Ortiz (Elizabeth Rodriguez) — Liza Ortiz is a single mother working to put herself through nursing school – she has no time for b.s. For many years she was trapped in an unhappy marriage, but now that she’s on her own she’s finally chasing her dream. Liza is a multi-tasking whirlwind that doesn’t give herself any breaks when it comes to her future or raising her son.

Daniel Salazar (Ruben Blades) — Daniel Salazar is a refugee from El Salvador who will protect his family at any cost. He owns a barbershop and takes great pride in his business but mostly keeps to himself within the community. Some of Daniel’s regulars have been going to Salazar’s Cuts for years, but they barely know the man who cuts their hair. When people began rising from the dead, Salazar reverts to the man he once was, a man who will do anything to ensure the survival of his family.

Ofelia Salazar (Mercedes Mason) — Ofelia Salazar is a hardworking professional with immigrant parents. She is protective of her parents, believing they do not understand many of the harsher realities of living in the U.S. She is quick-witted, devoted and always ready to stand up for what she believes in. When faced with the apocalypse, Ofelia clashes with her father’s opinions on the best course of action – identities are about to shift.

Griselda Salazar (Patricia Reyes Spindola) — Griselda Salazar is a devoted wife and mother who came to the U.S. with her husband to escape the political turmoil of El Salvador. She waited to start a family with her husband until she got to the States so that she could give her daughter a better life than the one she had. Griselda is deeply religious and finds solace from her past with prayer, but prayer won’t protect her in this new world.

What do you think of them? Have you chosen your favorite yet? Is it even possible to pick a favorite based solely on a single paragraph? You tell me.

Fear the Walking Dead premieres Sunday, August 23rd on AMC

*Photos courtesy of Frank Ockenfels/AMC