The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 cast and character guide

Prepare to take a stroll through the city once more—because The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 is officially underway, and the cast roster has more than a few tricks up their sleeves! If you're here for the dirty street battles of Manhattan or simply dying (pun intended) to know who survives, this season's got both old favorites and newcomers.

Against the backdrop of the crumbling New York skyline, the spin-off series continues to delve into survival, shifting allegiances, and what happens when humanity is pushed to the brink. Season 2 continues right where the first left off—with power struggles intensifying between Maggie, Negan, and the different groups vying for control.

The series doesn't simply revamp the main cast; it also broadens the universe with characters who offer fresh insights and greater stakes.

The list below is a full rundown of who's back, who's new, and what each brings to the mayhem of The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2.

Lauren Cohan as Maggie Greene

Maggie returns as a main character in The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2, still struggling with personal loss while rising to become a leader of the Bricks community.

Her story still centers on guarding her son, Hershel, battling the demons of her past, and walking through her strained alliance with Negan. Maggie's character is still complex, emotional, and determined—still one of the most realistic survivors in this broken world.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan

Love him or hate him, Negan's back leather jacket, barbed-wire bat, and all (almost). Season 2 delves into a more muted, reflective incarnation of the formerly villainous character.

Though his violent history is never overlooked, his relationship with Maggie continues to grow into one of wary trust and mutual necessity. Negan's progression remains one of the show's most nuanced arcs.

Gaius Charles as Perlie Armstrong

U.S. Marshal Perlie Armstrong is continuing to maneuver the politics of the New Babylon Federation. Having had a falling out with Negan during The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 1, he returns with a larger role, infusing law enforcement ideology into a heavily lawless city.

Armstrong's worldview contradicts Maggie's and Negan's philosophies, making him a wild card in the season's power bases.

Željko Ivanek as The Croat

The Croat—cruel, unstable, and brilliant—remains a significant threat. Once a Savior, his undisciplined nature makes him one of the series' most volatile villains in The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2.

With a disturbed sense of order and his own means of governing the dead, he adds tension as well as a shock factor to the plot in season 2.

Lisa Emery as The Dama

Season 2 provides more on-screen time for The Dama, a cunning player with tremendous power over The Croat and other Manhattan groups. Her addition creates depth to the hierarchy of the city and emphasizes more structured, manipulative elements at work.

Watch for her role to drive significant decisions, both diplomatically and violently.

Mahina Napoleon as Ginny

Ginny is a reserved, quiet character who is in the middle of Maggie and Negan's moral tug-of-war in The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2. While she doesn't say much, her character development is subtle but profound.

Her emotional connection with Negan provides one of the few moments of tenderness in the violent world they are living in.

Logan Kim as Hershel Rhee

Hershel, Maggie's teenage boy, is played by Logan Kim during The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2. As he enters adolescence amid turmoil, his relationship with Maggie becomes more pivotal.

Hershel's point of view can sometimes contradict his mother's choices, particularly as he starts questioning the world—and individuals—around him.

New Characters in The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2

With a city as large and shattered as Manhattan, there's always space for fresh survivors… and fresh dangers!

Kim Coates as Bruegel

Kim Coates also lands in the cast in the role of Bruegel, leader of a gang working from New York's ruins. He's got a quick brain, an even quicker mouth, and a complete intolerance for weakness.

Famous for his mercurial style of leadership, Bruegel's persona will probably add yet another dimension of risk and manipulation to the already tenuous power struggle in the city.

Dascha Polanco as Major Lucia Narvaez

Most famous for her work on Orange Is the New Black, Dascha Polanco takes over as Major Lucia Narvaez in The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2. Her military background and authoritative demeanor make her seem like she might be a member of New Babylon, but her real motives are unknown.

Narvaez should be a strong tactician who might help or hinder Maggie's plans.

Keir Gilchrist as Benjamin Pierce

Keir Gilchrist adds a youthful but powerful presence to the cast as Benjamin Pierce in The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2, a character whose allegiances are dubious. Whether a survivor looking for redemption or someone with an agenda, Benjamin's encounters with the primary cast will likely stir up trouble.

Expect his storyline to cross paths with major plot twists.

Jake Weary as Christos

Christos, the actor Jake Weary plays, is yet another fresh face whose plans are yet to be disclosed in The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2. He is suspected of being a member of Manhattan's gangs or even an independent figure with his own agenda.

His arrival creates further tension in the already tense set of the city's fragile ecosystem.

Pooya Mohseni as Roksana

Roksana introduces mystery and ambiguity to the story. Portrayed by Pooya Mohseni, she seems to be an information merchant or a person well-connected with Manhattan's chaos underbelly.

Her affiliations—and how long they are maintained—might tip the balance in ways yet unknown.

The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 doesn't recycle old problems—it expands on them with fresh characters, more intense rivalries, and even greater moral complexity. With every returning character weighed down by trauma and fresh ones set to shake up the status quo, this season is looking like a pivotal installment in the expanded Walking Dead franchise.

Each of these actors adds to a richer, textured tale of what it is to lead, to follow, and to survive when the rules are always shifting. One thing's for certain—strolling through Dead City has never been so perilous.