Does Walking Dead actor Ritchie Coster return in season 2 of Tulsa King?

Actor Ritchie Coster has a long list of notable credits to his name. He is well known for his role as Pope, the leader of the Reapers, in The Walking Dead, as Chechen in The Dark Knight, and as Mayor Austin Chessani in season 2 of True Detectives, to name only a few. In 2022, Coster had a recurring role in season 1 of Tulsa King, which airs on Paramount+. Does he return in season 2?

Tulsa King, created by Taylor Sheridan of Yellowstone and its spinoffs fame, features award-winning actor and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone in his first leading role in a scripted series. The series debuted its first season on Paramount+ in November 2022 and was shortly after renewed for a second, which premiered on the streamer on September 15, 2024.

Stallone plays Dwight "The General" Manfredi, a Mafia capo who, after being released from a 25-year prison sentence in New York, ventures to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he plans to establish a criminal organization and enlists a new crew to assist him in his latest venture.

Additional cast for the series includes: Max Casella, Domenick Lombardozzi, Vincent Piazza, Jay Will, A.C. Peterson, Andrea Savage, Martin Starr, Garrett Hedlund, Dana Delany and Annabella Sciorra. Several of these actors return in season 2 with newcomers Frank Grillo, Neal McDonough, and Rich Ting.

The ten-part second season of Tulsa King premiered episode 1 on September 15 with new episodes releasing weekly on Sunday through the season finale on November 17.

Ritchie Coster - Tulsa King

Ritchie Coster portrayed Caolan Waltrip, the Irish leader of The Black Macadams, an outlaw biker gang in season 1 of Tulsa King. In a Behind the Story clip for Tulsa King, Coster explained that Waltrip is very much a cult leader. (see below)

If you have yet to watch season 1 of Tulsa King and don't want to know Coster's character's fate, click away now, as we reveal it below this clip.

Sadly, Coster will not return in the second season as Waltrip dies during the season finale episode. He is shot and killed by Stallone's Dwight Manfredi.

But never fear - you can see him in many other recent tiles. He stars with Aaron Eckhart and Bella Thorne in the 2023 action thriller Rumble Through the Dark, which is available to rent or buy on Prime Video. He also stars with James Badge Dale and Melissa Leo in the upcoming King Ivory

He will also appear in the CBC series Watson, a medical drama/detective series focused on Dr. John Watson (Morris Chestnut) of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes story fame. Coster has been cast as Shinwell Johnson, a former criminal acquaintance of Holmes and Watson who works as the clinic's administrative aide. The series is expected to be released in 2025.

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