Walking Dead actor Michael Tourek, who portrayed Roman Calhoun in season 11 of the series, will next be seen in the holiday movie Red One.
The Christmas action adventure film is from Amazon MGM Studios is directed by Jake Kasdan from the script written by Chris Morgan from Hiram Garcia's story. Kasdan is well known for his Jumanji reboots. Dwyane Johnson, who stars, also produces with Hiram Garcia, Danny Garcia, Morgan, Kasdan, and Melvin Mar.
The story follow's Johnson's Callum Drift, head of security in the North Pole, who embarks on a mission to find Santa Claus when he comes up missing. He enlists the help of bounty hunter Jack O'Malley in his effort to save Christmas.
Red One cast
Dwayne Johnson - Callum Drift, head of North Pole security.
Chris Evans as Jack O'Malley, a hacker and bounty hunter.
Lucy Liu - Zoe Harlow
J. K. Simmons - Santa Claus
Kiernan Shipka - Grýla
Bonnie Hunt - Mrs. Claus
Reinaldo Faberlle - the voice of Agent Garcia, an anthropomorphic polar bear agent
Kristofer Hivju - Krampus, horned, anthropomorphic goat figure with one human foot and a very long tongue,
Nick Kroll - Ted
Wesley Kimmel - Dylan
Mary Elizabeth Ellis - Olivia
Jenna Kanell - Krampus Guest
Michael Tourek - Yule Lad
Red One will release in select theaters on Nov. 15
Michael Tourek's other movie and tv roles
Most recently Tourek can be seen in FBI, Blue Ridge: The Series, Condor's Nest, Blue Bloods and American Rust. He joined The Walking Dead in the eleventh and final season as Roman Calhoon, a member of the Commonwealth who served as a spy for Lance Hornsby (Josh Hamilton).
Tourek also had a role in the 2023 movie Condor's Nest, which followed an American combat aviator who served in Europe. A decade after Nazi Germay fell he travels to South American seeking to locate a war criminal but finds more than he bargained for. Additional cast for the film includes Arnold Vosloo, Michael Ironside, Jackson Rathbone, Jorge Garcia, Bruce Davidson, Jackson Rathbone, and James Urbaniak.
He also appeared in several episodes of seasons 1 and 2 of the Netflix original series Ozark. He portrayed Ash, who helped and was considered family by Darlene and Jacob Snell (Lisa Emery and Peter Mullan). Jacob eventually killed him.
Tourek has been cast in The Accountant 2, the sequel to the 2016 film starring Ben Affleck and TWD alum Jon Bernthal.
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