Ryan Hurst joins “The Walking Dead”

Ryan Hurst. Photo by David Buchan/Variety/REX/Shutterstock (7868552v)

The Walking Dead has tapped some major fan-favorite talent. 

Ryan Hurst has been confirmed as the newest addition to the cast of The Walking Dead. The 42-year-old actor best known for his role on the FX’s Sons of Anarchy has joined the zombie drama. 

Hurst will star in the recurring role of the villainous Beta. He serves as the lieutenant of the Whisperers, a group of survivors who thrive in the apocalypse as they go undetected thanks to the use of suits of walker flesh. Hurst’s character will play opposite new series regular Samantha Morton who stars as Alpha, the group’s leader. 

Season nine ofThe Walking Dead returns to AMC on October 7.