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Robert Kirkman

Robert Kirkman

Writing1978Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Biography

Robert Kirkman (born November 30, 1978) is an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for co-creating The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, Invincible, Tech Jacket, Outcast, Oblivion Song, and Fire Power for Image Comics, in addition to writing Ultimate X-Men, Irredeemable Ant-Man and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series Haunt.

He is one of the five partners of Image Comics currently serving as COO, and the only one of the five who was not one of its co-founders.

In 2010, Kirkman co-founded the entertainment company Skybound Entertainment in order to develop properties in traditional and new media, including comics, television, and film. The company also manages the license for The Walking Dead and Invincible. In 2018, Skybound expanded to create Skybound Games to develop video games based on its intellectual property.

Kirkman is also known for creating and producing the television series' Outcast and Invincible, both adaptations of his own comic book series. He has also written a number of episodes for The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead. He is executive producer of the AMC series Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics, and the Korean pre-apocalyptic drama, Five Year.

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Acting History

2024
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
TVExecutive Producer6 eps
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
TVGraphic Novel6 eps
2023
Renfield
Screenstory
Renfield
Producer
The Walking Dead: Dead City
TVExecutive Producer
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
TVExecutive Producer
2022
Tales of the Walking Dead
TVExecutive Producer6 eps
Tales of the Walking Dead
TVGraphic Novel6 eps
2021
What If...?
TVThanks
Invincible
TVExecutive Producer
Invincible
TVComic Book
Invincible
TVWriter
2020
The Walking Dead: World Beyond
TVExecutive Producer20 eps
The Walking Dead: World Beyond
TVGraphic Novel20 eps
2016
Geeking Out
TVas Self
Outcast
TVWriter2 eps
Outcast
TVExecutive Producer20 eps
Outcast
TVCreator
2015
Comedy Bang! Bang!
TVas Self1 eps
Air
Producer
Ant-Man
Thanks
Fear the Walking Dead
TVExecutive Producer
Fear the Walking Dead
TVGraphic Novel
2014
Talking Dead
TVas Self2 eps
2012
The Soup
TVas Self1 eps
2010
The Walking Dead
TVas Walker (uncredited)1 eps
The Walking Dead
TVExecutive Producer
The Walking Dead
TVGraphic Novel

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Personal Info

Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/30/1978(47 years old)
Place of Birth
Lexington, Kentucky, USA