Taking the reins of Texas Ranger Cordell Walker’s role from Chuck Norris, Jared Padalecki helms the reboot series Walker in the main role. Mainstream television watchers would obviously remember Padalecki from Supernatural in which he plays the protagonist Sam Winchester.
Along with the Supernatural star, Walker‘s cast also includes relative newcomers as well as more experienced character actors. The entire ensemble has had a multi-genre filmography including the likes of popular series like Pretty Little Liars and The X-Files along with more niche films such as Election and Cloverfield.
Jared Padalecki – Supernatural (2005-2020)
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Jared Padalecki, who stars as the titular character of Walker, became a breakout star with Supernatural, the 15-season-long show that dealt with two brothers encountering all sorts of demons, ghosts, ghouls, and other kinds of supernatural beings. But as they continue their paranormal adventures, the Winchester brothers must also face the burden of their ghost-hunting family.
Starring alongside Jensen Ackles as Sam and Dean Winchester respectively, Padalecki has also appeared in Gilmore Girls and 2000s horror movies such as House of Wax and Friday The 13th, but Supernatural remains to be his most popular screen credit along with Walker.
Lindsey Morgan – The 100 (2014-2020)
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Cordwell’s new partner on the Texas Rangers is Micki Ramirez, played by Lindsey Morgan. The Georgia-born actress was earlier known for her role as the mechanic Raven Reyes on the Netflix sci-fi series The 100.
Set a hundred years after Earth’s destruction, The 100 finds the titular group of juvenile delinquents set loose in the dystopian remains of the planet. Their purpose is to figure out the livability of the world, but larger conspiracies are unearthed when they come in contact with the descendants of the survivors left behind. Ramirez’s mechanic works on the Ark, the orbiting spaceship that housed the ones who managed to leave the planet. But her fearless and rather reckless attitude leads her to head back to Earth and explore deeper truths.
Molly Hagan – Election (1999)
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Back home in Texas, Cordwell Walker must not only take care of his children but also his mother who is played by Molly Hagan, an actress who has appeared in several character roles across film and TV.
She also starred alongside Matthew Broderick in Alexander Payne’s cult satire Election. As the title suggests, the 1999 comedy deals with a high-school student body election gone awry as Broderick’s social studies’ teacher deliberately sabotages the campaign of a student whom he despises. While backing a rival candidate, chaos ensues with some darkly hilarious results. Hagan stars as Diane McCallister, the wife of Broderick’s character whose marriage suffers due to the election’s disastrous aftermath.
Keegan Allen – Pretty Little Liars (2010-2017)
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Keegan Alley appears as Liam Walker, the protagonist’s brother who also serves the law albeit in a different role as the city’s Assistant DA. Pretty Little Liars fans would remember Allen for his main role as Toby Cavanaugh, the love interest to series protagonist Spencer Hastings.
The mystery thriller drama deals with Spencer’s clique that encounters a mysterious figure who threatens to expose their deepest, darkest secrets after one of their members goes missing. The show’s popularity has spawned its own franchise with two spin-offs and one spiritual sequel.
Violet Brinson – Sharp Objects (2018)
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One of Cordell’s two kids is his 16-year-old daughter Stella Walker who is played by Sharp Objects alumnus Violet Brinson.
Based on Gillian Flynn’s psychological thriller novel of the same name, the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects deals with a trauma-struck crime reporter Camille (Amy Adams) who returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two girls while dealing with her own inner demons. Camille has her fair share of family drama with her half-sister Amma (Eliza Scanlen). In this context, Brinson appears as one of Amma’s best friends, Kelsey. Not only does she appear as Kelsey in eight episodes, but she also gets to contribute to the show’s soundtrack in two episodes.
Kale Culley – Henry Danger (2014-2020)
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The youngest member of the Walker family is Cordell’s 14-year-old son Auggie Walker, a role essayed by newcomer Kale Culley. Culley has had bit roles in shows like Fresh Off The Boat and Black-ish, he also appeared as the younger version of the superhuman Ray Manchester AKA Captain Man in the satirical superhero series Henry Danger.
The Nickelodeon original series deals with the everyday adventures and misadventures of Henry Danger, a 13-year-old who becomes a sidekick to Captain Man. In the two episodes that Culley appears in, he becomes a part of Captain Man’s origin story as a kid skateboarding inside a machine that gives him the power of indestructibility.
Coby Bell – The Gifted (2017-2019)
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Cordell’s former partner Larry James eventually becomes his senior, sharing an unpredictable relationship with him. Coby Bell, who plays Larry, has been a cast member on shows like Lucifer, Archer, and The Gifted.
The latter is a show set within the universe of the X-Men movies, revolving around a group of young mutants surviving in a dystopian future where their kind is outlawed by the government. Thrown in the mix is Bell’s antagonist Jace Turner, a Sentinel Services agent who is bound by his duty to arrest and take away the rights of all mutants regardless of their age.
Jeff Pierre – Shameless (2011-2021)
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When it comes to Cordell’s assistant Micki Ramirez’s love life, Jeff Piere appears as her boyfriend, an army medic called Trey. Pierre was previously seen in a few episodes of Shameless, the American remake of the British dark comedy of the same name.
Starring William H Macy as the drug-using and hard-drinking patriarch of an unstable family, Shameless chronicles the ups and downs of the ragtag bunch of dysfunctional adults. In Shameless too, Pierre appears as a boyfriend to a major character, as he shares a romantic relationship with Ian, the third-oldest child in the family.
Mitch Pileggi – The X-Files (1993-2018)
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Liam and Cordell’s father Bonham Walker has a limited yet integral role in the show with The X-Files actor Mitch Pileggi donning the role.
Pileggi’s Walter Skinner is the very supervisor of the titular X-Files office that looks into supernatural phenomena all across America. Even though he is initially dismissive of the team’s beliefs in extraterrestrial cases, he goes on to green-light the investigations into such unexplainable instances. A recurring character throughout the first eight seasons, Skinner becomes a main character in the next three seasons.
Odette Annable – Cloverfield (2008)
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Whenever Cordell and his peers have moments of introspection, they end up at the town’s bar which is run by Cordell’s friend Geri who is played by Odette Annable.
While she is a regular face on shows like Supergirl, Banshee, and House, Annable’s film career includes the 2008 found-footage horror Cloverfield. The movie that shot director Matt Reeves to mainstream fame deals with a monster attack that takes place in the aftermath of a farewell party in New York. Annable plays one of the partygoers who turns into a survivor of the unexpected alien invasion.
