Personal Info
Birth date
1978-11-30 (46 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Writing
Place of birth
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Also known as
-Robert Kirkman
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Kirkman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
8.065
Overview:
Daryl washes ashore in France and struggles to piece together how he got there and why. The series tracks his journey across a broken but resilient France as he hopes to find a way back home. As he makes the journey, though, the connections he forms along the way complicate his ultimate plan.The Walking Dead
8.092
Overview:
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.INVINCIBLE
8.628
Overview:
Mark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father’s tutelage.What If...?
8.081
Overview:
Taking inspiration from the comic books of the same name, each episode of this animated anthology series questions, revisits and twists classic Marvel Cinematic moments.Good Mythical Morning
7
Overview:
Two "Internetainers" (Rhett & Link) go far out and do the weirdest things, giving you a daily dose of casual comedy every Monday-Friday.Fear the Walking Dead
7.64
Overview:
What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.The Walking Dead: Dead City
8
Overview:
Maggie and Negan travel to post-apocalyptic Manhattan - long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made it a world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
6
Overview:
Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
7.9
Overview:
The love story of Rick Grimes and Michonne is changed by a changed world. Kept apart by distance. By an unstoppable power. Can they find each other and who they were in a situation unlike any they've ever known?Ant-Man
7.068
Overview:
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.Comedy Bang! Bang!
6.2
Overview:
Based on Scott Aukerman’s popular podcast of the same name, COMEDY BANG! BANG! cleverly riffs on the well-known format of the late night talk show, infusing celebrity appearances and comedy sketches with a tinge of the surreal. In each episode, Aukerman engages his guests with unfiltered and improvisational lines of questioning, punctuated by banter and beats provided by bandleader, one-man musical mastermind Reggie Watts, to reinvent the traditional celebrity interview. Packed with character cameos, filmic shorts, sketches and games set amongst an off-beat world, COMEDY BANG! BANG! delivers thirty minutes of absurd laugh-loaded fun featuring some of the biggest names in comedy.Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
7.4
Overview:
A six-part documentary series that takes a deeper look into the stories, people and events that have transformed the world of comic books.Renfield
6.471
Overview:
Having grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula's lackey, Renfield finds a new lease on life — and maybe even redemption — when he falls for feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy.The Walking Dead: World Beyond
7.4
Overview:
A heroic group of teens sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world receive a message that inspires them to leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to find the one man who can possibly save the world.Talking Dead
7.3
Overview:
Host Chris Hardwick discusses episodes of the AMC television series The Walking Dead with guests, including celebrity fans, cast members, and crew from the series.Outcast
7.06
Overview:
Kyle Barnes has been plagued by possession since he was a child. Now an adult, he embarks on a spiritual journey to find answers, but what he uncovers could mean the end of life on Earth as we know it.@midnight with Chris Hardwick
5.2
Overview:
Chris Hardwick will lead three celebrity contestants down the ultimate internet wormhole. Culling from the darkest recesses of social media, they will compete to determine who has the funniest take on the day's pop culture.Air
4.9
Overview:
In the near future, breathable air is nonexistent. Virtually all of humanity has disappeared, and those chosen to reestablish society reside in a controlled state of suspended animation. Two engineers tasked with guarding the last hope for mankind struggle to preserve their own sanity and lives while administering to the vital task at hand.Tales of the Walking Dead
7
Overview:
An episodic anthology series focused on both new and established characters set in the world of "The Walking Dead."An American Werewolf in London
NYR
Overview:
As she travels through the UK with her boyfriend, Alex is bitten by a werewolf in this remake of the 1981 classic.The Image Revolution
6.9
Overview:
Twenty years ago, seven superstar artists left Marvel Comics to create their own company, Image Comics, a company that continues to influence mainstream comics and pop culture to this day. Image began as more than just a publisher - it was a response to years of creator mistreatment, and changed comics forever. The Image Revolution tells the story of Image Comics, from its founders' work at Marvel, through Image's early success, company difficulties during the comics market implosion, and ultimately the publisher's new generation of properties like The Walking Dead. Filled with colorful characters, the film is a clarion call to artists to take control of their destiny.James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
6.8
Overview:
Explore the evolution of sci-fi from its origins as a small genre with a cult following to the blockbuster pop-cultural phenomenon we know today. In each episode, James Cameron introduces one of the “Big Questions” that humankind has contemplated throughout the ages and reaches back into sci-fi’s past to better understand how our favorite films, TV shows, books, and video games were born.StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
6.7
Overview:
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson brings together celebrities, scientists and comedians to explore a variety of cosmic topics and collide pop culture with science in a way that late-night television has never seen before. Weekly topics range from popular science fiction, space travel, extraterrestrial life, the Big Bang, to the future of Earth and the environment. Tyson is an astrophysicist with a gifted ability to connect with everyone, inspiring us all to to "keep looking up."Geeking Out
5.3
Overview:
A 30-minute talk show that takes a timely look at pop culture through a fanboy lens and features celebrity interviews, discussion and out-of-the-studio segments.Classified
6.9
Overview:
Suddenly forced to leave her mother in the US to join her father's stepfamily in South Africa, Ella is swept up in a whole new reality as an expat.Attack of the Doc!
5
Overview:
Before the rise of big tech, social media and Marvel movies, Attack of the Show! chronicled the rise of nerd culture. G4TV's flagship show launched the careers of hosts Olivia Munn and Kevin Pereira and was beloved by fans! But what really happened?The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
7.2
Overview:
Seth Green and Matthew Senreich serve up hilarious Walking Dead-inspired satire in this special featuring the zany stop-motion animation of Adult Swim’s “Robot Chicken.”Acting
2023Attack of the Doc! as Self
2018James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (1 Episode) as Self
2017So Much Damage: How Image Comics Changed the World (5 Episodes) as Self
2017Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics (6 Episodes) as Self - Host
2017The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking as Robert Kirkman (voice)
2016Geeking Out (1 Episode) as Self
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (1 Episode) as Self
2015StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (1 Episode) as Self
2014Doc of the Dead as Self
2013The Image Revolution as Self
2013@midnight with Chris Hardwick (2 Episodes) as Self
2013The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead as Self
2012Comedy Bang! Bang! (1 Episode) as Self
2012Good Mythical Morning (1 Episode) as Self
2011Nightmare Factory as Self
2011Talking Dead (2 Episodes) as Self
2010The Walking Dead (1 Episode) as Walker (uncredited)
2010The Making of The Walking Dead as Self
Writing
TBAHardcore ... Screenplay
2024The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (6 Episodes) ... Graphic Novel
2023The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (19 Episodes) ... Graphic Novel
2023The Walking Dead: Dead City (14 Episodes) ... Graphic Novel
2023Renfield ... Screenstory
2022Tales of the Walking Dead (6 Episodes) ... Graphic Novel
2021INVINCIBLE (24, 5 Episode) ... Comic Book, Writer
2020The Walking Dead: World Beyond (20 Episodes) ... Graphic Novel
2017The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking ... Writer
2016Outcast (2 Episodes) ... Writer
2015Fear the Walking Dead (2, 1, 113 Episode) ... Writer, Teleplay, Graphic Novel
2010The Walking Dead (7, 177 Episode) ... Writer, Graphic Novel
Production
TBAThe Mole People ... Producer
TBAAn American Werewolf in London ... Producer
TBAStillwater ... Executive Producer
2024The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (6 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2023Classified (8 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2023The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (19 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2023The Walking Dead: Dead City (6 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2023Psi Cops (24 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2023Renfield ... Producer
2022Tales of the Walking Dead (6 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2021INVINCIBLE (24 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2020The Walking Dead: World Beyond (20 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2017Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics (6 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2016Outcast (20 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2015Fear the Walking Dead (6 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2015Air ... Producer
2010The Walking Dead (105 Episodes) ... Executive Producer