Beta (The Walking Dead)

Beta
The Walking Dead character
Beta, as he appears in the comic book series (left) and as portrayed by Ryan Hurst in the television series (right).
First appearance	Comic: "Issue #154" (2016) Television: "Guardians" (2019)
Last appearance	Comic: "Issue #173" (2017) Television: "A Certain Doom" (2020)
Created by	Robert Kirkman
Adapted by	Angela Kang (The Walking Dead)
Portrayed by	Ryan Hurst
In-universe information
Alias	Half Moon
Occupation	Second-in-Command of the Whisperers De Facto Leader of the Whisperers Comic: NBA Player Actor Television: Country Musician

Beta is a fictional character in the comic book series The Walking Dead and the television series of the same name, where he was portrayed by Ryan Hurst. In both universes, Beta is the second-in-command of the Whisperers, a group of survivors who wear walker (zombie) skin to hide their presence from actual walkers. He serves as Alpha's right-hand man and after her death, becomes de facto leader of the Whisperers.

Also in both universes, Beta is a famous celebrity before the apocalypse; in the comic books, he was a basketball player and an actor, and in the television series it was revealed in an episode of the companion series, Fear the Walking Dead (where Hurst made an uncredited cameo appearance), that he was a country musician as he was seen on the cover of an album that was released before the apocalypse, and it is later revealed in the main TV series that his stage name was "Half Moon".