CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Corpus Christi Comic Con is July 28-30 and some big names will be making appearances this year.
Here's who you can expect to see at the event:
(All info from Corpus Christi Comic Con's Facebook page, which you can find here.)
Chandler Riggs
*Rick Grimes Voice* CORRRRAL!
Chandler Riggs, who portrayed Carl Grimes on "The Walking Dead," will be at Corpus Christi Comic Con this year!
Organizers announced the new addition to the already star-studded lineup for the fifth year of the event.
"In 2009 at age nine, Riggs got his first two major acting breaks simultaneously, as Tom in the film Get Low and a role in the television movie The Wronged Man," Corpus Christi Comic Con posted. "At age 10, Riggs was cast as Carl Grimes on The Walking Dead, an AMC zombie drama television series."
The Walking Dead series is the highest rated in cable television history.
In 2012 and 2013, Riggs was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor for his role on the show and won the award in 2014 along with a Saturn Award.
He will appear at the event on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. You can buy photo op tickets here.
Michael Rooker
Also from The Walking Dead (among other projects)… Michael Rooker!
Michael Rooker is an American actor known for his portrayal of Yondu in Marvel’s 'Guardians of the Galaxy' film franchise. He is also well known as the character fans loved to hate on AMC’s worldwide hit television show 'The Walking Dead', Merle Dixon.
Rooker has thrilled fans for decades with complex portrayals of characters audiences can’t help but cheer on. He has since appeared in numerous films including 'Mississippi Burning', 'Sea of Love', 'Days of Thunder', 'JFK', 'Cliffhanger', 'Mallrats', 'Tombstone', 'Rosewood', 'The 6th Day', 'Jumper', and 'Bolden'. Rooker also has a prolific relationship with writer/director James Gunn, appearing in the Gunn-helmed productions 'Slither', 'Super', 'Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy', 'The Belko Experiment', 'Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2' and 'The Suicide Squad'.
In 2022 he began filming for the upcoming western series 'Horizons', reuniting with JFK co-star Kevin Costner.
Emily Swallow
Emily is an American actress best known for her roles as Kim Fischer on 'The Mentalist' and as Amara / The Darkness in the 11th season of 'Supernatural'. She also appears as The Armorer in the Star Wars series 'The Mandalorian' and had a minor role as Emily in the video game 'The Last of Us Part II'.
Sean Astin
Sean Astin is an American actor best known for his roles as Samwise Gamgee in 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, Mikey Walsh in 'The Goonies', and Daniel Ruettiger in 'Rudy', as well as Doug Whitmore in '50 First Dates', Bill in 'Click', Lynn McGill in the fifth season of '24', Oso in 'Special Agent Oso', Raphael in 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles', Bob Newby in the second and third seasons of Netflix’s 'Stranger Things', and Ed in 'No Good Nick'.
He is also in 'Perry Mason', 'Forever Strong', 'Stay Cool', 'Young Rock', 'Justice League', and the Narrator in 'Captain Underpants'. He has made appearances in 'Super Girl', 'Big Bang Theory', 'ConMan', and 'Robot Chicken'.
Scott Patterson
Scott Patterson is well known to television audiences from his seven seasons as diner owner Luke Danes in the hit series "Gilmore Girls." Fans of the popular Saw franchise know Scott from his starring role as FBI profiler special agent Peter Strahm in 'Saw IV' and 'Saw V'. He also played a series regular in 'Alien in America', and appeared in 'Will & Grace', 'CSI: Miami', '90210', 'Seinfeld', 'Justice League Unlimited' and many other popular television series and movies. Fans can watch him now in "Sullivan's Crossing" based on Robyn Carr's popular book series.
Dorian Kingi
Dorian is a creature actor and second-generation Hollywood performer. His mother is Emmy winning actress Lindsay Wagner and his father is longtime stuntman Henry Kingi.
He is best known for being the performance artist for the highly acclaimed character Cad Bane in the hit Disney+ series The Book of Boba Fett.
Dorian has over 100 credits which include creature and suit performance in projects such as Antlers, Venom, Green Lantern and Westworld.
Other stunt and acting credits include NCIS: LA, Seal Team, Teen Wolf, The Magicians and so much more!
Johnny Yong Bosch
Johnny Yong Bosch got his start fighting giant bugs as Adam Park, the Black Ranger, Green Zeo and Green Turbo Ranger on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. It is a role that he would play for three and a half seasons on television, two motion pictures and two special guest appearances in future Power Rangers seasons.
After Power Rangers, Johnny became very involved in the world of voice over. His first major voice acting role was Vash the Stampede in Trigun. He later went on to voice Kaneda in Akira, Renton in Eureka Seven, Kiba in Wolf's Rain, Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach, Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass, Izaya in Durarara and Yukio in Blue Exorcist, Sasori in Naruto, Artemis in Sailor Moon, Hajime in Danganronpa 2, Makoto Tachibana in Free!, Nate in Yokai Watch, Orga in Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans, Haruo in Hi Score Girl, Zora in Black Clover, Jonathan in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Sabo in One Piece Stampede, Giyu in Demon Slayer, Lio in Promare, Broly in Dragon Ball FighterZ, Nine in My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising and many more.
Steve Cardenas
Steve is an American martial artist, musician, and semi retired actor. Cardenas is best known for playing the character Rocky DeSantos, which was the second Red Power Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and eventually became the Blue Zeo Ranger in Power Rangers Zeo, two seasons later.
For the first time since Power Rangers Turbo, Cardenas returned to the Power Rangers Franchise in Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel for the 25th anniversary Episode reprising his role as Rocky DeSantos. He will also reprise the role of Rocky DeSantos in the Netflix special, "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always", which will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Power Rangers franchise.
