

If Carl dies tonight, his death will be tragic and far too soon. But you can’t add in too much time recently, since Maggie hasn’t had her baby yet.) If that seems too young, it’s because Chandler Riggs, who plays Carl, was born in 1999, making him a bit older than the character he plays. That would make Carl about 15 to 16 years old (17 maximum, if you want to really pad some time into there. So if you round up generously, it’s possibly been 3 1/2 years, maybe a little more, since The Walking Dead first began. We’re still dealing with Negan and just now heading into All-Out War. And not much time passed between Season 7 and Season 8.

But Season 7 itself took place over the course of about a month, with many plots happening simultaneously. So when Season 7 begins, about three years had passed.

estimates that Season 6 took another year. Season 6 included a time jump because Judith aged quite a bit and Carl’s eye socket healed a lot. Let’s be generous just to give Carl the oldest age possible. Then only several months passed between Season 3 and Season 4. According to The Walking Dead Wikia, the mid-season finale of the fifth season, Coda, took place 514 days after the initial outbreak.Īccounting for travel time between locations, Season 1 through the end of Season 5 took about two years if you round up. Lori Grimes was pregnant in Season 1 and delivered her baby in Season 3, which means that you could say only about a year passed between the premiere of Season 1 and the midseason finale of Season 3. We learned on Fear the Walking Dead that the zombie apocalypse began in 2010. He’s not 20 on the show. In fact, less time has passed on The Walking Dead than has passed in real-life. (In the comics, Carl was much younger when the apocalypse began.) But even though we’re on Season 8 now of The Walking Dead, Carl hasn’t been aging a year every season. If he dies, how old will the character be? He’s actually younger than you might think.Īccording to The Walking Dead Wikia, Carl was just 12 when the zombie apocalypse began, and the actor who plays him, Chandler Riggs, was 10.
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There’s very little chance of surviving that. The Walking Dead, an AMC horror-drama television series based on the same-named comic book series, featured Chandler Carlton Riggs (born June 27, 1999) on a regular basis as Carl Grimes from 2010. Riggs shared a tweet where someone listed their jobs since age 16. Then, at age 10, he was cast in his most well-known role, as Carl in The Walking Dead. He also had two film credits before his age was in the double digits. The last time we saw him during the midseason finale in December, he had a zombie bite mark on his stomach. Starting first with theater acting, Riggs was cast in The Wizard Of Oz and Oklahoma. Fans are holding out hope that this doesn’t happen, but it seems his chances of survival are slim. Tonight we may be saying goodbye to Carl on The Walking Dead.
