Jeremiah Otto Sr. (Fear)

"Buenos días, señorita. Welcome to America."

- Jeremiah to Ofelia Salazar

Jeremiah Otto is a main character and a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's Fear The Walking Dead. He is the leader of the Broke Jaw Ranch community.

Described by showrunner Dave Erickson as having a "certain moral compass", Jeremiah is "definitely rough", with a "darker and uglier side to him as well, and it's frankly racist". The father of Jake and Troy, Erickson has noted that Jeremiah will become "violent when he has to be".

United States
Jeremiah is the head of the Otto family and lives on Broke Jaw Ranch with his two sons Troy and Jake, both of which are of separate mothers. Described as a "patriotic border militiaman", Jeremiah predicted and planned for the fall of American society and democracy but not the "rise of the dead". Leading a Survivalist community, Jeremiah has linked Broke Jaw Ranch with a network of "other like-minded men and organizations throughout the Southwest".

"Wrath"
Jeremiah is first seen walking along the Mexican-American border with his assault rifle, where he sees Ofelia Salazar walking in the desert. He begins shooting at her, firing at her until she hides behind a tree. Soon after, he approaches her and aims his gun at her, asking Ofelia to hand over her knife, before taking Ofelia away.

"The New Frontier"
Jeremiah will appear in this episode.

"TEOTWAWKI"
TBA

"Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame"
TBA

"Red Dirt"
TBA

Killed Victims

 * Numerous Counts of Zombies.

Tracy Otto
TBA

Jake Otto
TBA

Troy Otto
TBA

Russell Brown
TBA

Martha Brown
TBA

Madison Clark
TBA

Nicholas Clark
TBA

Season 2

 * "Wrath"

Season 3

 * "The New Frontier"
 * "TEOTWAWKI"
 * "Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame"
 * "Red Dirt"

Trivia

 * The character was previously named Russell Otto, but for unknown reasons was renamed.
 * In an interview, the showrunner revealed that in the scene between Ofelia and Jeremiah, they purposefully chose an actor who somewhat resembled Rubén Blades, who plays Daniel Salazar, Ofelia's father, to deceive viewers into believing the man may be Daniel at first glance.