Michael Coleman (TV Series)

Michael Coleman
Actor	Peter Kulas
Gender	Male
Hair	White Gray
Age	Mid 60s to Early 70s
Occupation	Unknown
Family	Betty Coleman - Former Wife (Deceased) Michael Coleman Jr. - Son (Deceased) Emily Coleman - Daughter (Deceased)
Ethnicity	Caucasian-American
Status	Dead
First Appearance	"When the Dead Come Knocking"
Last Appearance	"When the Dead Come Knocking"
Fate
Death Episode	"When the Dead Come Knocking" (Alive and Zombified)

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He asked if I can keep the track playing while we wait. ―Milton Mamet informing Andrea of Michael's final wish.

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Michael Coleman is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. Michael lived in the town of Woodbury with his wife.

Pre-Apocalypse

Woodbury, Georgia

Before the outbreak, Michael lived with his wife Betty, his son Michael Jr., and his daughter Emily. He was a member and resident of Woodbury. At some point, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Post-Apocalypse

Michael Jr. and Emily likely died after the outbreak based upon the way Milton talked about them, and Michael's reaction after seeing their pictures and hearing their names.

Season 3

"When the Dead Come Knocking"

Coleman is first seen bedridden in a room for Milton's experiment with Andrea. Milton proceeds to begin a process to instill a certain procedure into his subconscious. When the procedure ends, Milton explains to Andrea that he is dying of prostate cancer and that Woodbury doesn't have the supplies to treat him, and that they are waiting for him to pass away, so they can carry on the experiment to discover if walkers can still recognize things from the person they once were. This procedure Milton had repeated several times on Coleman in his last days. Once he begins to reanimate, Milton and Andrea restrain him. Milton begins the procedure with no results. Milton refuses to quit and wants to undo the latch on Michael's right arm to show that he can still do the procedure. Milton undoes the restraint, but Coleman attempts to bite him, and Andrea stabs Michael in the head.

Death

Killed By

• Prostate Cancer (Alive)

Michael was dying from prostate cancer, so he volunteered for Milton's reanimation experiments. While being kept in the Woodbury lab, watched by Milton and Andrea, Michael passes away.

• Andrea (Zombified)

After being unlatched from his restraints, Michael tries to attack Milton, although Andrea quickly stabs him in the head.

Killed Victims

This list shows the victims Michael has killed:

• Possibly a few zombies

Relationships

Milton Mamet

Michael and Milton became friends while Milton monitored Michael's condition in "When the Dead Come Knocking". They were very close; this is shown by Milton's reaction when Michael became a zombie, trying to unfasten Michael and risking his own life to see if a part of Michael still existed. After Andrea put him down, Milton was deeply saddened.

Appearances

TV Series

Season 3

• "When the Dead Come Knocking" ^{(No Lines)}

Trivia

• Michael is one of the oldest characters to die in the TV Series, the others being Dale, Bob Miller, and Hershel Greene.
• Michael was supposed to have lines, but they were cut prior to filming.
• Michael is one of the few people in The Walking Dead universe to die of natural causes, the others being David Chalmers, David Chambler, Lucille, Patrick, Caleb Subramanian, Bob Miller, Bob Stookey and several unnamed prison survivors.
• Michael is one of four known cancer patients in the TV Series, with David Chambler, Molly, and Lucille being the other three.