--- title: Johnny Depp Made a Surprise Cameo in The Walking Dead description: He may not have had any lines, but Johnny Depp made his The Walking Dead debut in Sunday night's episode of the AMC show. canonical: https://time.com/4249612/johnny-depp-cameo-walking-dead/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-07T17:39:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:45.875Z og:title: Johnny Depp Made a Surprise Cameo on 'The Walking Dead' og:description: It was a silent role og:url: https://time.com/4249612/johnny-depp-cameo-walking-dead/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Johnny Depp Made a Surprise Cameo on 'The Walking Dead' twitter:description: It was a silent role twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Johnny Depp Made a Surprise Cameo on _The Walking Dead_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 7, 2016 5:39 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 7, 2016 5:39 PM UTC > [](https://twitter.com/DaltonRoss/status/706668653316538369) He may not have had any lines, but Johnny Depp made his [_Walking Dead_](http://time.com/4213661/over-100-walking-dead-facts/)debut in Sunday night’s episode of the [AMC show](http://time.com/4227149/walking-dead-honest-trailer/). The _Black Mass_ star’s famous face appeared on one of three severed heads that were integral to a major plot line of “Not Tomorrow Yet,” according to [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/06/walking-dead-not-tomorrow-yet-greg-nicotero). **Read More:** [The Definitive Ranking of _The Walking Dead_‘s 20 Most Evil Villains](http://time.com/4194632/walking-dead-villains-ranking/) Although [Rick and crew](http://time.com/4237163/norman-reedus-andrew-lincoln-walking-dead-prank-war/) ultimately decided that Depp’s features didn’t fit the bill to pass as a decapitated decoy of Hilltop leader Gregory, the brief cameo was still a fun Easter egg for fans. “One of the other heads, I don’t know if I’m going to get in trouble if I say this, was Johnny Depp,” explained Greg Nicotero, the episode’s director. “I think we had sculpted an emaciated version of a dummy head for something and we used Johnny Depp’s head as a basis just for a clay sculpt. I can’t remember who the third one is, but I’m in good company. Norman \[Reedus\] kept saying he wanted the heads when we were done shooting. I said we’ve got to wait until the picture is logged.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4249612/johnny-depp-cameo-walking-dead/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4249612/johnny-depp-cameo-walking-dead/"},"headline":"Johnny Depp Made a Surprise Cameo on The Walking Dead","datePublished":"2016-03-07T17:39:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:45.875Z","description":"It was a silent role","url":"https://time.com/4249612/johnny-depp-cameo-walking-dead/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","The Walking Dead","TV","Johnny Depp","Rick Grimes"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4249612/johnny-depp-cameo-walking-dead/","name":"Johnny Depp Made a Surprise Cameo on The Walking Dead"}}]}] ```