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Robert Kirkman

Robert Kirkman

Producer and writer, also actor · Born November 30, 1978 (47) · Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Writers Guild Award nominee

Robert Kirkman (born November 30, 1978) is an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for co-creating The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, Invincible, Tech Jacket, Outcast, Oblivion Song, and Fire Power for Image Comics, in addition to writing Ultimate X-Men, Irredeemable Ant-Man and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series Haunt. He is one of the five partners of Image Comics currently serving as COO, and the only one of the five who was not one of its co-founders. In 2010, Kirkman co-founded the entertainment company Skybound Entertainment in order to develop properties in traditional and new media, including comics, television, and film. The company also manages the license for The Walking Dead and Invincible. In 2018, Skybound expanded to create Skybound Games to develop video games based on its intellectual property. Kirkman is also known for creating and producing the television series' Outcast and Invincible, both adaptations of his own comic book series. He has also written a number of episodes for The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead. He is executive producer of the AMC series Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics, and the Korean pre-apocalyptic drama, Five Year. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Kirkman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 30, 1978 (47)
From
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Works as
Producer and writer, also actor
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 52% in 30 days

What are Robert Kirkman's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
31%
Survival
27%
Self
18%
Morality
13%
Power
5%
Society
5%
Survival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Dread
5
Melancholic
5
Warm
2
Contemplative
2
Other
8

How their films linger

Fun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous4
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Robert Kirkman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on AMC+ (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Robert Kirkman's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

27 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 16 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Dime tu nombre(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows

  • Spike and Mike's Animation Extravaganza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • HEART ATTACK (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

  • The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · Graphic Novel

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Walking Dead: The Return(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Classified(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon(2023)

    Show 19 episodes · Executive Producer · Graphic Novel

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • The Walking Dead: Dead City(2023)

    Show 22 episodes · Executive Producer · Graphic Novel

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Psi Cops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 24 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Renfield(2023)

    Producer · Screenstory

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Tales of the Walking Dead(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · Graphic Novel

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • What If...?(2021)

    Show 1 episode · Thanks

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Invincible(2021)

    Show 32 episodes · Comic Book · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • The Walking Dead: Origins(2021)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • The Walking Dead: World Beyond(2020)

    Show 20 episodes · Executive Producer · Graphic Novel

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows

  • Dead by Dawn(2019)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Secret History of Comics(2017)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · as Self - Host

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Writer · as Robert Kirkman (voice)

  • Outcast(2016)

    Show 20 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Fear the Walking Dead(2015)

    Show 113 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Graphic Novel · Teleplay · Writer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Air(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Ant-Man(2015)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Walking Dead(2010)

    Show 177 episodes · Executive Producer · Graphic Novel · Writer · as Walker (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • An American Werewolf in London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • Fatal Fury: The Vow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

  • Stillwater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show Executive Producer

  • The Mole People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 24 titles, 20 of them dated from 2010 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Renfield (2023)

$26M worldwide

Highest rated

The Walking Dead: The Return (2024)

Midcredits 88th

Most popular right now

The Walking Dead: Dead City (2023)

Film career

  • 2017Screen debut· The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 24: 0 only acting, 2 with another roleWriting11 of 24: 0 only writing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score64thProducing21 of 24: 11 only producing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score54thOther crew4 of 24: 2 only other crew, 2 with another role

24 titles, 11 with more than one role — producing and writing overlap on 10 of them.

By decade

2010s7 · 2 acting · 7 crew2020s13 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

Nominated for a Writers Guild Award in 2011, New Series.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Robert Kirkman's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 19 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · producer

Classified (2023)

90th percentile spread · 29% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer, producer

Invincible (2021)

Midcredits 99th · 95% liked

Reviewers score the plot and story 41/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 52, detractors 23. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Robert Kirkman's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 94 · severeMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 17 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 67 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 35 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 87 · severeMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Robert Kirkman work with?

People who share at least 2 of Robert Kirkman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Alpert shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers

Producers