Shane Walsh

  • Full Name: Shane Griffin Walsh
  • Birthdate: 1975-05-05
  • Birthplace: Jackson, Georgia **
  • Nicknames: None
  • Callsign: Zero
  • Height: 5’10”
  • Weight: 180 lbs
  • Hair: Black
  • Eyes: Brown
  • Ethnicity: White/Tejana
  • Sexuality: Heterosexual
  • Tattoos: holly branch Marta 1955-1988 (left shoulder), cardinal in flight (right shoulder), St. Michael the Archangel (back)
  • Early Life:
    • Parents:
      • Robert Jeremiah Walsh (b. 1950)
      • Marta Inés Walsh (nee Castillo) (b. 1955-12-20 d. 1988-07-12)
    • Grandmother:
      • Jean Margaret Walsh (nee Dorsey) (b. 1924-11-12 d. 1994-06-23)
  • Languages: English, Spanish
  • Religion: Raised Catholic; lapsed
  • Education:
    • Jackson High School (Class of 1993)
    • Georgia Southern University (Class of 1997)
      • Degree: B.A. in Communications
      • Minor: Psychology
      • Football Scholarship: Strong Safety, #22
  • Career:
    • King County Sheriff’s Department (1997–2010)
      • Deputy Sheriff, Patrol Unit
  • Notes:
    • Father left when he was 18 months old; whereabouts unknown
    • Mother died of breast cancer recurrence when he was 13
  • Casting: Jon Bernthal

Personality Trivia

  • Archetype: ESTP (The Entrepreneur)
  • Core Energy: The Guard Dog
  • D&D Alignment: True Neutral
  • Defining Virtue & Vice: Primal Loyalty & Hot-Headed Confrontation
  • Enneagram Type: 8w7 (The Maverick)
  • Hogwarts House: Gryffindor
  • Spirit Animal: Wolf
  • Theme Song: “The Pretender” by Foo Fighters

** While Jackson, GA is the county seat of Butts County in real world Georgia, for the sake of this series, Butts County is the stand-in for fictional King County.