Credit: Rodney Ho
Credit: Rodney Ho
By RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com, originally filed Monday May 4, 2015
Seth Gilliam, who plays the tortured soul Father Gabriel Stokes on AMC's "The Walking Dead," was arrested Sunday for DUI, pot possession, reckless driving and speeding.
According to the Peachtree City police report, Gilliam was pulled over at Highway 74 and Senoia Highway, going 107 miles per hour in a 55 zone at about 2:12 a.m. Sunday. (UPDATE Tuesday, May 5: Sorry. I originally misread the police report and wrote 2:12 p.m.)
The officer wrote:
said that he normally drove a Jeep and that the car was a rental and was
different. Gilliam mentioned that he had three beers and a shot of alcohol. He
was escorted to my vehicle where he was placed in the rear seat and buckled into
the safety belt.
Gilliam was placed under arrest for reckless driving and speeding.
The police then found a marijuana cigarette in his Chevrolet Cruze and drug possession was added to the charges. He was sent to the Fayette County Jail, where he was booked. While there, he was also charged with a DUI after failing sobriety tests.
My colleague Alexis Stevens confirmed he is now out of jail and posted bond.
Here's the dash-cam video:
Credit: Rodney Ho
Credit: Rodney Ho
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Gilliam, 46, joined the cast of "The Walking Dead" season five, which just concluded a few weeks ago. He plays a priest who boarded himself into his church when the zombie apocalypse broke out and let his constituents die outside. When Rick Grimes' crew found Gabriel, he was racked with guilt and missing the skills to survive on the outside against the walkers. Despite that, Rick let him join the group up to Alexandria. His character has had trouble bonding with the others.
When Gabriel met the leader of Alexandria Deanna in the third-to-last episode of the season, he warned her that Rick's group was evil and could not be trusted.
As a result, fans have not found his character particularly likable.
Gilliam's other credits include sci-fi film "Starship Troopers" (1997), HBO's "Oz" (1991-2001), HBO's "The Wire" (2002-2008) and the recent film "Still Alice" (2014).
Production for season six of "The Walking Dead" has just begun in Senoia, where the fictional Alexandria walled neighborhood is set.
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