The Walking Dead: Savior Actor Reacts to the New Negan in Season 10 Former Walking Dead actor Joshua Mikel reacts to Negan's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) ongoing transformation from villain to fan-favorite anti-hero. Mikel played Jared, one of the more sadistic Saviors under Negan's command, in Seasons 7 and 8 of The Walking Dead. After a vengeful Morgan Jones (Lennie James) feeds Jared to walkers at the height of All Out War, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) takes Negan prisoner to end the survivors' war against the Saviors. Years of solitary confinement and one commuted sentence later, Negan is a free man after joining forces with Carol (Melissa McBride) and the Alexandrians to kill Alpha (Samantha Morton) and end the Whisperer War.