Beginning in 2010, Lincoln gained international fame for his portrayal of Rick Grimes, the lead character on the hit AMC post-apocalyptic horror television series "The Walking Dead". For his portrayal of Rick Grimes, Lincoln won the Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television in 2015 and 2017. He departed the cast of "The Walking Dead" in 2018, but is set to reprise his role as Rick in a trilogy of "The Walking Dead" films that will be distributed by Universal Pictures.