Anna Daniels
After Mercy House, Belcher took on another role as a misunderstood man with a secret. This time he played Anthony Carter, a man wrongfully convicted of the murder of his former employer, on the Fox sci-fi drama The Passage. Carter is given the opportunity to get out of jail by participating in a shadowy government drug trial.
Of course, the opportunity is too good to be true. The drug the government is testing has the potential to make humans immune from disease, but also has the unfortunate side effect of turning its hosts into zombified, vampire-like creatures. Carter and other inmates are used in the human trials to see if it’s possible to get all the extended human longevity effects without turning the subjects into superhuman bloodthirsty monsters. Needless to say, the scientists don’t quite succeed.
The Passage was based on a popular series of novels by Justin Cronin, but sadly, the adaptation failed to connect with viewers and was canceled at Fox after just one season. However, given his diverse resume, the axing of The Passage is unlikely to slow the Ozark actor’s career. Things are bound to only get better and brighter for McKinley Belcher III.
Written by: Looper
