Tripp West is an actor who portrayed a man living in Woodbury on The Walking Dead I submitted through an Atlanta area casting company. They were looking for "guards" for Woodbury. At the time, I was out of work (I'm a radio DJ) and was doing a lot of background work on different movies & TV shows. 7 I was not given a name. I never really thought about giving myself a backstory. I would have to think about that. No. I went back to work in radio back in August. No problem.