True Blood Season 3: Who Is Tommy Mickens?

Welcome to the eleventh in a series of features about the new characters coming to True Blood in season 3. We’ll be taking a look at these new characters using both information from casting calls and from the novels on which the show is based. Beware, spoilers ahead!

Who Is Tommy Mickens?

Marshall Allman plays Tommy Mickens / HBO

This season True Blood introduces a new family for one of our favorites, Sam Merlotte. In season 2 we saw Sam attempting to leave Bon Temps to find his birth parents; now we know that in season 3, he’ll not only find his mother but a half-brother, Tommy Mickens.

The  novels give Sam a mother, stepfather, and a brother and sister, but only Sam and his mother are shifters. After the weres reveal their existence, Sam’s family doesn’t take the news well. His stepfather freaks out when his mother changes in front of him, leading to some jailtime and a divorce. Meanwhile, Sam’s brother and sister struggle to come to terms with the new knowledge.

True Blood gives Sam a mother, stepfather and half-brother. In a change from the book mythology, Tommy, Sam’s long-lost half-brother, appears to be a shifter as well. Initially described as having a scar on his face from ear to cheek, it looks like instead he has a scar from his hairline to his cheek (click the photo above to see it larger). The casting call also indicated that Tommy works at The Tire Depot in Arkansas, and that his family has a bad reputation. How will he react to his big brother’s presence?

Marshall Allman has been cast as Tommy Mickens on True Blood.

Tommy Mickens In Brief

Sex: Male
Species: Shifter?
Age: Early 20s
Status: Single
Relatives: Mom Melinda, Dad Joe Lee, half-brother Sam
Occupation: Sells tires at The Tire Depot
Location: Arkansas