Lew Temple (born October 2, 1967) is an American actor known for his roles as Locus Fender in the action film Domino; Cal, the diner manager in the comedy-drama Waitress; and Axel in the third season of The Walking Dead.

Temple appeared in an episode of CSI: Miami as Billy Chadwick, a local loner in a grizzly bear murder case.

His most notable television role was on The Walking Dead as Axel, a prisoner survivor of the zombie apocalypse.

[10][11] In 2015, Temple received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Annual Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival.

Anderson Hospital in Houston, where he was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia and a forty percent chance of survival.