Man Recognized for Taking part in Lifeless on TikTok Lands Function Taking part in Lifeless on ‘CSI: Vegas’

Josh Nalley’s dedication to taking part in lifeless has breathed life into a brand new profession — as a TV actor.

After curating a macabre TikTok account stuffed with quite a few movies of himself trying “un-alive,” the 42-year-old Kentucky restaurant supervisor will seem as a lifeless man on an upcoming episode of CSI: Vegas.

“I wish to thank CSI: Vegas for casting me,” Nalley says in an appreciatory TikTok video. “It is actually a tremendous expertise.”

Nalley has constructed up an enviable following on his TikTok account @living_dead_josh, the place he recurrently posts movies of himself trying lifeless. Within the vids, the bearded, casually dressed Nailey lies immobile — typically in wooded areas but additionally in swimming swimming pools, beds and bars. The account at present has greater than 118,000 followers, and Nalley’s movies have gotten greater than 4 million likes all informed.

“For the previous 12 months ya’ll have been commenting and liking and sharing and following me,” Nalley says within the TikTok. “With out ya’ll, I could not have carried out it.” He caps off the video by spraying a bottle of champagne.

Nalley informed the Louisville Courier Journal he determined to go full possum after seeing a TikToker submit about sizzling sauce, attracting the eye of a number of hot-sauce firms. 

“I assumed if I used to be inventive sufficient taking part in an un-alive particular person, I might get the eye of a tv present or a film manufacturing firm,” he informed the newspaper, “and the way about that, it labored.” 

CBS favored what they noticed in Nalley’s movies and supplied him the half. He traveled to California, and CBS producers took him to the Hollywood Stroll of Fame, in accordance with the Courier Journal. A TikTok video reveals him posing on his aspect by CSI actress Marg Helgenberger’s star. 

@living_dead_josh Tune in to the Season 2 premiere September twenty ninth @csicbs #csivegas#cbs#dreamcometrue#targets#fyp#foryoupage♬ Who Are You – The Who

It took Nalley 321 days of preliminary un-alive movies to get his huge break. Now that he is achieved that feat, he nonetheless finds causes to faucet into his inside cadaver. 

“Un-aliving till the following episode of CSI: Vegas,” he wrote in a current Tok. 

Crime drama CSI: Vegas, a sequel to long-running collection CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, premiered in 2021 and stars Paula Newsome, Matt Lauria and Mandeep Dhillon. The CSI: Vegas episode that includes Nalley premieres on Nov. 3 on CBS and is directed by Mario Van Peebles.

Nalley lately shared a video commemorating a 12 months of posting his death-themed movies, and even sells merchandise on-line together with a T-shirt that reads “Solid Josh.” He is informed his followers he will hold posting to the account. So seems like followers can depend on his eerie vids all through spooky season and past.