Walton Goggins, the ghoulish antihero of Prime Video's Fallout series, has become an unexpected sex symbol with the show's success.

Undoubtedly, the reason is the character of Ghoul. Goggins combines a hardened survivalist's anarchic mind with a Hollywood cowboy's rustic stoicism.

He feels like Ronald Reagan channeling John Wayne, like a man at the end of his days who sticks around for one more horseback ride.

The resignation in his attitude drives his character, not to mention the characters around him who react to his infamy and monstrous appearance. He's the new face of anarchy and arguably the first mainstream character to embody the spirit of anarchy with such a genteel facade.

You must be in love with Cooper Howard, aka The Ghoul, because you've seen Walton Goggin's face many times.

He's been in countless movies since the 1990s, usually playing morally confused or at least ambiguous characters. He has...