I am not sure i dont think they would be real if you think about it the guy is an actor after all and it would impead what tipe of shows he could do with tattoos on his neck. I was watching the re-run of episode 4 last night and it looks like ethier egyption hyrogliphs (sorry for the spelling) or azazeal spelt in some form of old eglish. You never know they may go into it more in episode 5 if not then hopefully on the dvd.