Andrew Walker (actor)
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Andrew W. Walker is a Canadian
actor and producer
. His film debut was in the film The Score (2001), which triggered the American TV series Maybe It's Me
, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
and Hot Properties
. He also starred along side Academy Award-nominated actor David Strathairn
in Steel Toes
(2006) which won him an ACTRA
best actor award in (2008). He had subsequently worked on films such as The Mountie, The Gundown and is currently a series lead on the new lifetime cop drama Against the Wall
.
, where he Andrew played football and where he was given a full scholarship to play at Boston College
. After his commitment to BC, he returned home to spring camp at Vanier and tore his anterior cruciate ligament
during a routine drill, thus ending Andrew's football career.
He is engaged to Cassandra Troy, a local Montrealer, .
in 1996-1997, a series lead on Back to Sherwood
and then Radio Active
1998-2000. A month after he arrived in Hollywood he booked a series lead on the TV show Maybe it's Me, then Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Following a holding deal at Warner Bros.
he worked on Wicked Minds, Adopted
, Lies and Deception and then found himself a recurring character spot on the short-lived ABC comedy Hot Properties
.
In 2006 he starred opposite Academy Award nominee, David Strathairn, playing a Neo-Nazi skinhead in the film Steel Toes. His performance won him a 2006 Phillip Borsos
award at the Whistler Film Festival
and the 2008 ACTRA
Best-Actor Award. Walker appeared in the movie Abducted, then garnered momentum guest starring on ER
, CSI Miami, CSI NY, Without A Trace and Big Bang Theory.
In 2010, he guest starred in the Fox
comedy series Sons of Tucson
, starred in the historic Canadian film The Mountie, spaghetti western The Gundown and was associate producer on the film Dug Up. In 2011, producing four documentaries and reality TV series in development, Walker is now a series lead on the new lifetime cop drama Against the Wall.
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2003
2002–2003
2001–2002
2001
1999–2000
1999
1997–1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
actor and producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
. His film debut was in the film The Score (2001), which triggered the American TV series Maybe It's Me
Maybe It's Me (TV series)
Maybe It's Me is an American television comedy series that aired on The WB Network. It first aired on October 5, 2001 and ended on May 3, 2002...
, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name.The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, a teenager with magical powers, who lives with her aunts Hilda and Zelda , and their magical talking cat Salem...
and Hot Properties
Hot Properties
Hot Properties is an ensemble ABC comedy featuring four women working together in a Manhattan real estate office. It was first aired on October 7, 2005. Often compared to Sex and the City and the CBS situation comedy Designing Women, this show features four single women professionals, each with...
. He also starred along side Academy Award-nominated actor David Strathairn
David Strathairn
David Russell Strathairn is an American actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for portraying journalist Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck...
in Steel Toes
Steel Toes
Steel Toes is a 2006 film directed by David Gow and Mark Adam, and starring Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn. It was filmed in Montréal, Canada, and was produced by Galafilm. The movie was based on writer/director David Gow's play Cherry Docs ....
(2006) which won him an ACTRA
ACTRA
The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists is a Canadian labour union representing performers in English-language media. It has 22,000 members working in film, television, radio, and all other recorded media....
best actor award in (2008). He had subsequently worked on films such as The Mountie, The Gundown and is currently a series lead on the new lifetime cop drama Against the Wall
Against The Wall
Against The Wall is a 1994 drama film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kyle MacLachlan. It was shot in Nashville, Clarksville, and the Tennessee State Penitentiary. The film is loosely based on the true story of a prison riot at the Attica Correctional Facility. The tagline is "39 Men Died. The Story...
.
Personal
Andrew was born in Montreal, Canada, the son of Joyce Walker, a librarian, and Bruce Walker, a school administrator. He is a graduate of Vanier CollegeVanier College
Vanier College is an English-language public college located in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1970 as the second English-language public college of Quebec's public college system...
, where he Andrew played football and where he was given a full scholarship to play at Boston College
Boston College
Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...
. After his commitment to BC, he returned home to spring camp at Vanier and tore his anterior cruciate ligament
Anterior cruciate ligament
The anterior cruciate ligament is a cruciate ligament which is one of the four major ligaments of the human knee. In the quadruped stifle , based on its anatomical position, it is referred to as the cranial cruciate ligament.The ACL originates from deep within the notch of the distal femur...
during a routine drill, thus ending Andrew's football career.
He is engaged to Cassandra Troy, a local Montrealer, .
Career
Andrew started his acting career in Montreal as a recurring lead on the series Student BodiesStudent Bodies
Student Bodies is a 1981 comedy film written and directed by Mickey Rose, with an uncredited Michael Ritchie co-directing. The film stars Kristen Ritter, Matthew Goldsby, and Cullen Chambers....
in 1996-1997, a series lead on Back to Sherwood
Back to Sherwood
Back to Sherwood is a Canadian television series that originally aired on CBC Television in 1998. Created by Ellis Iddon and Phil Meagher of Winklemania Productions . The theme music was also written and performed by Ellis Iddon and Phil Meagher...
and then Radio Active
Radio Active (TV Series)
Radio Active was a Canadian television program broadcast on YTV, based on the Quebec French series Radio Enfer, about group of students at Upper Redwood High managing their own school radio station, called Radio Active....
1998-2000. A month after he arrived in Hollywood he booked a series lead on the TV show Maybe it's Me, then Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Following a holding deal at Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
he worked on Wicked Minds, Adopted
Adopted (film)
Adopted is a 2009 American independent film starring comedian Pauly Shore. It is a mockumentary "in which [Pauly] plays himself going to Africa to adopt a child, à la Madonna and Angelina Jolie." The film marks Shore's third turn as a writer, director, and producer.-Plot:According to Dan Persons of...
, Lies and Deception and then found himself a recurring character spot on the short-lived ABC comedy Hot Properties
Hot Properties
Hot Properties is an ensemble ABC comedy featuring four women working together in a Manhattan real estate office. It was first aired on October 7, 2005. Often compared to Sex and the City and the CBS situation comedy Designing Women, this show features four single women professionals, each with...
.
In 2006 he starred opposite Academy Award nominee, David Strathairn, playing a Neo-Nazi skinhead in the film Steel Toes. His performance won him a 2006 Phillip Borsos
Phillip Borsos
Phillip Borsos was Canadian film director and film producer.Borsos showed an early interest in film-making while attending high school in Maple Ridge, B.C...
award at the Whistler Film Festival
Whistler Film Festival
The Whistler Film Festival is an annual film festival in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. It was established in 2001. The festival, which is held the first weekend in December, includes six juried competitive sections and one audience award...
and the 2008 ACTRA
ACTRA
The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists is a Canadian labour union representing performers in English-language media. It has 22,000 members working in film, television, radio, and all other recorded media....
Best-Actor Award. Walker appeared in the movie Abducted, then garnered momentum guest starring on ER
ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
, CSI Miami, CSI NY, Without A Trace and Big Bang Theory.
In 2010, he guest starred in the Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
comedy series Sons of Tucson
Sons of Tucson
Sons of Tucson is a comedy television series starring Tyler Labine, Frank Dolce, Matthew Levy and Benjamin Stockham. It premiered on Fox on March 11, 2010...
, starred in the historic Canadian film The Mountie, spaghetti western The Gundown and was associate producer on the film Dug Up. In 2011, producing four documentaries and reality TV series in development, Walker is now a series lead on the new lifetime cop drama Against the Wall.
Filmography
2010- Against the WallAgainst the Wall (TV series)Against the Wall is an American drama television series created by Annie Brunner. The series stars Rachael Carpani as Abby Kowalski, a police detective who recently joined the Internal Affairs division of the Chicago Police Department....
(post-production) - John Brody - The Mountie, aka "Red Coat Justice" (post-production) - Wade Grayling
- Sons of TucsonSons of TucsonSons of Tucson is a comedy television series starring Tyler Labine, Frank Dolce, Matthew Levy and Benjamin Stockham. It premiered on Fox on March 11, 2010...
– Danny - The Gundown – Cole Brandt
2009
- Web of Lies – Josh Lawson
- Without a TraceWithout a TraceWithout a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:...
– Blake Keyes / Jay Lester / John Burroughs
2008
- CSI: MiamiCSI: MiamiCSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
– Steve Howell - CSI: NYCSI: NYCSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...
– Greg Pullman - The Torturer – Rick
- The Big Bang TheoryThe Big Bang TheoryThe Big Bang Theory is an American sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom serve as executive producers on the show, along with Steven Molaro. All three also serve as head writers...
– Mike - Fast Track: No LimitsFast Track: No LimitsFast Track: No Limits is a 2008 independent film directed by Axel Sand. The film was written and produced by Lee Goldberg who is known for his work on Diagnosis: Murder and Monk, and was as a co-production between Action Concept and the German television network ProSiebenSat1...
– Mike Cassidy - ERER (TV series)ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
– Jack
2007
- Abducted: Fugitive for Love – Jack Carlson
2006
- The Beach Party at the Threshold of HellThe Beach Party at the Threshold of HellThe Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell is an independently made dark comedy directed by Jonny Gillette, written and co-directed by Kevin Wheatley and produced by Jamie Bullock and Ryan Turi. The film stars Kevin Wheatley and Jamie Bullock, amongst others....
– Franklin - CutsCutsCuts is an American sitcom that aired on the UPN network from February 14, 2005, to May 11, 2006, and is a spin-off of another UPN series, One on One...
– Jeremy - 10.5: Apocalypse10.5: Apocalypse10.5: Apocalypse is a 2006 television miniseries written and directed by John Lafia. A sequel to 2004's 10.5, the film follows a series of catastrophic seismic disasters .-Plot:...
– Sergeant. Corbel - Steel ToesSteel ToesSteel Toes is a 2006 film directed by David Gow and Mark Adam, and starring Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn. It was filmed in Montréal, Canada, and was produced by Galafilm. The movie was based on writer/director David Gow's play Cherry Docs ....
– Michael 'Mike' Downey - Separated at Worth – Nicholas
2005
- Hot PropertiesHot PropertiesHot Properties is an ensemble ABC comedy featuring four women working together in a Manhattan real estate office. It was first aired on October 7, 2005. Often compared to Sex and the City and the CBS situation comedy Designing Women, this show features four single women professionals, each with...
– Scott - RebaReba (TV series)Reba is an American sitcom starring Reba McEntire, which ran from 2001 to 2007. For the show's first five seasons, it ran on The WB, with the show transitioning to The CW in its last year.-Synopsis:...
– Frank - Lies and DeceptionLies and DeceptionLies and Deception is an album released by English rock music group The Stranglers in 2002, .-Disc 1:# "Waltzinblack"...
– Eddie Fate - EyesEyes (TV series)Eyes is an ABC television series starring Tim Daly as Harlan Judd. Eyes follows the firm of Judd Risk Management which uses marginally legal means to investigate individuals and crimes where law enforcement would fall short...
– The Foreman - AdoptedAdopted (film)Adopted is a 2009 American independent film starring comedian Pauly Shore. It is a mockumentary "in which [Pauly] plays himself going to Africa to adopt a child, à la Madonna and Angelina Jolie." The film marks Shore's third turn as a writer, director, and producer.-Plot:According to Dan Persons of...
– Tucker Leaf
2003
- Wicked Minds – Holden Price
2002–2003
- Sabrina, the Teenage WitchSabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name.The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, a teenager with magical powers, who lives with her aunts Hilda and Zelda , and their magical talking cat Salem...
– Cole Harper
2001–2002
- Maybe It's MeMaybe It's Me (TV series)Maybe It's Me is an American television comedy series that aired on The WB Network. It first aired on October 5, 2001 and ended on May 3, 2002...
– Rick Stage
2001
- The Secret Pact – Wills
- The ScoreThe ScoreThe Score may refer to:* The Score Magazine, a Chennai magazine* The Score Television Network, a Canadian sports channel* The Score , a 1996 album by Fugees* The Score – An Epic Journey, a 2005 album by the symphonic metal band Epica...
– Jeff (uncredited) - Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story – Jerry Kerschner
1999–2000
- Radio ActiveRadio Active (TV Series)Radio Active was a Canadian television program broadcast on YTV, based on the Quebec French series Radio Enfer, about group of students at Upper Redwood High managing their own school radio station, called Radio Active....
– Blaire Resnickie
1999
- Back to SherwoodBack to SherwoodBack to Sherwood is a Canadian television series that originally aired on CBC Television in 1998. Created by Ellis Iddon and Phil Meagher of Winklemania Productions . The theme music was also written and performed by Ellis Iddon and Phil Meagher...
– William de Gisborne - Are You Afraid of the Dark?Are You Afraid of the Dark?Are You Afraid of the Dark? may refer to:* Are You Afraid of the Dark?, a 1992 television series* Are You Afraid of the Dark? , a 2004 novel by Sidney Sheldon...
– Bucky
1997–1999
- Student BodiesStudent BodiesStudent Bodies is a 1981 comedy film written and directed by Mickey Rose, with an uncredited Michael Ritchie co-directing. The film stars Kristen Ritter, Matthew Goldsby, and Cullen Chambers....
– JJ
1998
- V.I.P.V.I.P. (TV series)V.I.P. is an American action/comedy-drama series starring Pamela Anderson. Created by J. F...
– Derskin - Halifax f.p: Afraid of the DarkHalifax f.p.Halifax f.p. is an Australian television drama series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to 2001. The series stars Rebecca Gibney as Doctor Jane Halifax, a forensic psychiatrist investigating cases involving the mental state of suspects or victims...
– Body #4
1997
- LaserhawkLaserhawkLaserhawk is a Canadian science fiction film directed by Jean Pellerin and released in 1997. In the film, two teenagers must team up with a comic book writer and a mental patient to save mankind from destruction at the hands of aliens.-Plot:...
– Bruce
1996
- NYPD BlueNYPD BlueNYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...
– Dr. Zisk - Are You Afraid of the Dark?Are You Afraid of the Dark?Are You Afraid of the Dark? may refer to:* Are You Afraid of the Dark?, a 1992 television series* Are You Afraid of the Dark? , a 2004 novel by Sidney Sheldon...
– Eric
1995
- Ready or Not – Doug / Jake
1994
- SirensSirens (TV series)Sirens is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC in 1993, and then in syndication from 1994 to 1995.-Synopsis:Sirens focused on the work and lives of three rookie female Pittsburgh Police officers...
– Bobby Corbin