Andrew Walker (actor) : biography
Andrew W. Walker (born June 9, 1979 in Montreal, Quebec) 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 alongside Academy Award-nominated actor David Strathairn in Steel Toes (2006) which won him an ACTRA best actor award in (2008). He subsequently worked on films such as The Mountie, The Gundown and had a role on the Lifetime cop drama Against the Wall.
Career
Andrew started his acting career in Montreal as a recurring lead on the series Student Bodies 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.http://www.filmbug.com/db/343095 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 The 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 was a series lead on Lifetime’s cop drama Against the Wall which has been cancelled.
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 College,http://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/notablealumni/awalker/ where he played football and 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 his football career.
He is married to Cassandra Troy, a local Montrealer.
Filmography
Year | TV Series/Film | Role |
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2012 | Finding Mrs. Claus | Myles |
A Bride for Christmas | Aiden MacTiernan | |
2011 | Against the Wall | John Brody |
2010 | The Mountie, aka Red Coat Justice (post-production) | Wade Grayling |
Sons of Tucson | Danny | |
The Gundown | Cole Brandt | |
2009 | Web of Lies | Josh Lawson |
Without a Trace | Blake Keyes / Jay Lester / John Burroughs | |
2008 | CSI: Miami | Steve Howell |
CSI: NY | Greg Pullman | |
The Torturer | Rick | |
The Big Bang Theory | Mike | |
Fast Track: No Limits | Mike Cassidy | |
ER | Jack | |
2007 | Abducted: Fugitive for Love | Jack Carlson |
2006 | The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell | Franklin |
Cuts | Jeremy | |
10.5: Apocalypse | Sergeant. Corbel | |
Steel Toes | Michael ‘Mike’ Downey | |
Separated at Worth | Nicholas | |
2005 | Hot Properties | Scott |
Reba | Frank | |
Lies and Deception | Eddie Fate | |
Eyes | The Foreman | |
Adopted | Tucker Leaf | |
2003 | Wicked Minds | Holden Price |
2002–2003 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Cole Harper |
2001–2002 | Maybe It’s Me | Rick Stage |
2001 | The Secret Pact | Wills |
The Score | Jeff (uncredited) | |
Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story | Jerry Kerschner | |
1999–2000 | Radio Active | Blaire Resnickie |
1999 | Back to Sherwood | William de Gisborne |
Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Bucky | |
1997–1999 | Student Bodies | JJ |
1998 | V.I.P. | Derskin |
Halifax f.p: Afraid of the Dark | Body #4 | |
1997 | Laserhawk | Bruce |
1996 | NYPD Blue | Dr. Zisk |
Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Eric | |
1995 | Ready or Not | Doug / Jake |
1994 | Sirens | Bobby Corbin |