Andrew Walker (actor)
Andrew Walker | |
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_(cropped).jpg?lang=en) Walker in 2020 | |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
| Spouse | Cassandra Troy Walker (m. 2012)[2] |
| Children | 2 |
Andrew Walker is a Canadian actor and film producer. He made his film debut in Laserhawk (1997), followed by roles in American television series such as Maybe It's Me, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Hot Properties. He also co-starred in Steel Toes (2006), which earned him an ACTRA Award for Best Actor in 2008. He subsequently appeared in films such as The Mountie and The Gundown, and had a starring role on the Lifetime cop drama Against the Wall.
Personal life
[edit]Walker is the son of the late Joyce Walker, a librarian, and Bruce Walker, a school administrator. His sister is actress and model Jenimay Walker. He is a graduate of Vanier College,[3] 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.[4]
He is married to fellow Montrealer Cassandra Troy. Together they have two sons: West, born July 2015, and Wolf, born December 2019. In 2013, the couple, along with a friend, started Clover, a company that bottles fresh, cold-pressed juices, with locations in the Los Angeles area.[5][6] In 2018, the couple rebranded their juice company, naming it Little West after their love of the west coast and their son, West.[7]
Career
[edit]Walker 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 from 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.[8] Following a holding deal at Warner Bros., he worked on Wicked Minds, Adopted, Lies and Deception and then landed a recurring spot on the short-lived ABC sitcom Hot Properties.[citation needed]
In 2006, he played a Neo-Nazi skinhead in the film Steel Toes. His performance won him a 2006 Phillip Borsos award at the Whistler Film Festival[9] and the 2008 ACTRA Award for Best Actor.[10]
Walker appeared in the 2007 Lifetime film Abducted: Fugitive For Love. He went on to guest-star on ER, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Without a Trace, Reba, and The Big Bang Theory.
In 2010, he guest-starred in the Fox comedy series Sons of Tucson, the Spaghetti Western film The Gundown, and was associate producer for the film Dug Up. In 2011, Walker appeared in a Canadian western film, The Mountie (filmed in 2009), and produced four documentaries and reality TV series in development, also serving as a series regular on Lifetime's cop drama Against the Wall, which was cancelled in December 2011 after thirteen episodes.[11]
In 2012, he starred in his first Hallmark Channel movie A Bride for Christmas alongside Arielle Kebbel.[12] He starred in his next Hallmark movie, A Dream of Christmas with Nikki DeLoach in 2016.[13] More Hallmark TV movies followed: six more in 2017 (Love Struck Cafe, Dashing Through the Snow, Appetite for Love, Date With Love, Love on Ice, and Bridal Wave.), Love in Design in 2018, and two more in 2020. His first film during SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) was Christmas Tree Lane with Alicia Witt.[14] He also reunited for the third time with real-life friend Nikki DeLoach in Sweet Autumn. As of December 2020, Walker has starred in eighteen films for the Hallmark Channel.[citation needed]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1997 | Laserhawk | Bruce | |
| 2001 | The Score | Jeff | Uncredited |
| 2001 | The Secret Pact | Wills | |
| 2006 | The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell | Franklin | |
| 2007 | Steel Toes | Michael "Mike" Downey | |
| 2008 | Fast Track: No Limits | Mike Bender Cassidy | |
| 2008 | The Torturer | Rick | |
| 2011 | The Gundown | Cole Brandt | |
| 2011 | The Mountie | Wade Grayling | |
| 2012 | Dark Canyon | Jesse Helms | |
| 2013 | Penthouse North | Ryan | |
| 2014 | 2 Bedroom 1 Bath | Kevin | |
| 2015 | Loaded | Alex | |
| 2015 | Deadly Signal | Dennis | |
| 2018 | Oxalis | John Ives | |
| 2018 | God Bless the Broken Road | Cody Jackson |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1994 | Sirens | Bobby Corbin | Episode: "The Needle and the Damage Done" |
| 1995 | Ready or Not | Doug/Jake | Episode: "Crater Face" |
| 1996 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Eric | Episode: "The Tale of the Vacant Lot" |
| NYPD Blue | Dr. Zisk | Episode: "Auntie Maimed" | |
| My Hometown | Brad | 3 episodes | |
| 1997–1999 | Student Bodies | JJ | 10 episodes |
| 1998 | Halifax f.p. | Body #4 | Episode: "Afraid of the Dark" |
| V.I.P. | Derskin | Episode: "Val Got Game" | |
| 1999 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Bucky | Episode: "The Tale of the Secret Admirer" |
| Back to Sherwood | William de Gisborne | Episode: "Scribblers" | |
| 1999–2001 | Radio Active | Blaire Resnickie | Main role (seasons 2–3) |
| 2001 | Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story | Jerry Kerschner | Television film |
| 2001–2002 | Maybe It's Me | Rick Stage | Main role |
| 2002–2003 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Cole Harper | 10 episodes |
| 2003 | Wicked Minds | Holden Price | Television film |
| 2005 | Lies and Deception | Eddie Fate | Television film |
| Reba | Frank | Episode: "Best Lil' Haunted House in Texas" | |
| Hot Properties | Scott | 2 episodes | |
| 2006 | Cuts | Jeremy | 5 episodes |
| 10.5: Apocalypse | Sgt. Corbel | Miniseries | |
| 2007 | Abducted: Fugitive for Love | Jack Carlson | Television film |
| 2008 | ER | Jack | Episode: "Status Quo" |
| The Big Bang Theory | Mike | Episode: "The Nerdvana Annihilation" | |
| CSI: NY | Greg Pullman | Episode: "Sex, Lies and Silicone" | |
| CSI: Miami | Steve Howell | Episode: "Cheating Death" | |
| 2009 | Without a Trace | Jay Lester/Blake Keyes/Stephen Garcia/John Burroughs | Episode: "Chameleon" |
| Web of Lies | Josh Lawson/Jarod | Television film | |
| 2010 | Sons of Tucson | Danny | Episode: "Gina" |
| 2011 | Carnal Innocence | Agent Matthew Burns | Television film |
| Against the Wall | John Brody | Main role | |
| 2012 | Flashpoint | Cole | Episode: "A World of Their Own" |
| A Bride for Christmas | Aiden MacTiernan | Television film (Hallmark Channel) | |
| Finding Mrs. Claus | Myles | Television film | |
| 2014 | When Calls the Heart | Billy Hamilton | 2 episodes |
| Wedding Planner Mystery | Aaron Gold | Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) | |
| 2015 | Bridal Wave | Luke Griggs | Television film (Hallmark Channel) |
| Stalker | Coach Baker | Episode: "Lost and Found" | |
| Kept Woman | Evan Crowder | Television film | |
| Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through the Snow | Dash Sutherland | Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) | |
| 2016 | Appetite for Love | Clay Hart | Television film[15] (Hallmark Channel) |
| Date with Love | Vincent Walsh | Television film (Hallmark Channel) | |
| A Dream of Christmas | Stuart Fischer | Television film (Hallmark Channel) | |
| 2017 | Love on Ice | Spencer Patterson | Television film (Hallmark Channel) |
| The Perfect Catch | Chase Taynor | Television film (Hallmark Channel) | |
| Love Struck Café | Joe Wainwright | Television film (Hallmark Channel) | |
| Snowed-Inn Christmas | Kevin Jenner | Television film (Lifetime) | |
| 2018 | My Secret Valentine | Seth Anderson | Television film (Hallmark Channel) |
| Wedding March 4: Something Old, Something New | Rob Atwell | Television film (Hallmark Channel) | |
| Love in Design | Jeff Winslow | Television film (Hallmark Channel) | |
| A Christmas in Tennessee | Matthew Gilbert | Television film (Lifetime) | |
| 2019 | Bottled with Love | Nick Everson | Television film (Hallmark Channel) |
| Merry & Bright | Gabe Carter | Television film (Hallmark Channel) | |
| Christmas on My Mind | Zach Callahan | Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) | |
| 2020 | Sweet Autumn | Dex | Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) |
| Christmas Tree Lane | Nate | Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) | |
| 2021 | The 27-Hour Day | Jack West | Television film (Hallmark Channel) |
| My Christmas Family Tree | Kristopher | Television film (Hallmark Channel) | |
| An Unexpected Christmas | Tall guy (cameo) | Television film (Hallmark Channel) | |
| 2022 | Curious Caterer: Dying for Chocolate | Detective Tom Schultz | Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) |
| A Maple Valley Christmas | Aaron Davenport | Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) | |
| Three Wise Men and a Baby | Luke Brenner | Television film (Hallmark Channel) | |
| 2023 | Curious Caterer: Grilling Season | Detective Tom Schultz | Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)' |
| A Safari Romance | Tim | Television film (Hallmark Channel) | |
| Curious Caterer: Fatal Vows | Detective Tom Schultz | Television film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) | |
| Christmas Island | Oliver MacLeod | Television film (Hallmark Channel) | |
| 2024 | Curious Caterer: Foiled Again | Detective Tom Schultz | Television film (Hallmark Mystery) |
| For Love and Honey | Austen | Television film (Hallmark Channel) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Who is Hallmark Star Andrew Walker? Inside His Family Life & How He's Related to Tyler Hynes". 10 November 2023.
- ^ "Hallmark's Andrew Walker, Wife Cassandra Troy's Relationship Timeline". 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Andrew Walker: Former Vanier Football Star Turns Hollywood Hunk". Vanier College. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ^ "EXTRACT FROM GAZETTE ARTICLE ON ANDREW WALKER, APRIL 2002". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ^ "Clover". cloverjuice.com. Archived from the original on December 28, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- ^ "Cassandra Troy Walker of Clover Juice". west3rdstreet.com. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- ^ "Clover Juice Rebrands as 'Little West'". www.bevnet.com (Press release). Retrieved December 28, 2019.
- ^ "Andrew Walker - Filmbug". filmbug.com. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ^ "Whistler Film Festival Winners". whistlerfilmfestival.com.
- ^ "ACTRA Awards in Montreal". ACTRA Montreal. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ^ "Lifetime cancels 'Against the Wall'". Hollywood Reporter. 9 December 2011.
- ^ "A Bride for Christmas". hallmarkchannel.com. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- ^ "A Dream of Christmas". hallmarkchannel.com. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- ^ "Interview With Actor Andrew Walker, "Sweet Autumn" & "Christmas Tree Lane"". Media from the Heart. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
- ^ "INTERVIEW: Andrew Walker Previews 'Appetite For Love' on Hallmark".
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