Andrew Walker (actor)

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Andrew Walker
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Born
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film producer
Years active1994–present
SpouseCassandra Troy Walker (m. 2012) [2]
Children2

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 .

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Personal life

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

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

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Laserhawk Bruce
2001 The Score JeffUncredited
2001The Secret PactWills
2006 The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell Franklin
2007 Steel Toes Michael "Mike" Downey
2008 Fast Track: No Limits Mike Bender Cassidy
2008The TorturerRick
2011The GundownCole Brandt
2011 The Mountie Wade Grayling
2012Dark CanyonJesse Helms
2013 Penthouse North Ryan
20142 Bedroom 1 BathKevin
2015LoadedAlex
2015Deadly SignalDennis
2018OxalisJohn Ives
2018 God Bless the Broken Road Cody Jackson

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Sirens Bobby CorbinEpisode: "The Needle and the Damage Done"
1995 Ready or Not Doug/JakeEpisode: "Crater Face"
1996 Are You Afraid of the Dark? EricEpisode: "The Tale of the Vacant Lot"
NYPD Blue Dr. ZiskEpisode: "Auntie Maimed"
My HometownBrad3 episodes
1997–1999 Student Bodies JJ10 episodes
1998 Halifax f.p. Body #4Episode: "Afraid of the Dark"
V.I.P. DerskinEpisode: "Val Got Game"
1999Are You Afraid of the Dark?BuckyEpisode: "The Tale of the Secret Admirer"
Back to Sherwood William de GisborneEpisode: "Scribblers"
1999–2001 Radio Active Blaire ResnickieMain role (seasons 2–3)
2001Heart: The Marilyn Bell StoryJerry KerschnerTelevision film
2001–2002 Maybe It's Me Rick StageMain role
2002–2003 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Cole Harper10 episodes
2003Wicked MindsHolden PriceTelevision film
2005Lies and DeceptionEddie FateTelevision film
Reba FrankEpisode: "Best Lil' Haunted House in Texas"
Hot Properties Scott2 episodes
2006 Cuts Jeremy5 episodes
10.5: Apocalypse Sgt. CorbelMiniseries
2007Abducted: Fugitive for LoveJack CarlsonTelevision film
2008 ER JackEpisode: "Status Quo"
The Big Bang Theory MikeEpisode: "The Nerdvana Annihilation"
CSI: NY Greg PullmanEpisode: "Sex, Lies and Silicone"
CSI: Miami Steve HowellEpisode: "Cheating Death"
2009 Without a Trace Jay Lester/Blake Keyes/Stephen Garcia/John BurroughsEpisode: "Chameleon"
Web of LiesJosh Lawson/JarodTelevision film
2010 Sons of Tucson DannyEpisode: "Gina"
2011Carnal InnocenceAgent Matthew BurnsTelevision film
Against the Wall John BrodyMain role
2012 Flashpoint ColeEpisode: "A World of Their Own"
A Bride for ChristmasAiden MacTiernanTelevision film (Hallmark Channel)
Finding Mrs. ClausMylesTelevision film
2014 When Calls the Heart Billy Hamilton2 episodes
Wedding Planner MysteryAaron GoldTelevision film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
2015Bridal WaveLuke GriggsTelevision film (Hallmark Channel)
Stalker Coach BakerEpisode: "Lost and Found"
Kept WomanEvan CrowderTelevision film
Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through the SnowDash SutherlandTelevision film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
2016Appetite for LoveClay HartTelevision film [15] (Hallmark Channel)
Date with LoveVincent WalshTelevision film (Hallmark Channel)
A Dream of ChristmasStuart FischerTelevision film (Hallmark Channel)
2017Love on IceSpencer PattersonTelevision film (Hallmark Channel)
The Perfect CatchChase TaynorTelevision film (Hallmark Channel)
Love Struck CaféJoe WainwrightTelevision film (Hallmark Channel)
Snowed-Inn Christmas Kevin JennerTelevision film (Lifetime)
2018My Secret ValentineSeth AndersonTelevision film (Hallmark Channel)
Wedding March 4: Something Old, Something NewRob AtwellTelevision film (Hallmark Channel)
Love in DesignJeff WinslowTelevision film (Hallmark Channel)
A Christmas in TennesseeMatthew GilbertTelevision film (Lifetime)
2019Bottled with LoveNick EversonTelevision film (Hallmark Channel)
Merry & BrightGabe CarterTelevision film (Hallmark Channel)
Christmas on My MindZach CallahanTelevision film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
2020Sweet AutumnDexTelevision film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
Christmas Tree LaneNateTelevision film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
2021The 27-Hour DayJack WestTelevision film (Hallmark Channel)
My Christmas Family TreeKristopherTelevision film (Hallmark Channel)
An Unexpected ChristmasTall guy (cameo)Television film (Hallmark Channel)
2022Curious Caterer: Dying for ChocolateDetective Tom SchultzTelevision film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
A Maple Valley ChristmasAaron DavenportTelevision film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
Three Wise Men and a Baby Luke BrennerTelevision film (Hallmark Channel)
2023Curious Caterer: Grilling SeasonDetective Tom SchultzTelevision film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)'
A Safari RomanceTimTelevision film (Hallmark Channel)
Curious Caterer: Fatal VowsDetective Tom SchultzTelevision film (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries)
Christmas IslandOliver MacLeodTelevision film (Hallmark Channel)
2024Curious Caterer: Foiled AgainDetective Tom SchultzTelevision film
2024For Love and HoneyAustenTelevision film

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