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Max Walker (born December 30, 1986) is a Canadian actor. He played Gary "Squib" Furlong on the Canadian television show, 15/Love .
When not acting Walker writes and directs his own films. He currently[ when? ] studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal, Quebec.
Walker graduated from Riverdale High School in Montreal in 2004.
He starred in the 2009 French film Taking the Plunge 2 as Nick Saxton, an American swimmer in the World Junior Championships held in Quebec.
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