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
''Maybe It's Me'' is Treble Charger's third album, released in 1997. The album featured three hit singles: "Friend of Mine", "How She Died" and a re-recorded version of "Red" (from '' NC17'').
The album was a major breakthrough for Treble Charg ...
'', ''
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' is a comic book series published by Archie Comics about the adventures of a fictional American teenager named Sabrina Spellman. Sabrina was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo, and first appeared ...
'', and ''
Hot Properties
''Hot Properties'' is an American sitcom featuring four women working together in a Manhattan real estate office and aired on ABC from October 7 to December 30, 2005.
Plot
Often compared to ''Sex and the City'' and the CBS situation comedy ''D ...
''. He also co-starred in '' Steel Toes'' (2006), which earned him an
ACTRA Award
The ACTRA Awards are Canadian accolades presented since 1972 to celebrate excellence in cinema, television and radio industries.Lifetime cop drama '' Against the Wall''.
Personal life
Walker was born in Montréal, Canada on June 9, 1979, 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
Vanier College () is an Quebec English, English-language public College (Quebec), college located in the Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Saint-Laurent borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1970 as the second English-language public coll ...
, where he played football and was given a full scholarship to play at
Boston College
Boston College (BC) is a private university, private Catholic Jesuits, Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus, a Catholic Religious order (Catholic), religious order, t ...
. After his commitment to BC, he returned home to spring camp at Vanier and tore his
anterior cruciate ligament
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of a pair of cruciate ligaments (the other being the posterior cruciate ligament) in the human knee. The two ligaments are called "cruciform" ligaments, as they are arranged in a crossed formation. In ...
during a routine drill, thus ending his football career.
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. In 2018, the couple rebranded their juice company, naming it Little West after their love of the west coast and their son, West.
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
''Maybe It's Me'' is Treble Charger's third album, released in 1997. The album featured three hit singles: "Friend of Mine", "How She Died" and a re-recorded version of "Red" (from '' NC17'').
The album was a major breakthrough for Treble Charg ...
'', then ''
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' is a comic book series published by Archie Comics about the adventures of a fictional American teenager named Sabrina Spellman. Sabrina was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo, and first appea ...
''. Following a holding deal at
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bro ...
, he worked on ''Wicked Minds'', ''
Adopted
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'', ''Lies and Deception'' and then landed a recurring spot on the short-lived ABC sitcom ''
Hot Properties
''Hot Properties'' is an American sitcom featuring four women working together in a Manhattan real estate office and aired on ABC from October 7 to December 30, 2005.
Plot
Often compared to ''Sex and the City'' and the CBS situation comedy ''D ...
''.
In 2006, he played a Neo-Nazi skinhead in the film '' Steel Toes''. His performance won him a 2006
Phillip Borsos
Phillip Borsos (May 5, 1953 – February 2, 1995) was an Australian-born Canadians, Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter.
award at the
Whistler Film Festival The Whistler Film Festival (WFF) is an annual film festival held in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 2001, the festival is held the first weekend of December and includes juried competitive sections, the Borsos Awards, and the Pand ...
and the 2008
ACTRA Award
The ACTRA Awards are Canadian accolades presented since 1972 to celebrate excellence in cinema, television and radio industries.Lifetime film ''Abducted: Fugitive For Love''. He went on to guest-star on '' ER'', '' CSI: Miami'', '' CSI: NY'', ''
Without a Trace
''Without a Trace'' is an American police procedural drama television series created by Hank Steinberg that aired on CBS from September 26, 2002, to May 19, 2009 with the total of seven seasons and 160 episodes. The series focuses the cases of ...
The Big Bang Theory
''The Big Bang Theory'' is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady for CBS. It aired from September 24, 2007, to May 16, 2019, running for 12 seasons and 279 episodes.
The show originally centered on five charact ...
''.
In 2010, he guest-starred in the
Fox
Foxes are small-to-medium-sized omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull; upright, triangular ears; a pointed, slightly upturned snout; and a long, bushy tail ("brush").
Twelve species ...
comedy series ''
Sons of Tucson
''Sons of Tucson'' is an American sitcom starring Tyler Labine, Frank Dolce, Matthew Levy and Benjamin Stockham. It premiered on Fox on March 14, 2010. The show was announced as a midseason show to air on Sunday nights at 8:30 pm ET/PT in b ...
'', the
Spaghetti Western
The spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's filmmaking style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...
film ''The Gundown'', and was associate producer for the film ''Dug Up''. In 2011, Walker appeared in a Canadian
western
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Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
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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.
In 2012, he starred in his first
Hallmark Channel
Hallmark Channel is an American cable television network owned by Hallmark Media, a subsidiary of Hallmark Cards. The channel broadcasts family-oriented general entertainment programming, including television series and made-for-TV movies.
...
movie ''A Bride for Christmas'' alongside Arielle Kebbel. He starred in his next Hallmark movie, ''A Dream of Christmas'' with Nikki DeLoach in 2016. 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. 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.