Eamonn Walker

British actor Eamonn Walker has portrayed Americans, Africans and Caribbean characters in motion pictures, television, and on stage thanks to his proficiency in many dialects. His recent roles include career soldier Zee in the Bruce Willis film Tears of the Sun, directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day); Tony the Tiger in Laurence Fishburne's Once In The Life; Dr. Mathison in M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable; and Baptiste in the recently completed Nicholas Cage feature Lord Of War.

Television viewers are perhaps most familiar with Walker from his portrayal of Kareen Said in the critically acclaimed HBO series Oz, for which he won a CableACE Award as Best Actor in a Dramatic Series. He starred as John Othello in the London Weekly Television production of Andrew Davies' modern day Othello and co-starred in the Showtime movie Whitewash: The Clarence Brantley Story. Walker's other television credits include Homicide: Life Everlasting, Linda La Plante's highly regarded mini-series Supply and Demand, The Governor, The Governor II, Goodnight Sweetheart, Love Hurts, Bergerac, The South Bank Show, Blind Justice, In Sickness and In Health and The Bill.

In London, Walker founded the Flipside Theatre group and co-starred in their production of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. He also appeared on stage in Punchbag, Pecong, The Housekeeper, Anthony, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Ridley Walker and Arriverderci Mill Wall, and he is currently in rehearsals for his Broadway debut as Marc Antony in Julius Caesar, starring Denzel Washington.

Walker maintains residence both in London and New York.

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Eamonn Walker Facts

Occupation	Actor
Birthday	January 1, 1970 (39)
Sign	Capricorn
Birthplace	London, England, United Kingdom
Height	6' 2" (1m88)

Selected Filmography

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