Andrew Walker | |
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Born |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
June 9, 1979
Nationality | Canadian |
Other names | Andrew W. Walker |
Occupation | Actor, film producer |
Years active | 1994–present |
Spouse(s) | Cassandra Troy Walker |
Children | West Walker |
Andrew W. Walker (born June 9, 1979) 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 starred alongside Academy Award-nominated actor David Strathairn 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.
Andrew was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the son of 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, 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.
He is married to Cassandra Troy, a fellow Montrealer, and the two have a son together, West Walker, born July 15, 2015. Andrew and Cassandra, along with a friend, started Clover, a company that bottles fresh, cold-pressed juices, with locations in the Los Angeles area.
Andrew 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 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. 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.