Connor Walsh (How to Get Away with Murder)

Connor Walsh
How to Get Away with Murder character
Jack Falahee in a promotional still of Walsh.
First appearance	"Pilot" (1.01) (September 25, 2014)
Created by	Peter Nowalk
Portrayed by	Jack Falahee
Information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Law Student
Family	Gemma Walsh (sister)
Significant other(s)	Oliver Hampton
Status	Alive

Connor Walsh is a fictional character created in 2014 by Peter Nowalk. He was developed for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) legal drama mystery television series How to Get Away with Murder. Portrayed by Jack Falahee, he is one of the series' main characters. Walsh is a Philadelphia-based law student, who works as an intern for the law firm of Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) as one of the "Keating Five".

Walsh is portrayed by actor Jack Falahee, who auditioned for the role on How to Get Away with Murder during the television pilot season (January to February) in 2014. Falahee had initially auditioned through video for the assistant to the casting director of Murder, before auditioning for another pilot series, Agatha. Although the latter series did not proceed, the casting director of Murder had reviewed his audition tape. By February, Falahee joined the series' creator and executive producer, Peter Nowalk, for screen tests in the role of Walsh; the scene was for the pilot episode, whereby the character is at a bar trying to pick-up Oliver. Nowalk was full of awe in response to Falahee's audition, adamant that, "[f]rom the minute he opened his mouth, he sounded just like Connor should".

On February 12, 2014, it was announced that Falahee had officially secured the role of Walsh in the series.

"When I first read [the script], I was mostly interested in Connor because he seemed like someone I knew—a guy from school or one of my brother’s colleagues. [Peter Nowalk] crafted this character that's flawed but likable. You want to hate him but he's so charming at the same time. It's so honest."