Tommy Walker (Brothers & Sisters)
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| Portrayed by | Balthazar Getty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | "Patriarchy" 1x01, September 24, 2006 |
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| Last appearance | "Walker Down the Aisle" 5x22, May 8, 2011 |
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| Created by | Jon Robin Baitz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Financial Manager of a Baseball team Former Associate of Ojai Foods Co-Founder of Walker Landing |
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| Father | William Walker |
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| Mother | Nora Walker |
| Brothers |
Kevin Walker Justin Walker |
| Sisters | Kitty Walker |
| Half-brothers | Ryan Lafferty |
| Half-sisters | Sarah Laurent |
| Wife |
Julia Ridge (divorced) Rose (fiancée) |
| Adoptive sons | William Walker II |
| Adoptive daughters | Elizabeth Walker |
| Grandmothers | Ida Holden |
| Uncles | Saul Holden |
| Nephews | Cooper Whedon Evan McCallister (adoptive) Daniel Walker Wandell William Walker II |
| Nieces | Paige Whedon Olivia Walker Wandell (adoptive) Elizabeth Walker |
| Other relatives | Scotty Wandell |
Thomas "Tommy" Walker is a fictional character on the ABC television series Brothers & Sisters. He is portrayed by Balthazar Getty. In a 2010 episode, actor Cody Longo portrayed a teenage Tommy in flashback sequences set in 1986.
Tommy, born in 1969 or 1970, is the third child and firstborn son of Nora Holden Walker and the late William Walker. Like his father, Tommy is a conservative Republican, though this is rarely touched on with the exception of the backstory of when his younger brother Kevin came out of the closet he was the one who was the least accepting of the news. Tommy was married to Julia Walker. Tommy spent years working under his father and his uncle, Saul Holden, at Ojai Foods, hoping he would be able to take over the business someday. After his sister Sarah decided to leave her own high-stakes corporate career behind and work for her father's company to spend more time with her husband and kids, William gave her more and more power in the company, making Tommy feel less important.
After the death of his father, Tommy assumed he would be named president of the company. When the will was read, Tommy found out Sarah got the job instead. This angered him and both of them struggled to get along and maintain the company from going bankrupt. Eventually they found out where William had hidden the pension fund he'd embezzled from the company; Tommy, Sarah, and Kevin also found out William had a grown daughter with his mistress, Holly Harper, and they chose to keep that a secret.
Tommy and Julia tried to have a baby but found out he was infertile. They went to a clinic to choose a donor but Tommy disliked the idea of using a stranger's sperm. He asked Kevin to donate sperm so the baby will still be part of the family but Kevin holds back. He later is criticized by Kitty and Sarah for not wanting to help. At a family dinner where everybody finds out about Tommy and Julia's problem, Justin offers his help but Tommy is unsure about it, due to Justin's drug use and lack of drive. After a discussion, both Kevin and Justin decide to donate sperm and never find out who the biological father is. About a month after the donation, Julia finds out she is pregnant and then found out they were having twins. Two years later, when Elizabeth's liver begins to fail, Tommy asks Kevin and Justin to take a paternity test so the biological father can donate a part of his liver. The test reveals that Kevin is the biological father and after the procedure, Elizabeth is saved.
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