Eamonn Walker
b. 1962 · British actor
Biography
Eamonn Walker (born in West London in 1962) is a British actor whose career spans British television, the HBO prison drama Oz and American film and series. He is best known for dramatic roles on both sides of the Atlantic.
Raised in Islington, he trained as a dancer and studied social work before making his professional stage debut in London in 1983. His television work grew with the BBC sitcom In Sickness and in Health and the ITV police drama The Bill. In 1997 he joined the cast of Oz as a devout Muslim inmate, a role that earned him a CableACE Award. His first film was Young Soul Rebels (1991), followed by titles such as Tears of the Sun, opposite Bruce Willis, and Lord of War, with Nicolas Cage. From 2012 to 2024 he played Wallace Boden in NBC's Chicago Fire and its spin-offs.
His stage work includes Othello at Shakespeare's Globe in London and a Broadway run of Julius Caesar alongside Denzel Washington, and he now lives and works mainly in the United States.
Key films
- Lord of War (2005)
- Tears of the Sun (2003)
- Unbreakable (2000)
- Cadillac Records (2008)
- A Lonely Place to Die (2011)
Trivia
Research for Oz
To prepare for his role in Oz, Walker spent time at a mosque in Harlem, studying the Nation of Islam and American Muslim culture.
Othello at the Globe
In May 2007 he became the first Black actor to play Othello at the original Globe Theatre or its modern reconstruction in London.
On Cinematopedia
Lord of War
Unbreakable
Tears of the Sun
The Messenger
The Company Men
Cadillac Records
Duma
A Lonely Place to Die
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