Chris Walker
Biography
Chris Walker is an English actor who came to television in the ITV crime drama The Bill, playing Nick Shaw from 1985 to 1987, and he returned to the series in 2007 as a different character. In the early 1990s he worked at the Hull Truck Theatre, where Bouncers, staged by his old teacher John Godber, later reached the West End, and he appeared in other Hull Truck productions such as Up 'N Under. On screen he played the decorator Ray Thorpe in Coronation Street in 1997, Matthew Mullen in Playing the Field, and Larry Barton, known as Tiger, in Merseybeat from 2001 to 2004, and he later returned as Ed Jackson. From 2009 he played Rob Hollins in the BBC soap opera Doctors until the series ended in November 2024, and he directed 12 episodes. He shared the British Soap Awards prize for Best On-Screen Partnership with Jan Pearson in 2010 and 2023.
62years old
Turns 63 on January 1in 51 days
- Born South Elmsall
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as Christopher Walker
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 24 years1994 to 2018
Every film, newest first
- 2018The Last WitnessIMDb rating 5.7
- 2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983IMDb rating 7.1
- 1996When Saturday ComesIMDb rating 6.1
- 1994Funny ManIMDb rating 4.4
Genres
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The Last Witnessas Gerrard
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983as Jim Prentice
When Saturday Comesas Mac
Funny Manas The Hard Man
Worked with
Chris Walker shares two films with Sean Bean, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.







Films together
Sean Bean2 films together, 1996 to 2009
Sean Bean's page Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 19832009IMDb rating 7.1Walker as Jim PrenticeBean as John Dawson
When Saturday Comes1996IMDb rating 6.1Walker as MacBean as Jimmy Muir
Christopher Lee1 film together, 1994
Christopher Lee's page Funny Man1994IMDb rating 4.4Walker as The Hard ManLee as Callum Chance
Michael Gambon1 film together, 2018
Michael Gambon's page The Last Witness2018IMDb rating 5.7Walker as GerrardGambon as Frank Hamilton
Jim Carter1 film together, 2009
Jim Carter's page Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 19832009IMDb rating 7.1Walker as Jim PrenticeCarter as Harold Angus
Pete Postlethwaite1 film together, 1996
Pete Postlethwaite's page When Saturday Comes1996IMDb rating 6.1Walker as MacPostlethwaite as Ken Jackson
Daniel Mays1 film together, 2009
Daniel Mays's page Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 19832009IMDb rating 7.1Walker as Jim PrenticeMays as Michael Myshkin
Anand TuckerDirector, 1 film, 2009
All films by Anand Tucker Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 19832009IMDb rating 7.1Walker as Jim Prentice
Maria GieseDirector, 1 film, 1996
All films by Maria Giese When Saturday Comes1996IMDb rating 6.1Walker as Mac
Piotr SzkopiakDirector, 1 film, 2018
All films by Piotr Szkopiak The Last Witness2018IMDb rating 5.7Walker as Gerrard
Online
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