Eamonn Walker
Biography
Eamonn Walker is a British actor born in London and raised in Islington. After training as a dancer, he made his professional stage debut in 1983 in the musical Labelled with Love. On British television he appeared in In Sickness and in Health and played PC Malcolm Haynes in The Bill, then took the major role of Kareem Saïd in the HBO prison drama Oz from 1997 to 2003. For that role he won a CableACE Award and earned a Satellite Award nomination. He starred as John Othello in the 2001 ITV adaptation of Othello and won a Black Film Makers award for the performance. On film he appeared in Young Soul Rebels (1991) and Shopping (1994), later acting in Unbreakable (2000), Tears of the Sun (2003), Lord of War (2005), and Cadillac Records (2008). He played Wallace Boden on NBC's Chicago Fire from 2012 to 2024.
64years old
Turns 65 on June 12in 242 days
- Born London
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Eamonn Roderique Walker (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 20 years1991 to 2011
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A first
Walker became the first black actor to play Othello at Shakespeare's Globe in London, taking the role in May 2007.
First role
Walker's professional acting debut came in 1983, on a London stage. He played an East End punk rocker in Labelled with Love, a musical based partly on Squeeze's music.
Behind the award
For his work in the first series of Oz, Walker took Best Actor in a Dramatic Series at the inaugural CableACE Awards, a ceremony that took place in Los Angeles.
A first
Walker made his Broadway debut in March 2005, playing Mark Antony in Julius Caesar at the Belasco Theatre opposite Denzel Washington as Marcus Brutus.
Behind the award
Walker starred as John Othello on ITV in 2001, in a modern take on the Shakespeare play. At the first Black Film Makers Film and Television Awards, held at London's Grosvenor House Hotel in September 2002, he took the Best male performance in television prize.
Eamonn Walker movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Eamonn Walker shares two films with Bruce Willis, 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
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Samuel L. Jackson's page
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Steve Buscemi's page
Woody Harrelson's page
All films by M. Night Shyamalan
Andrew NiccolDirector, 1 film, 2005
All films by Andrew Niccol
All films by Antoine Fuqua
Box office
What Eamonn Walker's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$449 million
10 of the 11 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 11 films: 10 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$248M55.2% of the total
- 2$87M19.3% of the total
- 3$73M16.2% of the total
- 4$25M5.6% of the total
- 5$8.9M2.0% of the total
- 6$4.9M1.1% of the total
- 7$1.6M0.4% of the total
- 8$995K0.2% of the total
$229,156from the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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