Jeffrey Walker (actor)

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Jeffrey Walker
Born 10 July 1982 (1982-07-10) (age 29)
Melbourne, Australia
Occupation Actor / Director
Years active 1988 – Present
Spouse Brooke Harmon (?-present)

Jeffrey Walker (born on 10 July 1982 in Melbourne) was an Australian child actor best known for his appearances in Ocean Girl and Round the Twist. He is currently a director of Australia's soaps Neighbours and Home and Away, and H2O: Just Add Water.

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[edit] Career

Walker's first acting credit was a small role in The Flying Doctors in 1989. In 1992, he took over the role of Bronson Twist in the television series Round the Twist, based on the books by Paul Jennings. In 1994 he received a leading role in Ocean Girl as "Brett Bates". He had another major role as the brother Royce on Mirror, Mirror.

Walker received leading roles in The Wayne Manifesto in 1996 (for which he received a Young Actor's Award from the Australian Film Institute) and Thunderstone (1999), in which he played Wayne and Noah Daniels respectively.

Since his appearance in Thunderstone, Walker has focused his efforts on directing, working on soaps such as Neighbours and Home and Away and series such as Holly's Heroes and children's series Wicked Science, H2O: Just Add Water, The Elephant Princess and Blue Water High.

Walker also plays guitar in Sydney band Ballet Imperial.

[edit] Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1988 House Rules Youngest Son Episode: "The Honourable Housewife"
1989 Flying Doctors, TheThe Flying Doctors Mikey Maguire Episode: "Dad's Little Bloke"
1990 Man in the Blue and White Holden, TheThe Man in the Blue and White Holden Colin
1991 Pugwall's Summer Banziel Wall Episode: "Christmas Hocking"
1991 Proof Young Martin
1992 Good Vibrations Jack TV miniseries
1993 Round the Twist Bronson Twist 13 episodes
1993 Police Rescue Tommy Campbell Episode: "Rush Hour"
1994 Sky Trackers Timothy Bolderwood Episode: "Trees a Crowd"
1994 Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Qwrk 28 episodes
1994–1997 Ocean Girl Brett Bates 78 episodes
1995 Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Jamie Ross Episode: "The Railroad"
1995 Mirror, Mirror Royce Tiegan 20 episodes
1996 Blue Heelers Rowdy Yates Episode: "A Fair Crack of the Whip: Part 1"
Episode: "A Fair Crack of the Whip: Part 2"
1996–1997 Wayne Manifesto, TheThe Wayne Manifesto Wayne Wilson 26 episodes
1998 Silver Brumby, TheThe Silver Brumby Tom #1 (voice) TV series
1999 Blue Heelers Tim Sullivan Episode: "Miracle at Rabbit Creek"
1999–2000 Thunderstone Noah Daniels 51 episodes
2007 Spy Shop Dale Deakin 10 episodes
Director
Year Title Notes
2003–2004 Neighbours 25 episodes
2004 Fergus McPhail TV series
2004 Blue Heelers TV series
2005 Home and Away 3 episodes
2005 Holly's Heroes Episode: "Double Team"
2005 All Saints Episode: "Life's Lottery"
2005 Last Man Standing Episode: "1.11"
Episode: "1.15"
2006 All Saints Episode: "Dead Girl Walking"
2006–2010 H2O: Just Add Water 40 episodes
2007–2008 City Homicide 4 episodes
2008 Elephant Princess, TheThe Elephant Princess Episode: "Coming of Age"
2010 Not Available TV movie
2010 Dance Academy 8 episodes
2010 Rake Episode: "R vs Chandler"
Episode: "R vs Langhorn"
2011 Small Time Gangster TV series
2011 Angry Boys TV series

[edit] Trivia

  • Walker appeared in the video clip of the John Butler Trio's song titled 'Something's Gotta Give'.[1]

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