Eamonn Walker (born June 12 1962) is a British film, television and theatre actor. He is perhaps best known in the US for playing Kareem Said in the American HBO television series Oz (for which he won a CableACE Award), Winston, the gay, black thorn in Alf Garnett's side in In Sickness and in Health and John Othello in the 2001 ITV1 production of Othello (for which he won a BMF film and television award). He also appeared in season 5 of The Bill as Police Constable Malcolm Haynes. In 2006, he starred in the Fox legal drama Justice. In 2007, he played Othello at Shakespeare's Globe in London. He has most recently been seen in an episode of the BBC archaeological drama series, Bonekickers, playing Senator Joy, a black Presidential candidate.
Walker was born in London, England to a Grenadan father, Renwick Walker, and a Trinidadan mother.
Filmography
- Bonekickers (2008)
- Cadillac Records (2008)
- Othello (2007) (Stage)
- Justice (2006) (TV series)
- ER (2006) (TV series)
- Julius Caesar (2005) (Stage)
- Duma (2005)
- Lord of War (2005)
- Tears of the Sun (2003)
- Whitewash: The Clarence Bradley Story (2002)
- Unbreakable (2000)
- Othello (2001)
- Once in the Life (2000)
- Homicide: The Movie (2000)
- Supply and Demand (1997, 1998 TV series)
- Oz (1997 - 2003 TV series)
- Shopping (1994)
- Birds of a Feather (1993) (UK TV series)
- Love Hurts (UK TV series) (1992)
- Young Soul Rebels (1991)
- The Bill (1988 - 1989 UK TV Series)
- In Sickness and in Health (1985) (TV series)
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