Eamonn Walker

Walker was born in London to a Grenadian father and a Trinidadian mother. Brought up in Islington in London, Walker lived in Trinidad for six months when he was nine years old. He attended Hungerford School in Islington and began studying social work at the University of North London. He trained as a dancer and later joined the Explosive Dance Theatre Company. He studied at the New York Film Academy in the United States.

Walker made his professional acting debut in 1983 on stage in London playing an East End punk rocker in the musical Labelled with Love, based partly on the music of the pop band Squeeze. His first television appearance came in 1985 when he appeared in an episode on the second series of Dempsey & Makepeace which aired on ITV on 19 October 1985.

He won the role of Winston in the first series of In Sickness and in Health on BBC One. He also won the major role of Kareem Said on the American television drama series television series Oz on HBO in the United States. He won the award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series in the inaugural CableACE Awards for his performance in the first series of Oz in the ceremony held in Los Angeles. Then in 1999 he received a Satellite Awards nomination for Best Actor in a TV Drama Series for his performances in Oz.

His first film role came in 1991, playing Carlton in Young Soul Rebels.