Jeffrey Walker (actor)
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Jeffrey Walker 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
.
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.
Ocean Girl
Ocean Girl is an Australian science fiction TV series aimed for family audiences and starring Marzena Godecki as the lead character...
and Round the Twist
Round the Twist
Round the Twist is a Logie Award-winning Australian children's television series about three children and their widowed father who live in a lighthouse and become involved in many magical adventures....
. He is currently a director of Australia's soaps Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
and Home and Away
Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...
, and H2O: Just Add Water
H2O: Just Add Water
H2O: Just Add Water, also known as H2O, is an Australian television programme for children, pre-teens and teenagers, that is filmed on location at Sea World and other locations on the Gold Coast...
.
Career
Walker's first acting credit was a small role in The Flying DoctorsThe Flying Doctors
The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia....
in 1989. In 1992, he took over the role of Bronson Twist in the television series Round the Twist
Round the Twist
Round the Twist is a Logie Award-winning Australian children's television series about three children and their widowed father who live in a lighthouse and become involved in many magical adventures....
, based on the books by Paul Jennings
Paul Jennings (Australian author)
Paul Jennings AM is an English-born Australian children's book writer. His books mainly feature short stories that lead the reader through an unusual series of events that end with a twist.-Biography:...
. In 1994 he received a leading role in Ocean Girl
Ocean Girl
Ocean Girl is an Australian science fiction TV series aimed for family audiences and starring Marzena Godecki as the lead character...
as "Brett Bates". He had another major role as the brother Royce on Mirror, Mirror
Mirror, Mirror (TV series)
Mirror, Mirror is a television programme co-produced by Australia and New Zealand. Presented as a single complete story given in a serial with 20 episodes, there are cliffhangers between some of the episodes....
.
Walker received leading roles in The Wayne Manifesto
The Wayne Manifesto
The Wayne Manifesto is an Australian children's television series that aired on the ABC in 1996. Based on the children's books by David McRobbie, it is centred around the life 12-year-old Wayne Wilson, showing the world both as the way he would like it and the way it really is...
in 1996 (for which he received a Young Actor's Award from the Australian Film Institute
Australian Film Institute
The Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
) and Thunderstone
Thunderstone (TV series)
Thunderstone is a 1999 Australian children's television series produced by Jonathan M. Shiff Productions set in a post-apocalyptic world after Earth is hit by a comet. The main character Noah is played by Jeffrey Walker...
(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
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
and Home and Away
Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...
and series such as Holly's Heroes
Holly's Heroes
Holly's Heroes is a children's drama series produced as a collaboration between the Nine Network in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand. It was produced as a series of 26 episodes and first screened in 2005.-Plot summary:...
and children's series Wicked Science
Wicked Science
Wicked Science is an Australian television series, which debuted on 2 July 2004. The series focuses on Toby and Elizabeth , two teenagers who are mysteriously turned into wizards of science...
, H2O: Just Add Water
H2O: Just Add Water
H2O: Just Add Water, also known as H2O, is an Australian television programme for children, pre-teens and teenagers, that is filmed on location at Sea World and other locations on the Gold Coast...
, The Elephant Princess
The Elephant Princess
The Elephant Princess is an Australian children's television series that first screened on Network Ten in 2008. The series is produced by Jonathan M. Shiff Productions. A second season began screening in 2011.-Premise:...
and Blue Water High
Blue Water High
Blue Water High is an Australian television drama series, broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on ABC1 and on Austar/Foxtel Nickelodeon channel in Australia and on various channels in many other countries...
.
Walker also plays guitar in Sydney band Ballet Imperial.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | House Rules | Youngest Son | Episode: "The Honourable Housewife" |
| 1989 | Mikey Maguire | Episode: "Dad's Little Bloke" | |
| 1990 | Colin | ||
| 1991 | Pugwall's Summer | Banziel Wall | Episode: "Christmas Hocking" |
| 1991 | Proof Proof (1991 film) Proof is a 1991 Australian film by Jocelyn Moorhouse starring Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot and Russell Crowe. It was chosen as "Best Film" at the 1991 Australian Film Institute Awards, along with 5 other awards, including Moorhouse for "Best Director", Weaving for "Best Leading Actor", and Crowe... |
Young Martin | |
| 1992 | Good Vibrations | Jack | TV miniseries |
| 1993 | Round the Twist Round the Twist Round the Twist is a Logie Award-winning Australian children's television series about three children and their widowed father who live in a lighthouse and become involved in many magical adventures.... |
Bronson Twist | 13 episodes |
| 1993 | Police Rescue Police Rescue Police Rescue was an Australian television series which originally aired on ABC TV between 1989 and 1996. It was produced by ABC and Southern Star Xanadu in association with the BBC.... |
Tommy Campbell | Episode: "Rush Hour" |
| 1994 | Sky Trackers Sky Trackers Sky Trackers was a television series created by Tony Morphett, and produced by Patricia Edgar and Margot McDonald for the Australian Children's Television Foundation... |
Timothy Bolderwood | Episode: "Trees a Crowd" |
| 1994 | Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left is a 1985 novel by Australian children's author Robin Klein which also became a children's television series.The story focuses on an alien family who seek refuge on Earth, in the small town of Bellwood... |
Qwrk | 28 episodes |
| 1994–1997 | Ocean Girl Ocean Girl Ocean Girl is an Australian science fiction TV series aimed for family audiences and starring Marzena Godecki as the lead character... |
Brett Bates | 78 episodes |
| 1995 | Snowy River: The McGregor Saga | Jamie Ross | Episode: "The Railroad" |
| 1995 | Mirror, Mirror Mirror, Mirror (TV series) Mirror, Mirror is a television programme co-produced by Australia and New Zealand. Presented as a single complete story given in a serial with 20 episodes, there are cliffhangers between some of the episodes.... |
Royce Tiegan | 20 episodes |
| 1996 | Blue Heelers Blue Heelers Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :... |
Rowdy Yates | Episode: "A Fair Crack of the Whip: Part 1" Episode: "A Fair Crack of the Whip: Part 2" |
| 1996–1997 | Wayne Wilson | 26 episodes | |
| 1998 | Tom #1 (voice) | TV series | |
| 1999 | Blue Heelers Blue Heelers Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :... |
Tim Sullivan | Episode: "Miracle at Rabbit Creek" |
| 1999–2000 | Thunderstone Thunderstone (TV series) Thunderstone is a 1999 Australian children's television series produced by Jonathan M. Shiff Productions set in a post-apocalyptic world after Earth is hit by a comet. The main character Noah is played by Jeffrey Walker... |
Noah Daniels | 51 episodes |
| 2007 | Spy Shop | Dale Deakin | 10 episodes |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2003–2004 | Neighbours Neighbours Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems... |
25 episodes |
| 2004 | Fergus McPhail Fergus McPhail Fergus McPhail is an Australian children's comedy series that was released on Network Ten in 2004.-Plot summary:Fergus McPhail stumbles from crisis to crisis mostly of his own making. His irrationally optimistic alter-ego acts as his conscience... |
TV series |
| 2004 | Blue Heelers Blue Heelers Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :... |
TV series |
| 2005 | Home and Away Home and Away Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television... |
3 episodes |
| 2005 | Holly's Heroes Holly's Heroes Holly's Heroes is a children's drama series produced as a collaboration between the Nine Network in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand. It was produced as a series of 26 episodes and first screened in 2005.-Plot summary:... |
Episode: "Double Team" |
| 2005 | All Saints All Saints (TV series) All Saints is an Australian medical drama which first screened on the Seven Network. The series debuted on 24 February 1998 and concluded its run on 27 October 2009... |
Episode: "Life's Lottery" |
| 2005 | Last Man Standing | Episode: "1.11" Episode: "1.15" |
| 2006 | All Saints All Saints (TV series) All Saints is an Australian medical drama which first screened on the Seven Network. The series debuted on 24 February 1998 and concluded its run on 27 October 2009... |
Episode: "Dead Girl Walking" |
| 2006–2010 | H2O: Just Add Water H2O: Just Add Water H2O: Just Add Water, also known as H2O, is an Australian television programme for children, pre-teens and teenagers, that is filmed on location at Sea World and other locations on the Gold Coast... |
40 episodes |
| 2007–2008 | City Homicide City Homicide City Homicide was an Australian television drama series that aired on the Seven Network between 27 August 2007 – 30 March 2011. The series was set on the Homicide floor of a metropolitan police headquarters in Melbourne... |
4 episodes |
| 2008 | Episode: "Coming of Age" | |
| 2010 | Not Available | TV movie |
| 2010 | Dance Academy Dance Academy Dance Academy is an Australian teen-oriented television drama produced by Werner Film Productions in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and ZDF. Series one premiered on 31 May 2010, and series two is scheduled for 2012.-Plot:... |
8 episodes |
| 2010 | Rake Rake (TV series) Rake is an Australian television series, produced by Essential Media and Entertainment, that first aired on ABC1 in 2010. It stars Richard Roxburgh as Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but self-destructive barrister, a rake... |
Episode: "R vs Chandler" Episode: "R vs Langhorn" |
| 2011 | Small Time Gangster | TV series |
| 2011 | Angry Boys Angry Boys Angry Boys is an Australian television mockumentary series written by and starring Chris Lilley. Continuing the mockumentary style of his previous series, the show explores the issues faced by young males in the 21st century – their influences, their pressures, their dreams and ambitions... |
TV series |
Trivia
- Walker appeared in the video clip of the John Butler TrioJohn Butler TrioThe John Butler Trio are an eclectic roots and jam band from Australia led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums and Gavin Shoesmith on bass guitar...
's song titled 'Something's Gotta Give'.
External links
- Ballet Imperial on MySpace.com
- Jeffrey Walker at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
. - Jeffrey Walker biography