Jeffrey Walker (actor)

Jeffrey Walker (born 10 July 1982, in Melbourne) is an Australian television director, best known to the Australian public for his appearances as a child actor in Ocean Girl and Round the Twist. He moved on to direct episodes of Australian soaps Neighbours, Home and Away, and H₂O: Just Add Water.

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 .

Filmography

Trivia

• Walker appeared in the video clip of the John Butler Trio's song titled 'Something's Gotta Give'.^[1]
• Walker met future wife Brooke Harmon while they worked together on The Wayne Manifesto.

References

• Jeffrey Walker at the Internet Movie Database.
• Jeffrey Walker at TV.com.
• Jeffrey Walker at h2O – Just Add Water

External links

• Ballet Imperial on MySpace.com
• Jeffrey Walker at the Internet Movie Database.