Jeffrey Walker (actor)

Jeffrey Walker (born 10 July 1982) is an Australian director and former actor, 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. He is married to American-born Australian actress Brooke Harman-Walker.

Jeffrey Walker
Born	(1982-07-10) 10 July 1982 (age 41) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)	Actor (1988–2007) Director (2003–present)
Years active	1988–present
Spouse	Brooke Harman

Career

Walker's first acting credit was a small role in The Flying Doctors in 1989. He's also credited for starring in 1991 film Proof. 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 Dance Academy, Wicked Science, H₂O: Just Add Water, The Elephant Princess and Blue Water High. Walker has also directed several episodes of the American sitcom Modern Family.^[1]

Walker also plays guitar in Sydney band Ballet Imperial.

Personal life

Walker met future wife Brooke Harmon while they worked together on The Wayne Manifesto. Together they have two sons, Boston Scott Walker (b. 24 June 2013) and Ace Jackson Walker (b. 24 June 2015).

Walker appeared in the video clip of the John Butler Trio's song titled 'Something's Gotta Give'.^[2]

Filmography

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	The Flying Doctors	Mikey Maguire	"Dad's Little Bloke"
1990	The Man in the Blue and White Holden	Colin	Film
1991	Proof	Young Martin	Film
1991	Pugwall	Banziel Wall	"Christmas Hocking"
1992	Round the Twist	Bronson Twist	Main role
1992	Good Vibrations	Jack	TV miniseries
1993	Police Rescue	Tommy Campbell	"Rush Hour"
1993–94	Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left	Qwrk	Main role
1994	Sky Trackers	Timothy Bolderwood	"Trees a Crowd"
1994–1997	Ocean Girl	Brett Bates	Main role
1995	The Man from Snowy River	Jamie Ross	"The Railroad"
1995	Mirror, Mirror	Royce Tiegan	Main role
1996	Blue Heelers	Rowdy Yates	"A Fair Crack of the Whip: Parts 1 & 2"
1996–97	The Wayne Manifesto	Wayne Wilson	Main role
1999	Blue Heelers	Tim Sullivan	"Miracle at Rabbit Creek"
1999–2000	Thunderstone	Noah Daniels	Main role
2007	Spy Shop	Dale Deakin	TV series

Director

Year	Title	Notes
2003-04	Neighbours	32 episodes
2004	Fergus McPhail	TV series
2004	Blue Heelers	"Secrets & Lies", "Bring It On"
2005	Home and Away	3 episodes
2005	Last Man Standing	"1.11", "1.15"
2005	Holly's Heroes	"Double Team", "Rejection"
2005–06	All Saints	"Life's Lottery", "Dead Girl Walking"
2006	Wicked Science	5 episodes
2006–2010	H2O: Just Add Water	38 episodes
2007–08	City Homicide	4 episodes
2008	The Elephant Princess	"Coming of Age"
2010	Not Available	TV short
2010	Dance Academy	8 episodes
2010–2012	Rake	"R v Chandler", "R v Langhorn", "R v Turner", "R v Alford"
2011	Small Time Gangster	8 episodes
2011	Angry Boys	12 episodes
2011	Wild Boys	"1.1", "1.2"
2012	Jack Irish: Black Tide	TV film
2012	Jack Irish: Bad Debts	TV film
2013	Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23	"Paris...", "The D..."
2013	Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous	3 episodes
2013	Super Fun Night	"Three Men and a Boubier"
2013–14	The Neighbors	3 episodes
2013–14	Bones	"The Friend in Need", "The Repo Man in the Septic Tank"
2013–19	Modern Family	7 episodes
2014	Raising Hope	"Hey There, Delilah"
2014	Rake	"Man's Best Friend"
2014	Jack Irish: Dead Point	TV film, also co-producer
2014	Mixology	"Bruce & Maya"
2015	Banished	4 episodes
2015	Backstrom	"Corkscrewed"
2015–17	Difficult People	26 episodes
2017	Ali's Wedding
2017	Dance Academy: The Movie
2017	Fresh Off the Boat	1 episode
2017	Life in Pieces	1 episode
2018	Riot	TV film
2018	LA to Vegas	2 episodes
2019	Lambs of God	series
2021-22	Young Rock	2 episodes
2023	The Portable Door	film
2023	The Clearing	miniseries

References

1. "Industry Profile – Jeffrey Walker". The Australian Children's Television Foundation. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
2. somethings gotta give JBT, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 11 March 2020

External links

• Ballet Imperial on MySpace.com
• Jeffrey Walker at IMDb
• at h2O – Just Add Water