Jeffrey Walker (actor)

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Jeffrey Walker (born on July 10, 1982 in Melbourne) was an Australian child actor best known for his appearances in Ocean Girl and Round the Twist. Nowadays, he's a director on Australia's famous soaps like Neighbours and Home and Away. He is rumoured to be engaged to his Wayne Manifesto co-star Brooke Harman.

1 Career
2 Selected filmography
- 2.1 Actor
- 2.2 Director
3 Trivia
4 References

[edit] Career

Jeffrey's first ever 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 small role as the brother Royce on Mirror, Mirror.

After that, he again 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 focussed his efforts on directing, working on soaps such as Neighbours and Home and Away and series such as Holly's Heroes and Wicked Science.

[edit] Selected filmography

[edit] Actor

Year	Show	Role	Other notes
1989	The Flying Doctors	Mikey Maguire	(in the episode "Dad's Little Bloke")
1992	Good Vibrations	Jack	(TV miniseries)
1992	Round the Twist	Bronson Twist
1994	Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left	"Qwrk" (George)
1994	Ocean Girl	Brett Bates
1995	Mirror, Mirror	Royce Tiegan
1996	The Wayne Manifesto	Wayne Wilson	(Walker received Young Actor's Award for this role)
1999	Thunderstone	Noah Daniels

[edit] Director

Year	Show
2002	Neighbours
2003	Home and Away
2004	Fergus McPhail
2004	Wicked Science
2004	Blue Heelers
2005	Last Man Standing
2005	Holly's Heroes
2005	All Saints
2006	H₂O: Just Add Water