Eamonn Walker

Eamonn Roderique Walker (born June 12, 1962) is an English actor known for his work in television and film. His television career began with appearances in the BBC sitcom In Sickness and in Health (1985–1987), the ITV crime dramas The Bill (1988–1989) and Supply & Demand (1998), and the HBO series Oz (1997–2003), where he won a CableACE Award. Walker also starred in the ITV television film Othello (2001) and the Fox series Justice (2006–2007). Since 2012, he has been a part of the main cast of the NBC drama Chicago Fire, as well as its spinoffs. Some of his notable film credits include Young Soul Rebels (1991), Once in the Life (2000), Legacy (2010), and A Lonely Place to Die (2011). Born in west London to a Grenadian father and a Trinidadian mother, Walker spent part of his childhood in Trinidad. He attended Hungerford School in Islington and studied social work at the Polytechnic of North London before pursuing a career in dance and acting.