Hallmark royalty! Andrew Walker has cemented himself as one among Hallmark Media’s largest stars after making his community debut in 2012.
The Canadian actor first left his mark on viewers that 12 months with A Bride for Christmas alongside Arielle Kebbel. The twosome reunited on digital camera for 2015’s Bridal Wave, which launched Walker into a fair greater identify on Hallmark Channel.
Within the decade that’s adopted, the Excellent Catch actor has change into a family identify — particularly on the subject of his vacation films. A few of his memorable roles embrace 2019’s Merry & Brilliant and Christmas on My Thoughts, which got here out the identical 12 months.
In 2022, the star teamed up along with his longtime buddies Tyler Hynes and Paul Campbell for Three Smart Males and a Child, which had an overwhelmingly constructive response from viewers and shortly grew to become a fan-favorite.
“It was extraordinarily arduous to remain targeted on set — to the detriment of our days, nearly, we couldn’t management ourselves. The laughter — the simply real laughter — and happiness that we had been feeling to be all collectively engaged on this film,” Walker solely instructed Us Weekly at Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas occasion in October 2022. “Tyler’s my spouse’s cousin and to be on set with him after figuring out him for therefore lengthy — I’ve been with my spouse for 19 years — after which we get to work with [Paul]. It’s a dream come true.”
All through his profession, Walker has additionally had the nice fortune of working along with his good friend Nikki DeLoach in additional than 5 films for the corporate. In October 2022, each DeLoach and Walker solely instructed Us that they’d like to do a sequel for his or her vacation movie A Dream of Christmas, which initially premiered in 2016.
“I wish to do one with [our characters Penny and Stuart] 10 years later — they’ve three children. They’re in that place of their lives the place their children have taken over every part, they don’t have anything left to present for themselves. The romance is gone. After which [Stuart] makes the want,” DeLoach stated on the time. “So he goes on the journey and has to seek out his means again to me and my household.”
Moreover, the pair has expanded to the Hallmark Films & Mysteries channel with their Curious Caterer franchise, which debuted in 2022 with Dying for Chocolate. One 12 months later, the twosome’s Grilling Season thriller got here to fruition.
“It’s precisely what I might hope for in my evolution [on] Hallmark. Being on Hallmark for 10 years now and [nearly] 26 films later, or no matter it’s that I’m in, it’s loopy,” Walker solely instructed Us in February 2023 whereas selling the mission. “That is precisely the place I wish to be.” (Walker has starred in 24 Hallmark movies from 2012 to February 2023 — and made a cameo in 2021’s An Surprising Christmas.)
The Little West juice cofounder has additionally begun to increase his function inside the Hallmark Media household, telling Us in February 2023 that he just lately offered three movies to the corporate that he’ll produce.
Walker revealed that one of many 2023 films is a Christmas story whereas the second within the works is a “thriller wheel” that he has coming down the pipeline.
“If I used to be working for anybody else, I don’t know if [I’d] have this capacity [to act and produce]. It’s a tremendous surroundings to work in — a supportive surroundings,” the My Secret Valentine actor instructed Us. “You’re capable of train all these different potential prospects that you’ve as an artist. It’s nice.”
Scroll all the way down to see for an entire information — and unofficial rating — of the entire Hallmark star’s TV films:
