
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 an excellent greater title on Hallmark Channel.
Within the decade that’s adopted, the Good Catch actor has grow to be a family title — particularly in terms of his vacation films. A few of his memorable roles embody 2019’s Merry & Vibrant and Christmas on My Thoughts, which got here out the identical 12 months.
In 2022, the star teamed up together with his longtime friends Tyler Hynes and Paul Campbell for Three Smart Males and a Child, which had an overwhelmingly constructive response from viewers and rapidly grew to become a fan-favorite.
“It was extraordinarily exhausting to remain centered 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 advised 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 great fortune of working together with his pal Nikki DeLoach in additional than 5 films for the corporate. In October 2022, each DeLoach and Walker solely advised 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 need to do one with [our characters Penny and Stuart] 10 years later — they’ve three youngsters. They’re in that place of their lives the place their youngsters have taken over all the things, they don’t have anything left to present for themselves. The romance is gone. After which [Stuart] makes the want,” DeLoach mentioned on the time. “So he goes on the journey and has to seek out his method 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’d 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 advised Us in February 2023 whereas selling the challenge. “That is precisely the place I need to be.” (Walker has starred in 24 Hallmark movies from 2012 to February 2023 — and made a cameo in 2021’s An Sudden Christmas.)
The Little West juice cofounder has additionally begun to broaden his function throughout the Hallmark Media household, telling Us in February 2023 that he lately bought 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 capability [to act and produce]. It’s an incredible atmosphere to work in — a supportive atmosphere,” the My Secret Valentine actor advised Us. “You’re capable of train all these different potential potentialities that you’ve got as an artist. It’s nice.”
Scroll all the way down to see for a whole information — and unofficial rating — of the entire Hallmark star’s TV films: