Wow. Mr. Walker did a great job in Cadillac Records and the Chicago Fire series… I’m sitting here in shock, just finding out he is English. Such a wonderful actor… and handsome wow
He really knows how to do a superb American accent..I was under the impression that he was american the whole time until I heard his English accent, lol!
absolutely... this guy is insanely well spoken.... he doesn't swear once in OZ, even pronounces aryan Shillinger's name correctly.. and look at how well spoken he is here...
What an amazing performance by Eamonn Walker. I was shocked to find out he was British. You can clearly hear it in the voice during the interview. Eamonn singing was absolutely amazing.
I am glad to see Eamonn Walker in a leardership role as the fire chief in Chicago Fire, and Blair Underwood in a leadership role as a detective in Ironside. NBC is on a roll!!!
Didn't know this guy was British until tonight while I was watching Chicago Fire. I'm in love with his character and had to look him up and found out he's a Brit. He is a great actor and someone said that he was underrated. I agree. Him and Idris Elba....who could be his baby brother lol
Wish they had talked more about his role in Cadillac Records. Didn't know HE had sang the Howling Wolf part. He brought out nuances that were ASTOUNDING not to mention the growl and thunder in his voice. PHENOMENAL performance!
he seems like a wonderful human being, body and spirit. While I love the whole cast, his is my favorite character to watch on Chicago Fire. His swag is so sexy and I wish they would give him a gorgeous love interest on that show.
I just started watching Chicago Fire...and I kept hearing a "twang" or just something different. I couldn't pinpoint it lol. I had to look him up and boom he's British! Great actor.
Very interesting to learn that he’s British. This may explain why his voice has always seemed odd to me on Chicago fire because he’s doing an American accent And for some reason it changes the timbre of his voice. I really like his British accent.
I never would've imagined him having an accent... But then, I've only seen him on Chicago Fire. I'm not familiar with any of his other roles... Having heard him without it, if feels weird as hell to hear him WITH an accent. Out of place, almost. Kinda like with Andrew Lincoln on Walking Dead. Hearing them talk outside of the shows they're in, and hearing them with an accent, it's mindblowing, really...
I am the slowest of the slowest....I heard of Chicago Fire but NEVER watched any episodes. I saw a episode when I was at my honorary in-laws and loved it. So I've been binge watching the show. I'm on the second season and was checking on the actors and didn't know this guy was British!!!! That's like finding out Donnie Yen speaks perfect English because I never seen him talk in an American movie.
I feel the same way. That is why it breaks my heart thinking of Chief Boden resigning. The main reason that show works for me is because of E.W.'s character in that leadership role.
Hearing him out of his characters is a trip!! 🤣 That level of ability is almost scary... Before I knew his origin locale, when I first saw an interview and he began speaking, I was shocked and also extremely amused. I was binging Chicago Fire at the time so from Chief Boden, to hearing rl Walker..... 😱🤨🧐🤣
I love how everyone's so surprised he's British. I mean, his name is EAMONN! I never noticed HOW british he was until a little while ago when I heard his real voice, but I always knew he was somewhat British
Sue W Lol, sorry. It threw me off because he has the British accent rather than an Irish one. I should've know that considering my family all lives in ireland... O.o
+KJ G It's not actually his real name. His real name is Roger Leach. Equity the actor's union here in the UK won't allow an actor to use their name if there's already an actor on the books using that name. Weirdly, Eamonn starred in the cop series The Bill in the '80s with...the other Roger Leach!
Craig doesn't seem to get Eamonn's gag about not wanting to talk about Iago. Shame as it makes it look like he's got a problem with the actor who played him Tim McInnerney, as opposed to joking that he didn't want to talk about his character's backstabbing nature. It's worth pointing out that Eamonn may have been the first black Othello to perform at The Globe, but a black Othello was nothing new to the UK; Paul Robeson had played the role in 1930 at The Savoy, and a hundred years before that New York actor Ira Aldridge regularly toured in the part
+Markxist Well done, I was just about to point out the Paul Robeson item and I see you got hear first and beat me to it. I think there's a book just out on Ira Aldridge too.
+Markxist You are most welcome if u google him it should reveal itself, but I think there may have been one quite recently following on from a two part bio three or four years ago
