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Trained as a dancer.

The first black actor to play Othello at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

Studied to become a social worker.

He was inspired to become an actor after seeing Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night (1967).

Began his career as a dancer, but when a leg operation forced him to give it up, he turned to his second love: acting.

Married to novelist Sandra Walker.

Founded the Flipside Theatre Company in London.

Walker had praised his acting mentor and best friend Rita Moreno for his humble beginnings as an actor.

Attended the University of North London.

His father is from Grenada and his mother is from Trinidad.

He has three children, two of them are twins.

He was nominated for a 2016 Joseph Jefferson (Equity) Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Between Riverside and Crazy" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.

Made his London stage debut in the play Labelled With Love.

Mentors were screenwriter Lynda La Plante, and actor Robert David MacDonald.