Benjamin Walker

Benjamin Walker was born on Jun 21, 1982 in USA. Benjamin Walker's big-screen debut came with Kinsey directed by Bill Condon in 2004, strarring Kinsey at 19. Benjamin Walker is known for The Underground Railroad directed by Barry Jenkins, Thuso Mbedu stars as Cora and Chase Dillon as Homer. The upcoming new movie Benjamin Walker plays is The King's Daughter which will be released on Jan 21, 2022.

Benjamin Walker was born Benjamin Walker Davis in Georgia, and was raised in Cartersville, GA, the son of Jeannine (Walker), a music teacher, and Greg Davis, who worked in finance and owned a movie rental store. He has one older brother. Walker was educated at Cartersville High School in Georgia and the Interlochen Arts Academy in Traverse City, Michigan, before studying acting at the Juilliard School in New York.Whilst at Juilliard, Walker got his first experiences of performing for paying audiences as a stand-up comedian. His acting break came in 2007, when he was cast as Bertram Cates in a Broadway production of 'Inherit the Wind'. Further theater roles followed, including playing Andrew Jackson in the rock musical 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson', which was critically acclaimed.Walker first came to film-goers' attention when he played the young Kinsey in Dr. Kinsey (2004). Other film and TV roles followed including Harlon Block in Clint Eastwood's Mémoires de nos pères (2006), and playing another president, Abraham Lincoln in Abraham Lincoln: Chasseur de vampires (2012).