Geno Walker
Acting
Biography
Chicago proud and South Side strong, Geno has found success acting on stage, television, film, and in voiceover. He won the Black Theater Alliance Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play in 2018 and was nominated for a Jeff Award for Excellence in Theater in the same category. From 2016 to 2020, Geno did more award winning work lending his vocal talents as the voice of Wendy's Restaurants. Geno graduated from Oberlin College, attended Purdue University for graduate studies, and he received improv training at the Charlotte Comedy Theater in Charlotte, NC, the Groundling's Theater in LA, and Second City in Chicago, as a Bob Curry Fellow. He attended the Vagabond School of acting in Chicago for additional training. His hobbies include woodworking, gardening, archery, and virtual realty games.
Known For
Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any family you know, but they make no apologies for being exactly who they are.
Shameless
An edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's noblest professions. For the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51, no occupation is more stressful or dangerous, yet so rewarding and exhilarating. These courageous men and women are among the elite who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way and whose actions make the difference between life and death.
Chicago Fire
A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head-to-head with the city's street crimes and the Intelligence Unit that combats the city's major offenses - organized crime, drug trafficking, high profile murders and beyond.
Chicago P.D.
A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.
Empire
A relevant, timely and distinctive coming-of-age story following a half dozen interrelated characters in the South Side of Chicago. The story centers on Brandon, an ambitious and confident young man who dreams about opening a restaurant of his own someday, but is conflicted between the promise of a new life and his responsibility to his mother and teenage brother back in the South Side.
The Chi
A comedy that follows three Chicago EMTs who despite their narcissistic and self-destructive personalities are uniquely qualified to save lives.
Sirens
Two recent community-college graduates get stuck working at Rent-T-Own in the Chicago neighborhood of Englewood and work to achieve their entrepreneurial dreams.
South Side
Former-lovers-and-now-best-friends Jo and Carter are looking for love—it’s not going well. A young white trans woman and queer Black man living in their native Chicago, they may have the world’s bigotry and their own insecurities stacked against them, but at least they have each other.
the T
An anxious shut-in unwittingly moves into a haunted apartment and hires a mysterious stranger to perform an exorcism which takes a horrific turn.
Night's End
An artist gains the power to draw the future and erase the past.