He's English?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Eamonn Walker
guyfromjerzee — 18 years ago(September 25, 2007 04:47 AM)
I saw him in "Lord of War," and I was almost sure that they hired an actor from Africa. His accent sounded very authentic. There were even times where he sounded as if he was reciting the dialogue phonetically, like many foreign actors who don't speak English as a first language. I was surprised when I saw the documentary on the DVD and heard him speaking in a full English accent.
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clairus99 — 18 years ago(October 12, 2007 08:46 AM)
yay! very proud that he is english - i've been watching his career since he was in 'in sickness and in health'. someone on this board said he is an under-rated actor; i have to totally agree - i've seen him play different types of roles and he is totally 100% in all of them. i hope he continues to do well!!
although he is based in the states now, we are very proud of him in the uk (where he is also under-rated, but still)! -
cljohnston108 — 12 years ago(October 29, 2013 03:58 AM)
I love watching foreign actors do a flawless U.S. accent.
It always amazes me that most British & Australian actors can trade in their accents for American ones at the drop of a hat, yet certain Austrian & Belgian action stars (Schwarzenegger, Van Damme, etc) ca2000n't budge theirs one iota. -
redrum760 — 10 years ago(June 08, 2015 07:37 PM)
ya, he owns the generic US accentit would be fun to see him go for one of either a thick southern/northeastern/north dakotan(lol)/midwestern accent. most americans cant pull them offbut like another poster noted earlier, regarding certain regions being unable to present an adequate fake accent(although i wouldnt let arnold & van damn define the regions acting ability, as they arent exactly actors themselvesbut rather, total badasses), us yanks cant exactly seem to adopt convincing accents, of any kindnot even dialects within our borders(i guess one most note how the states are at least close to the size of europe, when contemplating such things).
..but ya, the brits and aussies hold the title for accent domination!
-as i wrote this, two ideas came to me which might factor into why countries abroad(esp. england & australia) outperform americans in the art of changing their native tongue- besides local(city/county/state/province/country?) programing, i imagine the majority of everything else, esp. film, is from the statestherefor from a young age they are possibly getting lots of exposure and probably imitating those presented to them as heroes. as such, i imagine it being the western accent which lays the foundationif you will.
on the same level of thinking, i suppose music could have the same effect. although the UK is hardly lacking in quality music. - this thought came towards the end of my write-up, but it dawned on me that there is likely more emphasis put on speech, working with coaches, ect. abroadsimply due to what i assume is a surplus of opportunity(higher paying too, i imagine) for "american" guy/girl next door roles, in the hollywood industry.
i hope this didnt come off like some douchey, arrogant, american poster; who thinks the world revolves around our chunk of dirtbecause that couldnt be further from the case. dont get me wrong, i love my home and would not rather live anywhere elsebut what makes this planet the amazing ball it is, is our cultural diversity(if only there was an unbiased, meticulous 3rd party account of mans history). In fact, my hands down all time favorite actor is british; the one and only, sir clint eastwoodhaha, i kid, i kidgary oldman is the best! im just trying to find some sort of logic that might help explain, what is such an obvious paradox(does the word paradox apply here?)that is the ability possessed by non-americans to produce convincing US accents, while we cant even pull off an accent that is stateside
I DO CROSSWORD PUZZLES IN PEN CUZ IM JUST THAT CONFIDENT
- besides local(city/county/state/province/country?) programing, i imagine the majority of everything else, esp. film, is from the statestherefor from a young age they are possibly getting lots of exposure and probably imitating those presented to them as heroes. as such, i imagine it being the western accent which lays the foundationif you will.
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chakobsa — 12 years ago(February 04, 2014 01:44 AM)
Just came here from a Chicago Fire thread about accents, turns out Jesse Spencer is Australian.
They both do pretty good American accents IMHO.
Been an Eamonn Walker fan since OZ.
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