- Born
- Birth nameJude Stephen Walko
- Nicknames
- Hollywood
- Rama X
- Jimmy Blue Eyes
- Hobo Jude
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Jude S. Walko grew up in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia and received a Magna Cum Laude Bachelor of the Arts degree in acting from the renowned University Of Georgia Drama Department in Athens, Georgia, home of the famed Peabody award. He studied acting there before moving to Los Angeles, California.
His is a Producer's Council member of the Producer's Guild of America and a SAG actor, as well as a longstanding professional member of ASIFA.
He is Co-Founder of Blue Falcon Productions, LLC. It's a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, which has several projects in development and rights options. The company released their first feature film "The Incantation", in 2018, which starred former Superman, Dean Cain. Walko wrote, directed and acted in the film which won several awards including the 7th Annual Eclipse Award for Best Direction.
In the mid 90s and early 2000s, Jude was one of the founding members of Double Dog Dare Productions based out of San Francisco which had success in its short film department including showings on Bravo, Independent Film Channel, Air Canada, Caroline's Comedy Club and several other venues.
Among several project in the works, Jude has a feature script and is writing a novel-length version of his story "The Unhallowed Horseman", which is a re-imagining of, and loosely based on the characters of, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving.
Jude splits his time between Los Angeles and Bangkok, Thailand, where he married a Thai woman, Pranom Thumcha, whom he meet there on June 19, 1999. They have two beautiful children together, Preeya Marie "Fah" Walko born on June 24, 2003 and Orion Joseph "OJ" Walko born on January 05, 2005. His daughter Preeya also shares the same birthday (June 24th) as Jude's deceased father, Ret. Tsgt. Robert J. Walko, Sr. and his brother in law, Jeff Rountree.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Pranom Thumcha-Walko - Jude's experience is vast and encompasses over 70 films ranging anywhere in budget from well under a million dollars to studio pictures over a hundred million. He is Co-Founder of Blue Falcon Productions based in the USA. He has worked with scores of A-list celebrities, Oscar winning directors and top industry producers and technical crew, and is very well connected in the film and music industries. It's his passion for film that keeps him very competitive in the Entertainment Industry. Jude has worked on feature films all over the world including all corners of the U.S., U.K., Brazil, India, Jordan, Thailand, Turkey, France, Hong Kong and mainland China. He has also acted in over 35 films, and is well versed on both sides of the camera, making him the ideal person to direct talent and supervise production. He has vast experience as a Producer, Writer, Director, Actor and 1st Assistant Director.
Recently in July of 2016 Jude wrote and directed his debut feature film entitled "The Incantation" starring former TV "Superman", Dean Cain. The film was shot entirely on location in The Loire Valley and Paris, France and was produced by Dan Campbell.
Jude and Dan have a prolific production company called Blue Falcon Productions.
Jude is attached to several feature films and is the writer of 7 scripts. His next two slated projects are "The Unhallowed Horseman" and "To Protect and Serve" both of which are original content projects from Blue Falcon Productions. Jude spends his time between Los Angeles and Bangkok with his wife and two children.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Scruffy Edgewood
- SpousePranom Thumcha Walko(September 17, 2002 - present) (2 children)
- Ice blue eyes
- Owns a grave plot in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY, USA. Home to the resting place of legendary author Washington Irving who is known for writing "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". The very story that inspired Walko's own script, "The Unhallowed Horseman".
- Jude credits his witnessing of the filming of The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981) for sparking his interest as a child and eventually leading to his pursuit of a career in the film business.
- Nathan Stein, locations manager, is the Godfather to his two children Preeya Marie Walko and Orion Joseph Walko. Jude and Nathan met on "Dude, Where's My Car?"
- Alumnus of the following schools.: 1. Cloud Springs Elementary - Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia 2. Chickamauga Elementary School - Chickamauga, Georgia 3. Gordon Lee Memorial High School - Chickamauga, Georgia 4. St. Mary's Prep Seminary - Northeast, Pennsylvania 5. St. Joseph's Prep Seminary - Princeton, New Jersey (Class of '90) 6. St. John's University - Jamaica, New York 7. California State University - Northridge, California 8. Dalton College - Dalton, Georgia 9. University of Georgia - Athens, Georgia (Class of '94)
- Got his first paid acting job by hand delivering a simple Polaroid to the casting trailer on the set of "In the Heat of the Night" in Covington, Georgia. This act of initiative led to his role in John Frankenheimer's "Andersonville" shot in Turin, Georgia near Americus. Shortly thereafter Jude met Carroll O'Connor (the star of "In the Heat of the Night") and his wife at a monastery in Conyers, Georgia. Ironically, years later, Jude would befriend and work with casting director Valerie McCaffrey, best friends of Mary Jo Slater, who cast the show "In The Heat of the Night".
- [on Project Greenlight (2001)]: They shouldn't make a show about some no name getting to make a film for a million bucks. They should try to convince Steven Spielberg or George Lucas to make a movie for a million. That would be far more interesting, as their budget for coffee is probably more than that.
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