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13 Reasons Why: Created by Brian Yorkey. With Dylan Minnette, Christian Navarro, Alisha Boe, Brandon Flynn. Follows teenager Clay Jensen, in his quest to uncover the story behind his classmate and crush, Hannah, and her decision to end her life.
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Bryce Walker (d. November 2, 2018) is the main antagonist of Netflix's "13 Reasons Why".
He is Nora and Barry Walker's son, Harrison Chatham's grandson, Chlöe Rice's ex-boyfriend, Hannah Baker, Jessica Davis, and Chlöe's rapist, and the twelfth subject of Hannah's tapes. He is portrayed by Justin Prentice.
Bryce was a senior at Liberty High School. He was the co-captain of the Liberty High's football and baseball team. He is Hannah Baker's twelfth reason for killing herself as he raped her one night at a party at his home in his hot tub.
In the third season, he shows himself to start to transition into a better person before he dies. The Evergreen County PD confirmed that it was a homicide. It was revealed in "Let the Dead Bury the Dead" that he had both his legs broken and right arm dislocated by Zach Dempsey out of anger because Bryce crippled Zach, and then pushed into a river by Alex Standall after being helped up by him because, Alex realized that even though Bryce attempted to reform himself, he threatened Zach and he had already managed to hurt everyone he loves.
In the fourth season, Bryce, despite being dead is far from gone. Hallucinations of Bryce still haunt Jessica, Clay and Alex throughout the season. Each time tormenting them in ways he hurt them when alive or by reminding them about covering up his murder.
In the show's finale as they are burying the Tapes, for true closure, Jessica sees a final vision of Bryce and finally confronts him. She tells him she has finally moved on, and that he had never won. She says they all grew to genuinely love and care about each other in the end. She says Bryce did that too. He smiles and walks away, seemingly finding closure.
An 9 or 10-years-old Bryce broke up a fight between Justin and another kid. Bryce called the other boy a "dick" and went on to help Justin up. Later, at lunch, Bryce went and sat with Justin, who had been sitting by himself at an empty table. Having seen that Justin didn't have a lunch bag, Bryce offered Justin his sandwich. Justin accepted but onl...
Season 1
In the hallway of Liberty High, Bryce and his jock were talking to Justin Foley about his date with Hannah the day before. When Justin showed him racy pictures he took of Hannah as she slid down the slide on the playground, Bryce grabbed the phone and sent the photo of Hannah to everyone in the school, igniting rumors of Hannah being "easy" and a slut, which was the initial blow to her reputation. At the Pep rally, the Liberty Tigers basketball team were kicking off it's pre-season, the first step on the road to returning to state finals; Principal Gary Bolan stated. As the season's winner of the Captain's Award, Bryce was called up to the stage to introduce the varsity squad. He gave a small speech showing his gratitude to receive the award and then he called out the year's starting lineup. When Bryce called out Justin's name, he didn't appear. Jessica Davis had been worrying about him all day, and he hadn't shown up at the pep rally. After the pep rally, Bryce gave Marcus and Zach Dempsey a ride to his house. As it turned out, that was where Justin had been hiding out, at Bryce's pool house, playing video games to avoid the consequences of Hannah's tapes. Another memorable time of him in Hannah's depiction is when he raped Jessica when she was passed out drunk, unaware that Hannah was in the closet. Hannah states that he broke her soul because he raped her in his hot tub, leaving fingerprint bruising on her arms and back. This was the last straw for her before she sees the counselor, Mr. Porter to decide whether or not to kill herself. He later admitted to raping Hannah to Clay, unaware that he is admitting to it, when he confronted him, after giving Clay a serious beating, also unaware Clay was recording an audiotape on the side Hannah left blank (Tape 7, Side B). Later, Tyler Down suggested to the others that they could set up Bryce as a scapegoat to take the fall, due to his crimes being far more serious than the things they committed. Despite this actually being seriously considered, Tyler was shot down.
Season 2
When Justin and Jessica were gone from school, Bryce spread the rumor that Jessica cheated on Justin with him and called it rape. Mr. Porter confronted Bryce in the boys' restroom and pinned him up against a wall, telling him to not come near Jessica. However, Bryce still approached Jessica in the sports field and acted like nothing happened and they are friends. He was seen kissing Chlöe Rice, captain of the cheerleading team, after that. Mrs. Walker tries to get Bryce to agree to talk to Mr. Porter but he doesn't buy it. After Marcus testified and mentioned that Hannah had a crush on Bryce and pursued him, Bryce got mad at him until Marcus explained how this could help Bryce. Bryce invited an excited Chlöe to his house to have dinner with his parents. His father asked him if she's loyal, as he had told him to find a loyal girlfriend to make him look good in trial. Bryce questioned Chlöe about Jessica; how she was doing at cheer practice and whether she's said anything noteworthy. After Zach's testimony about his and Hannah's relationship, Bryce and Monty teased Zach by putting underwear with blood and Hannah's name on it in his locker. Zach started to fight Bryce, but it got broken up by Coach Rick. Bryce and his parents attended a baseball event, where Marcus called Bryce a rapist in front of everyone. After the event, Bryce confronted Marcus, who explained that he did it because the tapes are already out while he still has a future if the video of him and the stripper doesn't get released. The next day, when Bryce had invited Chlöe over for breakfast, she didn't show up. Bryce's father told Bryce that whatever what was going on with Chlöe, he needs to make it right and you should respect a woman who loved you. At school, Bryce approached Clay and told him they're not enemies and he should mind his own business. He also tried to convince Chlöe, who confronted him about the tapes, that what the tapes say is false and he wasn't serious during his confession. During Bryce's testimony, he lied and told the court that Hannah had a crush on him and they used to have sex from time to time. It's later revealed that Bryce was the one with the crush, but that Hannah just wanted to be friends. He also denied raping her, saying that "she wanted it". Later that day, Chlöe was about to testify against Bryce for raping her in the Clubhouse, but lied after seeing Bryce in the courtroom. Chlöe later told Bryce that she believes him and knows he's a good person. After the school won the case against the Baker's, Bryce got arrested outside the courthouse for sexually assaulting Jessica. A month later, he was sentenced to three months probation. Meanwhile, Chlöe revealed to Jessica that she's pregnant from Bryce.
Season 3
In the third season, Bryce and his mother moved in with his grandpa following the Walker's divorce. His grandpa's nurse Amara Josephine Achola and her daughter Ani also moved in. He's going to Hillcrest High School and is on their football team. At Hillcrest, Bryce got invited to sit down to talk to some Hillcrest students, who started talking about girls with him. One of the students, Dean, reminded Bryce of being a rapist and told him to leave. Later, Bryce’s teammates shoved him down the stairs, leaving visible bruising and cuts. When he got back home, Amara cleaned up his wounds while his mom is mad at him for already getting into fights at his new school. Bryce invited Jessica to come over, which she did. She told him that she’s doing great, but can still feel him on top of her and accused him of not knowing what he did. Bryce admitted that he went too far, but didn’t seem to apologetic. He decided to see her at The Crestmont and tried to apologize, but Jessica told him that she doesn’t need anything from him. Bryce also invited Justin over and seemingly tried to rekindle their friendship, but Justin wasn’t having it and threatened to kill Bryce if he ever came close to Jessica. Bryce revealed to Justin that he knows about the group covering up Tyler’s attempted school shooting. Tyler was told by Monty that Bryce is to blame for him raping Tyler, so he found Bryce in a motel room, watching porn and smoking. He pulled a gun on Bryce, but Bryce told Tyler that he’s not behind Monty’s actions. Bryce told Tyler that he might as well just shoot him, because he’s a terrible person who is hated by the world. Alex turned to Bryce for steroids when he couldn’t get them from Luke or his dealer, who offered him the “friends and family” discount. Bryce and Alex started to hang out and do cocaine together. Bryce also introduced Alex to a sex worker. At some point, Bryce invited Alex to break into his dad’s house and mess it up. It turned out that they broke into the wrong house as a little kid came down the stairs. Bryce told the little kid and says “If you say anything, I’ll kill you,” causing the child to pee his pants and start crying. After they got back to the car, Alex told Bryce that he’s a bad person and doesn’t want to hang out with him anymore. Bryce shrugged it off and told Alex that he doesn’t get a discount anymore. Bryce took Monty to a “rich kid” party, where Monty ended up beating Winston Williams Bryce pulled Monty off and offered Winston $5,000 to forget this ever happened. Winston negotiated more money, which Bryce is agreed with. Bryce came to Padilla Automotive to get his car fixed, which Tony initially refused to do but later agreed to. Tony didn't have enough money to pay his lawyers, so he sold Bryce his mustang for twice the price he had asked. Bryce’s father had cut Bryce out of his life following the separation with Bryce’s mom. When Bryce saw his dad and his new girlfriend at dinner, he started a conversation with them, which his dad clearly didn’t appreciate. Mr. Walker confronted Bryce about breaking into his house. Bryce refused to pay for any damages, and threatened to tell the divorce court about Caitlin, his 12-year-old daughter from a secret affair. After Mr. Walker is gone, Bryce’s mom told Bryce that they should move on from him. The relationship between Bryce and his mom improved; they had a paint fight and Mrs. Walker taught Bryce yoga, where Bryce broke down crying. Bryce and Ani had developed a close friendship as they spent a lot of time together in the house, which they hid from their parents. They started hooking up and Bryce soon fell in love with her. Kevin Porter became Bryce’s private counsellor, which Bryce at first didn’t want because of the way Mr. Porter used to treat him. He eventually agreed to therapy, where Bryce is tasked to write a letter about himself from his mother’s perspective. Bryce wrote very negatively about himself, and it broke down the walls between him and his mom. Mrs. Walker shared that she only parented Bryce the way she was raised, which was to give him as much as possible but not be quite as open emotionally. In another therapy session, Bryce revealed to Mr. Porter that sex with a girl (Ani) is difficult for him because he fantasizes about holding her down. Mr. Porter reminded him that dating is probably a really bad idea for him right now, but Bryce was insistent that Ani is making him better. In a flashback, Justin was arrested for drug use and called Bryce to bail him out. Bryce learned that Justin is using again and that he’s getting threatened by Seth Massey, so he paid Seth $5,000 to leave Justin alone. Bryce also gave Justin his Oxycodone prescription as an alternative to heroin. Tony confronted Bryce over getting his family deported, but Bryce told him that he didn’t know it. Bryce then asked him if he could listen to Hannah’s tapes, as he’s never listened to them before. Tony agreed to it as Hannah wanted everyone on the tapes to hear them and drove Bryce around. Bryce cried while listening and wanted to apologize to Hannah’s mother for what he did to Hannah. Bryce approached her in the lobby of her hotel and tried to say sorry, but Mrs. Baker didn’t accept it and wished him a lifetime of learning what sorry means. Bryce came across Clay, who was standing in Bryce’s driveway to ask Ani out. Bryce started mocking Clay. Clay declared that he’d kill him if he ever came near Ani. Bryce laughed it off and told Clay that he won’t beat him up, but can still have sex with his friend. The next day, a drunk Bryce asked Ani about Clay. She denied that there’s anything going on with them. Bryce kept telling Ani he misses and needs her and aggressively grabbed her arm. Ani got frightened and ran away. Before the Homecoming Football Game, Bryce approached Jessica and asked her to meet him at the Navy Pier later that night. Bryce explained that he had something to give to her and told her to bring someone if she wanted. He then went to the Liberty Tigers locker room to confront Monty about what he did to Tyler. Bryce told him that if he doesn’t stay away from Tyler, he will tell the police about everything he did during the Hannah Baker trail. Shortly before the game started, Bryce saw his ex-girlfriend Chlöe hug Zach. Bryce approached her, who then told him that she was pregnant with his baby and had an abortion. Bryce was sympathetic towards her, but Chlöe told him that Zach helped her through it. Bryce started to believe that Zach stole Chlöe and tackled Zach during a fight that broke out during the game. He broke his knee in the process, ruining Zach’s chances to have a future in football. Bryce went to the pier to wait for Jessica, but was followed by Zach, who was furious about Bryce ruining his future. Zach beat Bryce up, threw his phone in the water and left a severly injured Bryce behind. It's revealed that after receiving a severe beating from Zach Dempsey, a remorseful Bryce was confronted by Jessica and Alex Standall. Bryce had created a tape of his own for Jessica, acting as both a confession and an apology and he lamented how despite his attempts to change, the world wouldn't let him. Bryce begged the two for help with Jessica being reluctant as she knew Zach would go to jail if they did. Alex decided to help Bryce who reminded Alex of their friendship, but Alex denied ever being friends with him. However, in severe pain, Bryce slipped back into his old behaviors, threatening to harm Zach in retaliation and accusing Jessica of setting him up. Consumed with rage of his own, Alex told Bryce that Bryce had hurt everyone he ever loved and shoved him into the river. Attempting to swim, Bryce begged for help but the two just watched as he drowned. Ani Achola later framed the story as Bryce having been killed by Monty, who Deputy Standall told Ani was killed in his jail cell, to protect Alex while Jessica and her friends listened to Bryce's tape.
Bryce is Hannah's twelfth reason for why she killed herself and of all the people on her list, his actions are the most serious.
After a horrible day following losing $700 of her parents' deposit money and being rebuffed by Clay, a depressed Hannah goes for a long walk and eventually ends up in Bryce's neighborhood and is drawn to the sounds of a party at his house. Bryce sees her come in and greets her. Hannah joins the party and eventually joins Jessica, Justin, Zach, and his girlfriend in Bryce's hot-tub. After a few minutes, Hannah relaxes in and the four others eventually leave to hang out elsewhere. Bryce then silently enters the tub and turns it off. He and Hannah make some small talk and he then approaches her and begins touching her inappropriately. Hannah attempts to get out but Bryce grabs her and holds her, pulls her underwear off, and proceeds to sexually assault her. Hannah simply freezes and does not move as Bryce brutally rapes her, nor does she call for help. Hannah later reveals on her tapes that this incident completely broke her soul and it was following this that she fully decides to commit suicide. But before making her decision, she decided to see Mr. Porter, the guidance counselor.
Bryce is shown to be a cruel, arrogant, spoiled, manipulative, violent, and selfish person and is a very dangerous individual. Coming from a prominent background, being a star and a popular athlete at Liberty High, Bryce appears to view himself as being superior to everyone and as such believes that he can do whatever he wants to, never once taking into consideration other's feelings. Bryce is a cruel bully as well as he helped to humiliate Hannah numerous times and also Tyler on one occasion. That being said he never physically harmed Tyler, even going as far as to stand up for him when Monty shoved him against the lockers. He is violent towards others though, as shown when he threw Justin out of Jessica's room and also brutally beating up Clay after he accused him of raping Hannah.
Of all the people on Hannah's list, Bryce's actions are the most serious as he is proven to be a dangerous, sexual predator who brutally raped both Jessica and Hannah and possibly others and shows absolutely no remorse whatsoever for his actions and does not even appear to view his assaults as being rapes, once making clear to Clay that, if his actions are rapes "then every girl at this school wants to be raped". He also sexually harassed Hannah once as well by grabbing her ass. He shows no remorse over her death either and claims that she wanted him sexually and that she practically "begged me to fuck her", which was completely false. He is shown to be somewhat of a coward as he appears fearful of what will potentially happen to him after Justin reveals to him of the existence of Hannah's tapes. He is also somewhat easy to manipulate as Clay was able to successfully coerce him into confessing to raping Hannah.
Despite all of this, he is to a certain degree, a good friend, as it has been proven that he and his family have helped Justin numerous times, as well as his mother, and even lets Justin stay at his house for long periods. However, it is shown that Bryce believes, because of this, he can control Justin, notably seen when he made Justin let him into the room where Jessica was sleeping after telling Justin that what Bryce owns Justin does too, which in his opinion should be reciprocated, which also dangerously implies that he thinks Jessica is Justin's ownership. Justin is so scared to allow this, that he comes back into the room and tries to get him off of her, however, Bryce forcibly and brutally shoves him out of the room and gets back to Jessica whom he then proceeds to rape (he has non-consensual sex with her while she is passed out) while Justin is downstairs visibly scared, fearful and upset because he knows what is going on.
In the third season though, we begin to see a change in Bryce before his death. He realizes the opportunity that he's been given to try and change his life with the minimal punishment that he received. and after witnessing his parents' divorce, he begins to realize how much pain he has caused in his victims, so he decides to try and make up for it in several ways, such as helping Justin combat his drug addiction and pay off his debt to Seth, trying to give Tony his car back after taking it from him in an attempt to make amends with him after his father sold out Tony's family to the ICE, apologizing to Jessica for assaulting her, and helping Tyler out after hearing of his rape by Monty, which ironically appalled him. He also became more sensitive to his emotions and to the emotions of others around him, opening up to Mr. Porter about his tragic upbringing and the feeling that his parents don't love him as well as his remorse for what he did and his fear that he will never change and he even forms a consensual sexual relationship with Ani. Bryce was sympathetic to Chloe after hearing of her abortion and showed he genuinely loved his mother as well defending her from his father and grandfather, having a playful paint fight with her and breaking down out hon guilt and remorse into her arms as they bonded during yoga. But, despite this, he still does some horrific things such as vandalizing his father's house and a house that he mistook for his father's, threatening the child with violence when he catches Bryce vandalizing his home and selling drugs to Alex and other people on the side. He also still treated Zach and Clay badly, the former for Chloe (his ex-girlfriend) leaving him for Zach (resulting in him breaking his knee), and the latter for bonding with Ani (resulting in his multiple taunts). In a tape he left before his death, Bryce expressed genuine remorse for his actions despite knowing that what he did may have been unforgivable to the point of no one wanting to even hear him out. Bryce stated that he dreamed of maybe becoming the type of person that protected people from what he did (which he technically did by protecting Tyler from Monty and, due to Charlie witnessing his threatening of Monty, being the one indirectly responsible for Monty going to prison).
Years active. 2010–2020. Justin Wright Prentice (born March 25, 1994) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Bryce Walker, the main antagonist in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. [1] Prentice is also known for his role as Cash Gallagher in the ABC sitcom Malibu Country. [2]
YearTitleRoleNotes2017–2020Main role, 44 episodes2017Tyler3 episodes2016Bryce4 episodes2016Patrick5 episodesAug 26, 2019 · For three seasons now he has portrayed Bryce Walker on 13 Reasons Why, the Netflix series that takes every after-school special about what Kids These Days are navigating, and cranks the stakes up...
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Netflix. Of all the characters on 13 Reasons Why, few are as quietly terrifying as popular jock Bryce Walker. Season one of the drama follows high school student Clay (Dylan Minnette)...
Aug 26, 2019 · '13 Reasons Why' star Justin Prentice speaks about the season three finale murder reveal and humanizing convicted rapist Bryce Walker on the Netflix YA series. Spoilers ahead.
Justin Prentice. Actor. Producer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 1:26. 13 Reasons Why (2017–2020) 6 Videos. 42 Photos. Justin Prentice was born on 25 March 1994 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for 13 Reasons Why (2017). More at IMDbPro. Contact info. Agent info. Resume. Born March 25, 1994. Add to list.
