Walt Sloan has appeared in over 20 plays in the Chicago area and over 40 films and television productions, including a supporting role in "4 and a half Terrorists" - winner of the 2008 Chicago Comedy TV Pilot Competition. He appeared in a 2010 Super Bowl commercial and in featured roles in "A Sicilian Odyssey" and "Return to the Hiding Place", which premiered at the Festival de Cannes, Marche du Film in 2010 and 2011, respectively. Walt is represented by Shirley Hamilton, Inc.

Walt is married to Esther Gutiérrez-Sloan, the creator of SALSArobics®, who was inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame in 2010 as the pioneer in introducing authentic Latin rhythms and dance steps into the aerobics industry.Since 2001, Walt has been singing bass/baritone for The Buckthorns, a 12-member mixed a cappella group best known for its Christmas CD released in 2004, titled "On a Silent Night".Walt is a published author in the Journal of Addictive Diseases for "Hypothesis for Temporal Displacement of Metabolic and Neuronal Accommodation in Smoking Addiction", 1999.Walt is an inventor, with 12 patents in the fields of optical electronic instrumentation and electronic commerce.Walt is a former United States Amateur Roller Skating Association national champion, having won five gold medals for artistic skating from 1967 - 1970.In addition be being an actor, Walt is also a writer. His screenplay, a religious thriller titled "The Salus Imperative", was awarded Best Screenplay at the 2011 Naperville Independent Film Festival.