Grant Bowler: movies with the actor, interesting facts from life

Grant Bowler is an actor born on July 18, 1968 in Auckland, New Zealand. His father worked as a salesman, and his mother as an insurance agent. When the boy grew up, his parents were forced to move with him to Australia, where they lived first in the city of Perth, and then in Brisbane. The actor gained fame thanks to a short appearance in the fourth season of the series "Staying Alive".

Grant Bowler graduated from the famous Australian institution - the National Institute of Dramatic Arts, whose graduates became such famous Hollywood stars as Mel Gibson, Keith Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Sam Warrington and Baz Luhrmann. After graduating in 1991 and receiving a degree in performing arts, Bowler took a job at the Sydney Film and Television School as a drama teacher.

Personal life

Little is known about Grant's personal life. In the period from 2001 to 2011 he was married to actress Roxane Wilson, known for his role in the film "Stringers" (1998). In marriage, two children were born - the daughter of Edie Bowler (born in 2002) and son of Zik Bowler (born in 2005).

Career and filmography

He played in films of Australian, American, New Zealand, Canadian production, participated in television projects, performed on theatrical stage.

Bowler first appeared on the screen, playing Constable Wayne Patterson in the series "Blue Hiller" (1994-2006), later starred as Wolfgang West in "Disadvantageous Luck" (original name Outrageous Fortune 2005-2010) and even was nominated in New Zealand for Award for best supporting actor in 2010. In 2013, played a major role in the series "Challenge." However, perhaps the most memorable roles Bowler in the series - it's Connor Owens in "Durnushke" (2206-2010) and Captain Gault in the television blockbuster "Lost" (Lost, 2004-2010).

Grant Bowler, whose films are not so well known to a wide audience, but deserve attention, played episodic roles: in dramas On the Last Bank (2000), Pleasure (2007), in the thriller Panic on Rock Island 2011).

The actor took part in filming the detective "Atlant straightened his shoulders", part 1 (2011), filmed under the same name by Mein Reed. In the same year, the militant left the "Remains" with the participation of Grant. A year later, a biographical picture appeared about the relationship between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Barton "Liz and Dick", where Bowler starred alongside Lindsay Lohan. Then there was the work in the action movie Alfred Molina "Heat" (2014) with Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Then there was a brief pause, after which Bowler returned to work, starring in the sci-fi thriller "400 Days" with Brendon Ruth and Dean Cook in a family drama called "One and Two" (2015). Currently, she starred in the series "Under the unlucky star," the release of which is scheduled for 2017.

Interesting Facts

• He does not like to revise films with his participation.
• Grant Bowler warmly responds about New Zealand, considers it the most beautiful country of all that he visited.
• It is recognized that he likes to play bad guys in the movies. And even claims that he is not able to show positive characters.
• He is a big fan of science fiction, but claims that it is difficult to play in the films of this genre.