Profile
Ethnicity
Australian, European
Location
Los Angeles, United States of America
Height
185 cm
Age Range
47–55
Also Represented in
Australia, United Kingdom & United States of America
Career Highlights
Grant Bowler is an internationally acclaimed actor based between the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, with an extensive career across film and television. He is best known for his lead role as 'Nolan' in "Syfy’s Defiance", alongside major television credits including "Ugly Betty", "Lost", "True Blood", and "Liz & Dick." His recent work includes "Gallipoli", "Hawaii Five-0", "Getting On", "Dead of Summer", and "Still Star-Crossed", as well as long-running Australian series such as "Blue Heelers", "All Saints", and "Outrageous Fortune", for which he received a Qantas Film and Television Awards nomination. Grant’s film credits include "Guns Akimbo", "The Killer Elite", "Painkillers", "JL Ranch", "The Car: Road to Revenge", and "400 Days", among many others. He has also worked extensively as a presenter, hosting The Amazing Race Australia (International Emmy Award-winning) and "The Mole", and narrating "Border Security" for multiple seasons.
Awards.
| 2010 | Qantas Film & Television Award - Nominated - Performance by a Supporting Actor in General Television - Outrageous Fortune | ||
| 2007 | Air New Zealand Screen Awards Nomination - Best Performance by an Actor - Outrageous Fortune | ||
Feature Film.
| 2020 | Bad Impulse | Henry Sharpe | All in Films LLC Dir. Michelle Danner |
| 2019 | The Car: Road to Revenge | Detective Rainer | Dir. G.J.Echterkamp |
| 2018 | Guns Akimbo | Detective Degraves | Dir. Jason Lei Howden |
| 2018 | Painkillers | Herb Morris | Lone Suspect Dir. Roxy Shih |
| 2016 | JL Ranch | Sheriff Whitlock | Crystal Sky Pictures Dir. Charles Robert Carner |
| 2015 | 400 Days | Walter | New Artists Alliance Dir. Matt Osterman |
| 2015 | Lucky Dog | Preston Spencer | Donley Entertainment Dir. Michael Feifer |
| 2015 | One and Two | Daniel | Bow and Arrow Entertainment Dir. Andrew Droz Palermo |
| 2015 | Zoey to the Max | Sheriff Tom Jenkins | Brand Inc. Entertainment Group Dir. Jim Valdez |
| 2014 | Swelter | Cole | Grand Peaks Entertainment Dir. Keith Parmer |
| 2012 | 186 Dollars to Freedom | Jesus Christ | City of Gardens Dir. Camilo Vila |
| 2012 | I Do | Peter Edwards | School Pictures Dir. Glenn Gaylord |
| 2011 | Atlas Shrugged: Part I | Henry Rearden | The Strike Productions Dir. Paul Johansson |
| 2011 | Killer Elite | Cregg | Palomar Pictures Dir. Gary McKendry |
| 2011 | Remains | Tom | Chiller Films Dir. Colin Theys |
| 2007 | The Fall of Night | Harry | Winter Star Productions/USA Dir. Derrick Warfel |
| 2003 | Ned | Town Priest | Ned Prductions Dir. Abe Forsythe |
| 1999 | Change of Heart | Jason (Lead ) | A Change of Heart Productions Dir. Rod Hay |
| 1999 | Close Contact | Mike Heyns (Lead ) | Screentime Dir. Scott Hartford-Davis |
Television.
| 2023 | Ice Storm | Eric (Lead) | Dir. Jared Cohn |
| 2022 | 20.0 Megaquake | Eric (Lead) | Dir. Jared Cohn |
| 2022 | Super Volcano | Eric (Lead) | Dir. Jared Cohn |
| 2020 | The Baker and the Beauty | Gideon | Dir. Steve Pearlman |
| 2019 | Harrow - Season 2 | Francis Chester | Dir. Various |
| 2019 | Reef Break | Carter Eastland | Dir. Various |
| 2017 | Still Star-Crossed | Lord Damiano Montague | Dir. Various |
| 2015 | Gallipoli | William Malone | Nine Network Australia Dir. Glendyn Ivin |
| 2015 | Getting On | Dr. Ron Rudd | Anima Sola Productions Dir. Various |
| 2015 | Hawaii Five-0 - Season 5 | Ben Hamilton | Kurtzman Orci Paper Products |
| 2013 | Defiance | Joshua Nolan | Five & Dime Productions Dir. Various |
| 2012 | GCB | Mason Massey | Darren Star Productions Dir. Various |
| 2012 | Liz & Dick (TV-movie) | Richard Burton (Lead) | Larry A. Thompson Productions Dir. Lloyd Kramer |
| 2012 | The Great Mint Swindle | Ray Mickelberg | Worldwide Production Services Dir. Geoff Bennett |
| 2011 | Panic at Rock Island (TV-movie) | Jim Quinn (Lead) | Goal Post Pictures Dir. Tony Tilse |
| 2011 | The Cape | Razer (Support) | Berman Braun and Universal Media Studios |
| 2010 | True Blood - Season 3 | Cooter | HBO/Alan Ball Dir. Various |
| 2009 | Satisfaction | Daniel | Lone Hand |
| 2008 | 12 Miles of Bad Road | Henry Mercer (Regular Recurring) | HBO |
| 2008 | Lost | Captain Gault (Regular Recurring) | Touchstone Television/ABC |
| 2008 | Ugly Betty | Connor Owens (Core) | Touchstone Television/ABC |
| 2007 | Canal Road | Detective Ray Driscoll | Dir. Kevin Carlin |
| 2005 | All Saints | Nigel Macpherson (Regular Recurring) | Network Seven Dir. Pino Amenta & Frank Arnold |
| 2005 | Outrageous Fortune | Wolfgang West (Core) | South Pacific Pictures Dir. Vanessa Alexander & Mark Beesley |
| 2004 | McLeod's Daughters - Season 4 | Jarred Wuchowski | Millenium Pictures Dir. Various |
| 2004 | Through My Eyes | Black Rat Lincoln | Liberty and Beyond Productions & Network Seven Dir. Di Drew |
| 2002 | Always Greener - Season 1 & 2 | Greg Steele (Regular Recurring) | Dir. Bevan Lee |
| 2002 | White Collar Blue | Steve Petrovic | Knapman Wyld Television Dir. Lynn Hegarty & Ken Cameron |
| 2001 | Finding Hope | Jack | Liberty and Beyond Productions Dir. Geoffrey Nottage |
| 2001 | Something in the Air | Mark Waters (Regular Recurring) | ABC Television Dir. Grant Brown & Ali Ali |
| 2000 | On the Beach | Lt. Peter Holmes | West Street Productions Dir. Russell Mulcahy |
| 2000 | The Lost World | Montague Fitzsimmonds | Coote/Hayes Production Services Dir. Richard Franklin & Colin Budds |
| 1999 | Farscape | Shaman Liko | Nine Films & Television Dir. Various |
| 1999 | Stingers | Sean Peck | Simpson Le Mesurier Films Dir. Grant Brown & Dan Burstall |
| 1997 | Halifax F.P | Bob Palance | Simpson Le Mesurier Films Dir. Peter Andrikidis |
| 1997 | Wildside | Peter Simms | Gannon Jenkins Television Dir. Geoff Bennett & Peter Andrikidis |
| 1996 | Adrenalin Junkies | Doctor Arch | Liberty Films International |
| 1996 | Medivac - Season 1 & 2 | Dr Arch Craven (Pivotal Lead ) | Dir. Graeme Blundell & Geoff Bennett |
| 1996 | Pacific Drive | Garth Stephens | New World Television/Village Roadshow Dir. Grant Brown & Chris Adshead |
| 1994 | Blue Heelers | Const. Wayne Patterson (Core) | Southern Star |
Theatre.
| .... | Deathwatch | Lefranc | Threshold Productions Dir. Anthony Simcoe |
| .... | Elegies | Threshold Productions Dir. Tony Knight | |
| .... | Hamlet | Laertes/Understudy Hamlet | The Bell Shakespeare Company |
| .... | Happiness | ART Incorporation Dir. Ken Bouche | |
| .... | Richard III | Edward | The Bell Shakespeare Company |
| .... | Romeo & Juliet | Mercutio | The Bell Shakespeare Company |
| .... | The Last Night of Ballyhoo | Joe Farkas | Marian Street Theatre Dir. John Krummel |
| .... | The Merchant of Venice | Duke of Venice | The Bell Shakespeare Company |
| .... | The Real Live Brady Bunch | Guest Appearance | CMA Productions |
| .... | The Return | Steve | Perth Theatre Company Dir. Jeremy Sims |
Short Film.
| 2016 | Business Unusual | Darius Price | Substance Over Hype Dir. Daniel Malakai Cabrera, Caine Sinclair |
| 2004 | One of the Oldest Con Games | Sam | Dir. Leslie King |
| 2003 | Calling Gerry Malloy | Mark (Lead ) | Left Foot Films Dir. Andrew Lewis |
Presenter.
| .... | Reel Race 2 | Active TV |
Voice.
| 2004 | The Border - Season 1 & 2 | ||
| 2000 | The Mole - Season 1-4 |