1. Grant Bowler was born on 18 July 1968 and is a New Zealand-Australian actor and television presenter who has worked in American, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian film, television, and theatre.
22 Facts About Grant Bowler
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Grant Bowler is known for playing the role of Constable Wayne Patterson in Blue Heelers and Wolfgang West in Outrageous Fortune.
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Grant Bowler appeared as Wilhelmina Slater's love interest Connor Owens in Ugly Betty.
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Grant Bowler starred as Joshua Nolan on the Syfy television series Defiance.
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Grant Bowler has provided the narration for the Canadian version and the American version when those versions air in Australia and New Zealand as Border Security: International on 7two.
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Grant Bowler was born in Auckland, New Zealand, but moved to Australia when he was young, and was raised in Brisbane.
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Grant Bowler is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art.
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Grant Bowler worked extensively in theatre with the Bell Shakespeare Company touring with the original company founded by John Bell.
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Grant Bowler had recurring roles on Always Greener and Stingers, starred in the television adaptation of On the Beach, spent a year on the ABC series Something in the Air, and starred in the 2004 miniseries Through My Eyes about the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain.
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Grant Bowler had a recurring role on All Saints from 2004 to 2005.
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Grant Bowler hosted the Australian version of The Mole from 2000 to 2003.
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Grant Bowler was replaced in the 2005 series by Tom Williams because of family commitments and his duties with Border Security: Australia's Front Line.
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Grant Bowler is the narrator of the latter show, having begun as on-camera host in 2004 and transitioning to the off-camera role after the first season.
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Grant Bowler appeared in the New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune in the recurring role of Wolfgang West.
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Grant Bowler was in greater demand since joining the program, but turned down other work to remain with the show.
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Grant Bowler guest starred as Gault, the captain of a freighter on the American television series Lost, starting with the season four episode "Ji Yeon".
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Grant Bowler did not return for the 2019 Network 10 revival of the series, being replaced by Beau Ryan.
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Grant Bowler played Hank Rearden in Atlas Shrugged: Part I, the first part of a planned three-part film adaptation of Ayn Rand's novel of the same name.
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Grant Bowler was seen in 2011 in The City of Gardens, and the film Killer Elite.
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Grant Bowler was seen in the war drama Gallipoli, released in 2015 on Channel 9, Australia.
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Grant Bowler was seen in the psychological action film Swelter, alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme and Alfred Molina; in the sci-fi thriller 400 Days with Brandon Routh and Dane Cook; Lucky Dog with Amy Smart; and the family movie, Zooey to the Max.
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In 2020, Grant Bowler appeared in a recurring role in The Baker and the Beauty playing the Australian father of lead character Noa Hamilton, played by Nathalie Kelley.