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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-07-18 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Auckland, New Zealand

Grant Bowler

Biography:

Grant Bowler (born 18 July 1968) is a New Zealand-Australian actor who has made appearances on American, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian movies and television shows. He is known for playing the role of Constable Wayne Patterson in Blue Heelers and also appeared as Wilhelmina Slater's love interest Connor Owens in Ugly Betty. In November 2010, he was announced as the host of The Amazing Race Australia which will air on the Seven Network in 2011.

Bowler was married to South African actress Roxane Wilson from 2001 to 2011 and has two children.

Known For

Acting

2025

2023

Ice Storm as Eric

2022

2020

Guns Akimbo as Degraves
The Baker and the Beauty as Gideon Hamilton

2019

Painkillers as Herb Morris
Bad Impulse as Henry Sharpe
Reef Break as Carter Eastland

2018

Harrow as Francis Chester (voice)
Harrow as Francis Chester

2017

Still Star-Crossed as Lord Damiano Montague

2016

JL Family Ranch as Sheriff Whitlock

2015

One & Two as Daniel
400 Days as Walter
Zoey to the Max as Sheriff Tom Jenkins

2014

Swelter as Cole
Lucky Dog as Preston Spencer III
Defiance: The Lost Ones as Joshua Nolan

2013

Defiance as Joshua Nolan
Defiance as Himself

2012

The Great Mint Swindle as Ray Mickelberg
Liz & Dick as Richard Burton
186 Dollars to Freedom as Jesus Christ
I Do as Peter Edwards

2011

Remains as Tom
Atlas Shrugged: Part I as Henry "Hank" Rearden
Killer Elite as Cregg
The Cape as Razer
The Amazing Race Australia as Himself - Host

2010

Hawaii Five-0 as Ben Hamilton

2008

Canal Road as Detective Ray Driscoll
True Blood as Cooter

2007

Satisfaction as Daniel

2006

Ugly Betty as Connor Owens

2005

Outrageous Fortune as Wolfgang 'Wolf' West

2004

Lost as Captain Gault
Through My Eyes as Black Rat

2002

White Collar Blue as Steve Petrovic

2001

Always Greener as Greg Steele

2000

On the Beach as Lt. Peter Holmes

1999

Close Contact as Mike Heyns
Farscape as Shaman Liko
The Lost World as Montague Fitzsimmons

1998

All Saints as Darren Rigg

1996

Pacific Drive as Garth Stephens

1994

Halifax f.p. as Bob Palance

1993

Blue Heelers as Const. Wayne Patterson