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Grant Bowler

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Grant Bowler at an event for The Walking Dead (2010)
After a terrible car crash, brilliant surgeon John Clarke becomes prey to an unbearable physical pain and emotional guilt. As his marriage starts disintegrating, John soon finds out that the only thing that can ease his pain is the taste of human blood.
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Painkillers (2018)
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Grant Bowler can be seen as the male lead, 'Nolan', in Syfy's Defiance, which returned for its second season, June 2014. Bowler in his recent hiatus shot four movies back-to-back including the psychological action film, "Swelter", alongside Jean Claude Van Damme & Alfred Molina, Sci-Fi thriller "400 Days" with Brandon Routh and Dane Cook, "Lucky Dog" with Amy Smart and the family movie, "Zooey to the Max".

Bowler was last seen on the small screen as 'Richard Burton' in Lifetime's television movie Liz & Dick, and had a widely popular turn as 'Cooter' in the award winning vampire franchise True Blood on HBO. He is perhaps best known for his work as recurring character 'Connor Owens' on Ugly Betty and as 'Captain Gault' in TV blockbuster Lost.

Born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, he is a graduate of the esteemed Australian drama school NIDA, alongside other notable graduates including Mel Gibson, Cate Blanchett and Sam Worthington.

Prior to basing himself in Los Angeles, Grant carried many successful Australian TV roles including dramas Blue Heelers, Pacific Drive, All Saints, Something In The Air, as well as starring in the mini-series Through My Eyes about the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlin, Lindy Chamberlin's baby and the Australian TV movie The Great Mint Swindle. He's also been seen in the widely viewed NZ crime drama Outrageous Fortune, where he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2010 Qantas Film and Television Awards. 2012 saw Bowler add an International Emmy win to his list of career accomplishments.
BornJuly 18, 1968
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    Known for

    Taylor Schilling in Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)
    Atlas Shrugged: Part I
    5.6
    • Henry 'Hank' Rearden
    • 2011
    Dane Cook, Brandon Routh, Ben Feldman, and Caity Lotz in 400 Days (2015)
    400 Days
    4.4
    • Walter
    • 2015
    Daniel Radcliffe in Guns Akimbo (2019)
    Guns Akimbo
    6.3
    • Degraves
    • 2019
    Killer Elite (2011)
    Killer Elite
    6.4
    • Cregg
    • 2011

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    Actor



    • Ice Storm (2023)
      Ice Storm
      2.3
      TV Movie
      • Eric
      • 2023
    • 20.0 Megaquake (2022)
      20.0 Megaquake
      2.4
      TV Movie
      • Eric
      • 2022
    • Super Volcano (2022)
      Super Volcano
      2.8
      TV Movie
      • Eric
      • 2022
    • Victor Rasuk and Nathalie Kelley in The Baker and the Beauty (2020)
      The Baker and the Beauty
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Gideon Hamilton
      • 2020
    • Paul Sorvino, Grant Bowler, Sonya Walger, Nicholas Danner, Oscar Debler, and Abbi Ford in Bad Impulse (2019)
      Bad Impulse
      4.1
      • Henry Sharpe
      • 2019
    • Poppy Montgomery in Reef Break (2019)
      Reef Break
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Carter Eastland
      • 2019
    • Daniel Radcliffe in Guns Akimbo (2019)
      Guns Akimbo
      6.3
      • Degraves
      • 2019
    • Ioan Gruffudd in Harrow (2018)
      Harrow
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Francis Chester
      • 2019
    • The Car: Road to Revenge (2019)
      The Car: Road to Revenge
      4.0
      • Rainer
      • 2019
    • Painkillers (2018)
      Painkillers
      4.2
      • Herb Morris
      • 2018
    • Sterling Sulieman, Lashana Lynch, Wade Briggs, and Medalion Rahimi in Still Star-Crossed (2017)
      Still Star-Crossed
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Lord Damiano Montague
      • 2017
    • Melanie Griffith, Jon Voight, James Caan, Teri Polo, and Grant Bowler in JL Ranch (2016)
      JL Ranch
      5.4
      • Sheriff Whitlock
      • 2016
    • Business Unusual (2016)
      Business Unusual
      7.2
      Short
      • Darius Price
      • 2016
    • Alex Borstein, Laurie Metcalf, Niecy Nash, and Mel Rodriguez in Getting On (2013)
      Getting On
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Dr. Ron Rudd
      • 2015
    • Dane Cook, Brandon Routh, Ben Feldman, and Caity Lotz in 400 Days (2015)
      400 Days
      4.4
      • Walter
      • 2015

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    Liz & Dick
    Trailer 0:31
    Liz & Dick
    J.L. Family Ranch
    Trailer 0:33
    J.L. Family Ranch
    400 Days
    Trailer 1:48
    400 Days
    Lucky Dog
    Trailer 1:19
    Lucky Dog

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    • Height
      • 6′ (1.83 m)
    • Born
      • July 18, 1968
      • Auckland, New Zealand
    • Spouse
      • Roxane WilsonJanuary 21, 2001 - 2011 (divorced, 2 children)

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      Born in Auckland, New Zealand before moving to Perth, Australia at a very young age. He and his family eventually settled in Brisbane.
    • Quotes
      [on encountering fans] I can tell where people know me from by how they behave when they recognize me. If they recognize me from 'Ugly Betty' they usually come up and say hello. If they recognize me from 'True Blood' or 'Defiance' they usually keep their distance and wave. It's really funny. I'm not going to bite you or shoot you. It's all good.

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