Grant Bowler
Biography
Grant Bowler is a New Zealand-Australian actor born on July 18, 1968, in Auckland, New Zealand. Throughout his career, he has appeared in television shows and movies across American, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian productions. He is known for playing the role of Constable Wayne Patterson in Blue Heelers and for portraying Connor Owens, the love interest of Wilhelmina Slater, in Ugly Betty. In November 2010, it was announced that he would host The Amazing Race Australia, which aired on the Seven Network in 2011. In his personal life, Bowler was married to South African actress Roxane Wilson from 2001 to 2011, and the couple has two children together.
Career overview
Grant Bowler is a New Zealand-Australian actor born on July 18, 1968, in Auckland, New Zealand. Throughout his career, he has made appearances in American, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian movies and television shows, accumulating a total of sixty known acting credits.
Among his notable television roles, Bowler is known for playing Constable Wayne Patterson in the television show Blue Heelers. He also appeared as Connor Owens, the love interest of the character Wilhelmina Slater, in the television show Ugly Betty. In addition to his acting work in series, he was announced in November 2010 as the host of The Amazing Race Australia, which was scheduled to air on the Seven Network in 2011.
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- Disaster Strike Force (2025) as Eric Martin
- Disaster Strike Force (2025) as Eric Martin
- Ice Storm (2023) as Eric
- 20.0 Megaquake (2023) as Eric Martin
- Super Volcano (2022) as Eric
- The Baker and the Beauty (2020) as Gideon Hamilton
- Guns Akimbo (2020) as Degraves
- Reef Break (2019) as Carter Eastland
- The Car: Road to Revenge (2019) as Rainer
- Bad Impulse (2019) as Henry Sharpe
- Painkillers (2019) as Herb Morris
- Harrow (2018) as Francis Chester (voice)
- Harrow (2018) as Francis Chester
- Still Star-Crossed (2017) as Lord Damiano Montague
- J.L. Family Ranch (2016) as Sheriff Whitlock
- 400 Days (2015) as Walter
- One & Two (2015) as Daniel
- Zoey to the Max (2015) as Sheriff Tom Jenkins
- Swelter (2014) as Cole
- Defiance: The Lost Ones (2014) as Joshua Nolan
- Lucky Dog (2014) as Preston Spencer III
- Defiance (2013) as Joshua Nolan
- Getting On (2013) as Ron Rudd
- Defiance (2013) as Joshua Nolan
- GCB (2012) as Mason Massey
- I Do (2012) as Peter Edwards
- 186 Dollars to Freedom (2012) as Jesus Christ
- Liz & Dick (2012) as Richard Burton
- The Great Mint Swindle (2012) as Ray Mickelberg
- The Amazing Race Australia (2011) as Himself - Host
- The Cape (2011) as Razer
- Killer Elite (2011) as Cregg
- Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011) as Henry "Hank" Rearden
- Remains (2011) as Tom
- Panic at Rock Island (2011) as Jim
- Hawaii Five-0 (2010) as Ben Hamilton
- True Blood (2008) as Cooter
- Canal Road (2008) as Detective Ray Driscoll
- Satisfaction (2007) as Daniel
- The Fall of Night (2007) as Harry
- Ugly Betty (2006) as Connor Owens
- Outrageous Fortune: The Movie (2006) as Wolfgang West
- Outrageous Fortune (2005) as Wolfgang 'Wolf' West
- Lost (2004) as Captain Gault
- Border Security: Australia's Front Line (2004)
- Through My Eyes (2004) as Black Rat
- Ned (2003) as Town Priest
- White Collar Blue (2002) as Steve Petrovic
- McLeod's Daughters (2001) as Jarred Wuchowski
- Always Greener (2001) as Greg Steele
- On the Beach (2000) as Lt. Peter Holmes
- On the Beach (2000) as Lt. Peter Holmes
- Farscape (1999) as Shaman Liko
- The Lost World (1999) as Montague Fitzsimmons
- Close Contact (1999) as Mike Heyns
- Change Of Heart (1999) as Jason
- All Saints (1998) as Darren Rigg
- Pacific Drive (1996) as Garth Stephens
- Medivac (1996)
- Halifax f.p. (1994) as Bob Palance
- Blue Heelers (1993) as Const. Wayne Patterson