Grant Bowler

Known for

Acting

Born

July 18, 1968 (age 58)

Birthplace

Auckland, New Zealand

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.

Best known work

Lost

2004

Guns Akimbo

2020

Killer Elite

2011

True Blood

2008

Hawaii Five-0

2010

Farscape

1999

Defiance

2013

400 Days

2015

Ugly Betty

2006

Atlas Shrugged: Part I

2011

Filmography

2025
Disaster Strike ForceTV
as Eric Martin (6 episodes)
2025
Disaster Strike Force
as Eric Martin
2023
Ice Storm
as Eric
2023
20.0 Megaquake
as Eric Martin
2022
Super Volcano
as Eric
2020
The Baker and the BeautyTV
as Gideon Hamilton (2 episodes)
2020
Guns Akimbo
as Degraves
2019
Bad Impulse
as Henry Sharpe
2019
Reef BreakTV
as Carter Eastland (6 episodes)
2019
Painkillers
as Herb Morris
2019
The Car: Road to Revenge
as Rainer
2018
HarrowTV
as Francis Chester (voice) (1 episode), as Francis Chester (9 episodes)
2017
Still Star-CrossedTV
as Lord Damiano Montague (7 episodes)
2016
J.L. Family Ranch
as Sheriff Whitlock
2015
400 Days
as Walter
2015
One & Two
as Daniel
2015
Zoey to the Max
as Sheriff Tom Jenkins
2014
Lucky Dog
as Preston Spencer III
2014
Swelter
as Cole
2014
Defiance: The Lost OnesTV
as Joshua Nolan (5 episodes)
2013
Getting OnTV
as Ron Rudd (6 episodes)
2013
DefianceTV
as Joshua Nolan (38 episodes)
2012
Liz & Dick
as Richard Burton
2012
I Do
as Peter Edwards
2012
186 Dollars to Freedom
as Jesus Christ