Personal life

Bowler was born in Auckland, New Zealand, but moved to Australia when he was young, and was raised in Brisbane.

In 2011, he separated from his wife of nine years, Australian actress Roxane Wilson, with whom he has two children.

Career

Bowler is a graduate of the Australian drama school National Institute of Dramatic Art, alongside other graduates including Mel Gibson, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Baz Luhrmann, and Sam Worthington.

His first television role was as Constable Wayne Patterson on Blue Heelers, from 1993 to 1996. After leaving that show, he spent time on Pacific Drive in 1996 and Medivac from 1996 to 1998. He 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. Bowler had a recurring role on All Saints from 2004 to 2005.

Bowler also hosted the Australian version of The Mole, hosting the show from 2000 to 2003. He was replaced as host on the 2005 series by Tom Williams because of family commitments and hosting duties with Border Security.

Bowler serves as the narrator of the reality show Border Security: Australia's Front Line, a duty which he began as host in 2004, though he stopped appearing on camera after the first season. Bowler starred in the New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune. Bowler's acting career has developed since he first began playing Wolf, but although the character is not in every episode, he has turned down other roles to continue in Outrageous Fortune.

Starting with the season four episode "Ji Yeon", Bowler plays the guest role of Captain Gault, the captain of a freighter on the popular American television series Lost. He also appeared in Canal Road.

In 2008, he became a recurring regular on Ugly Betty, in which he played the corrupt CFO of Meade Publications (Connor Owens) who romanced the series' main villain Wilhelmina Slater. Bowler said of his character, "He's got a lot of evil secrets." In December 2009, he was cast in the role of Cooter, a werewolf, in the HBO urban fantasy series True Blood, for that show's third season.

He played Hank Rearden in Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011), the first part of a planned three-part film adaptation of Ayn Rand's novel of the same name. He was also seen in 2011 in The City of Gardens, as well as the film Killer Elite.

In 2012, Bowler was cast as Richard Burton opposite Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor in the biographical TV-movie Liz & Dick for Lifetime in the US.

He was seen in the war drama Gallipoli, released in 2015 on Channel 9, Australia. Bowler will next be seen in 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.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993-1996	Blue Heelers	Constable Wayne Patterson	96 episodes
1996	Pacific Drive	Garth Stephens	Episode: "#1.10"
1996-1998	Medivac	Dr. Arch Craven	48 episodes
1998	Wildside	Peter Simms	Episode: "#1.27"
1999	Farscape	Shaman Liko	Episode: "That Old Black Magic"
1999-2001	Stingers	Sean Peck	3 episodes
2000	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World	Montague Fitzsimmonds	Episode: "London Calling"
2000-2003	Mole, TheThe Mole	Host	10 episodes
2001-2002	Something in the Air	Mark Waters	26 episodes
2002	White Collar Blue	Steve Petrovic	Episode: "#1.9"
2002	Always Greener	Greg Steele	11 episodes
2004	McLeod's Daughters	Jarred Wuchowski	Episode: "Fool for Love"
2004-2005	All Saints	Nigel "Mac" MacPherson	20 episodes
2004-Present	Border Security: Australia's Front Line	Narrator	105 episodes
2005-2009	Outrageous Fortune	Wolfgang West	54 episodes
2008	Lost	Captain Gault	3 episodes
2008	Canal Road	Detective Ray Driscoll	10 episodes
2008-2010	Ugly Betty	Connor Owens	17 episodes
2010	True Blood	Cooter	7 episodes
2011	Panic at Rock Island	Jim Quinn	(TV Movie)
2011-2012, 2014	The Amazing Race Australia	Host	24 episodes
2012	GCB	Mason Massey	2 episodes
2013-2015	Defiance	Joshua Nolan	26 episodes
2015	Gallipoli	Lieutenant Colonel William Malone	7 episodes
2015	Getting On	Dr. Ron Rudd	8 episodes
2016	Still Star-Crossed	Damiano Montague	Series regular

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Halifax f.p: Someone You Know	Bob Palance	Episode 13
1999	Close Contact	Mike Heyns
2000	On the Beach	Lt. Peter Holmes
2001	Finding Hope	Jack
2003	Ned	Town priest
2003	Calling Gerry Molloy	Oliver Laird
2004	One of the Oldest Con Games	Sam
2004	Through My Eyes: The Lindy Chamberlain Story	Black Rat
2007	Fall of Night, TheThe Fall of Night	Harry
2011	Killer Elite	Capt. James Cregg
2011	City of Gardens	Jesus Christ
2011	Atlas Shrugged: Part I	Hank Rearden
2011	Steve Niles's Remains	Tom
2012	The Great Mint Swindle	Ray Mickelberg	Channel 9
2012	Liz & Dick	Richard Burton
2012	I Do	Peter
2013	Defiance (video game)	Chief Lawkeeper Jeb Nolan	(voice)
2014	Swelter	Cole
2014	Lucky Dog	Preston Spencer
2015	400 Days	Walter

[ Source: Wikipedia ]