Josh Bowman
{{Short description|English actor}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Josh Bowman
| image = Josh Bowman (31666422938).jpg
| caption = Bowman in 2018
| birth_name = Joshua Tobias Bowman
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|03|04|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Berkshire, England
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2007{{ndash}}present
| spouse = {{marriage|Emily VanCamp|2018}}
| children = 2
| relatives = Scarlett Bowman (sister)
}}
Joshua Tobias Bowman (born 4 March 1988){{cite magazine|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/josh-bowman/326007/ |title=Josh Bowman| magazine=TVGuide.com| archive-date= 22 May 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160522131627/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/josh-bowman/326007/|url-status=dead}} is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Daniel Grayson in the TV series Revenge.
Early life
Bowman was born in Berkshire on 4 March 1988. He was educated at the Wellington College boarding school. His sister, Scarlett Bowman, is a former Hollyoaks star. Bowman states that his father is Jewish, and said in the interview that he "feels Jewish, ish."{{cite news|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4256309,00.html|title=Joshua Bowman from "Revenge": "I feel Jewish"|last=Gal|first=Shirit|date=17 July 2012|work=Ynet|access-date=16 October 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/46630/Amy-Winehouses-Holiday-Fling-Josh-Bowman-Finds-Her-Embarassing|title=Amy Winehouse's Holiday Fling Josh Bowman Finds Her "Embarrassing [sic]"|work=Entertainmentwise|date=14 January 2009|access-date=7 April 2012|first=Jennifer|last=Trevorrow|archive-date=20 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120073649/http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/46630/Amy-Winehouses-Holiday-Fling-Josh-Bowman-Finds-Her-Embarassing|url-status=dead}} Bowman's other ancestry is English, Irish, and distant Italian.{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/josh-bowman-25-things-you-dont-know-about-me-2013123|title=Josh Bowman: 25 Things You Don't Know About Me |work= Us Weekly|date=12 March 2013}}
At the age of 18, Bowman was briefly a professional rugby player for Saracens F.C., before suffering two shoulder dislocations in his first year and being asked to leave.{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abve4xLGyfU|title=Josh Bowman on Jimmel Kimmel Live, Part I|work=Jimmy Kimmel Live!|date=26 January 2013|access-date=24 February 2013}}
Career
Bowman made his acting debut in 2007 playing Dimitri in the TV series Genie in the House. He then spent two years on the British series Holby City and went on to appear in the films 13Hrs, Prowl, Exteriors and Love’s Kitchen. In 2011, he joined the ABC Family show Make It or Break It, playing a gymnast named Max Spencer.{{cite web |work=Us Weekly|title=Celebrity Bio|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/josh-bowman|access-date=15 November 2012}}
In 2011 he was selected as one of the Stars of Tomorrow by Screen International.[http://www.screendaily.com/news/uk-ireland/screen-unveils-2011-stars-of-tomorrow/5029362.article Screen unveils 2011 Stars of Tomorrow] Screen Daily. 30 June 2011 Bowman played Daniel Grayson, a series regular, in the ABC series Revenge. Bowman starred in the ABC series Time After Time, about the adventures of a young H. G. Wells; it was cancelled in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/time-after-time-abc-pilot-freddie-stroma-josh-bowman-cast-1201709012/|title=ABC's 'Time After Time' Pilot Casts Josh Bowman, Freddie Stroma as Jack the Ripper & H.G. Wells|first=Elizabeth|last=Wagmeister|date=18 February 2016|work=Variety}}
Bowman studied method acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
Bowman played Krasko in the Doctor Who episode "Rosa".{{cite web |title=Coming Soon, Series 11, Doctor Who - BBC One |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06n75pt |website=BBC |date=7 October 2018 |access-date=7 October 2018}}
Personal life
Bowman began dating his Revenge co-star Emily VanCamp in late 2011. The couple became engaged on 11 May 2017 and married on 15 December 2018 in The Bahamas.{{Cite news|url=https://people.com/tv/emily-vancamp-josh-bowman-engaged/|title=Emily VanCamp Engaged to Former Revenge Costar Josh Bowman|work=People|publisher=Time Inc.|access-date=10 August 2018|language=en}} In 2021, VanCamp announced the birth of their first child, a daughter, on her Instagram account.{{cite web |url=https://www.etonline.com/emily-vancamp-gives-birth-to-first-child-with-josh-bowman-after-keeping-pregnancy-a-secret-171088 |title=Emily VanCamp Gives Birth to First Child With Josh Bowman After Keeping Pregnancy a Secret |last=McRady|first=Rachel|date=August 26, 2021 |work=Entertainment Tonight |access-date=August 26, 2021|quote=Emily VanCamp Gives Birth to First Child With Josh Bowman After Keeping Pregnancy a Secret}}{{Cite web |last=White |first=Abbey |date=August 26, 2021 |title=Marvel and Revenge Star Emily VanCamp Welcomes First Child |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/emily-vancamp-welcomes-first-child-iris-1235003686/ |access-date=October 23, 2021 |website=www.hollywoodreporter.com |language=en-US}} In 2024, VanCamp announced that she gave birth to their second daughter.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/emily-vancamp-pregnant-expecting-baby-no-2-josh-bowman-8599761 |title=Emily VanCamp Is Pregnant, Expecting Baby No. 2 with Husband Josh Bowman: 'Ready When You Are Love' |last=Speakman |first=Kimberlee|date=February 24, 2024 |work=People |access-date=April 14, 2024 |quote=Emily VanCamp just married Josh Bowman in the Bahamas — and it doesn't look like she'll be heading home anytime soon.}}{{Cite web |last=Heller |first=Corinne |date=April 14, 2024 |title=Revenge's Emily VanCamp and Josh Bowman Welcome Baby No. 2 |url=https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1399446/revenges-emily-vancamp-and-josh-bowman-welcome-baby-no-2 |website=www.eonline.com |access-date=April 14, 2024}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film and television roles |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2007
| Dimitri/Royal Hunk | 2 episodes |
| 2009
| Myths | Zeus | |
| 2009
| Betwixt | Luke | Unsold television pilot |
| 2009–10
| Scott James | 9 episodes |
| 2010
| 13Hrs | Doug Walker | |
| 2010
| Prowl | Peter | |
| 2011
| Exteriors | Adam | |
| 2011
| Roberto Alesandro | |
| 2011
| Max | Recurring role (season 2) |
| 2011–15
| Revenge | Daniel Grayson | Main role, 77 episodes |
| 2012
| Nicholas | |
| 2013
| Taylor | |
| 2016
| Level Up | Matt | |
| 2017
| John Stevenson / Jack the Ripper | Main role |
| 2018
| Krasko | 1 episode: "Rosa" |
| 2018
| Lore | 1 episode: "Jack Parsons: The Devil and the Divine" |
| 2019
| Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story | Dr. Josiah | Lifetime television movie |
| 2020
| Our Girl | (Dr.) Captain Antonio | 6 episodes |
| 2021
| Emergency Police | |
| 2023
| Charles | |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Video game roles |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2020
| Supporting (voice) |
| 2024
| Rufus Shinra |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2811944}}
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Category:21st-century English male actors
Category:Actors educated at Wellington College, Berkshire
Category:Actors from the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Category:English expatriate male actors in the United States
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:English people of Irish descent
Category:English people of Italian descent