Max Bowden

{{Infobox person

| name = Max Bowden

| birth_name = Max Lewis Bowden

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|12|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Woking, Surrey, England

| partner =

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2006–present

| education =

| television = {{Ubl

| Waterloo Road

| EastEnders

}}

| children = 1{{cite web |last1=Harp |first1=Justin |title=Max Bowden supported by EastEnders co-stars following the birth of his son |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a41429068/eastenders-max-bowden-confirms-son-birth/ |work=Digital Spy |date=28 September 2022 |access-date=12 October 2022 |archive-date=12 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012224506/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a41429068/eastenders-max-bowden-confirms-son-birth/ |url-status=live }}

}}

Max Lewis Bowden (born 31 December 1994{{cite web |last=Kilkelly |first=Daniel |title=Who is EastEnders newcomer Max Bowden? |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a27018573/eastenders-max-bowden-who-ben-mitchell/ |website=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Corporation |accessdate=21 April 2020 |location=United Kingdom |date=2 April 2019 |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116003146/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a27018573/eastenders-max-bowden-who-ben-mitchell/ |url-status=live }}) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Justin Fitzgerald in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2014–2015),{{cite web |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=Waterloo Road: Meet new boy Justin |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/a602995/waterloo-road-newbie-max-bowden-justin-faces-emotional-rollercoaster/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=27 December 2020 |date=12 October 2014 |archive-date=23 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223165049/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/a602995/waterloo-road-newbie-max-bowden-justin-faces-emotional-rollercoaster/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Waterloo Road – Ep. 6/20 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2014/46/waterloo-road |website=BBC Media Centre |access-date=27 December 2020}} and his portrayal of Ben Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2019–2024).{{cite web |last1=Yip |first1=Ann |title=Surrey star Max Bowden to join EastEnders as Ben Mitchell |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/surrey-star-max-bowden-join-15713006 |website=SurreyLive |access-date=27 December 2020 |language=en |date=22 January 2019 |archive-date=8 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808063041/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/surrey-star-max-bowden-join-15713006 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Eastenders' Ben Mitchell is back – and being played by another new actor |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-46947232 |website=BBC News |access-date=27 December 2020 |date=21 January 2019 |archive-date=8 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108003009/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-46947232 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2019-01-21/first-images-of-the-new-ben-mitchell-actor-max-bowden-joins-the-eastenders-cast/ |title=First images of the new Ben Mitchell – actor Max Bowden joins the EastEnders cast |first1=David |last1=Brown |date=21 January 2019 |work=Radio Times |access-date=11 April 2020 |archive-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230052159/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/first-images-of-the-new-ben-mitchell-actor-max-bowden-joins-the-eastenders-cast/ |url-status=live }}

Career

In 2014, Bowden joined the cast of Waterloo Road in the role of Justin Fitzgerald. In 2016, he played Kash Ryland in the BBC medical drama Casualty.{{cite web |title=A Clear Conscience – Casualty |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078tynz |website=BBC |access-date=27 December 2020 |archive-date=20 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220131356/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078tynz |url-status=live }} From 2019 to 2024, Bowden portrayed Ben Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67851337 |title=EastEnders: Max Bowden leaving role as Ben Mitchell |date=30 December 2023 |work=BBC News}}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of Max Bowden television credits
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class=unsortable \| Notes ! scope="col" class=unsortable \| {{ref heading}}
2006 \| Demolition Dad \| Naughty Neighbour \| \| style="text-align: center;" \|
2014–2015 \| Waterloo Road \| Justin Fitzgerald \| Main role \| style="text-align: center;" \|
rowspan="3"\| 2016 \| Saved \| Peter \| Episode: "Car Impaling/Kayak" \| style="text-align: center;" \|
Casualty \| Kash Ryland \| Episode: "A Clear Conscience" \| style="text-align: center;" \|
Doctors \| William King \| Episode: "The Da Vinci Toad" \| style="text-align: center;" \|{{cite web \|title=The Da Vinci Toad – Doctors \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z73j0 \|website=BBC \|access-date=27 December 2020 \|archive-date=12 October 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012154530/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z73j0 \|url-status=live }}
2019–2024 \| EastEnders \| Ben Mitchell \| Series regular \| style="text-align: center;" \|

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|+ List of Max Bowden television credits

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class=unsortable | Notes

! scope="col" class=unsortable | {{ref heading}}

2006

| Demolition Dad

| Naughty Neighbour

| style="text-align: center;" |

2014–2015

| Waterloo Road

| Justin Fitzgerald

| Main role

| style="text-align: center;" |

rowspan="3"| 2016

| Saved

| Peter

| Episode: "Car Impaling/Kayak"

| style="text-align: center;" |

Casualty

| Kash Ryland

| Episode: "A Clear Conscience"

| style="text-align: center;" |

Doctors

| William King

| Episode: "The Da Vinci Toad"

| style="text-align: center;" |{{cite web |title=The Da Vinci Toad – Doctors |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z73j0 |website=BBC |access-date=27 December 2020 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012154530/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z73j0 |url-status=live }}

2019–2024

| EastEnders

| Ben Mitchell

| Series regular

| style="text-align: center;" |

Stage

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of Max Bowden stage credits
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" \| Venue ! scope="col" \| Director(s) ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| {{ref heading}}
2015 \| Birdsong \| Private Tipper \| Original Theatre Company \| Rachel Wagstaff \| style="text-align: center;" \|
2020 \| Birdsong \| Private Tipper \| Original Theatre Online \| Rachel Wagstaff, Alastair Whatley, Charlotte Peters \| style="text-align: center;" \|{{cite web \|last1=Warner \|first1=Sam \|title=EastEnders star Max Bowden to star in virtual production of Birdsong \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a32905757/eastenders-max-bowden-virtual-production-birdsong/ \|website=Digital Spy \|access-date=27 December 2020 \|date=18 June 2020 \|archive-date=8 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808041730/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a32905757/eastenders-max-bowden-virtual-production-birdsong/ \|url-status=live }}{{cite web \|last1=Wood \|first1=Alex \|title=New online production of Birdsong to be streamed in July {{!}} WhatsOnStage \|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/birdsong-online-virtual-production_51741.html \|website=www.whatsonstage.com \|access-date=27 December 2020 \|date=8 June 2020 \|archive-date=24 October 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024144832/https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/birdsong-online-virtual-production_51741.html \|url-status=live }}{{cite web \|last1=Crick \|first1=Claire \|title=EastEnders' Max Bowden to appear in virtual production of Birdsong \|url=https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/news/birdsong-eastenders-max-bowden-624509/ \|website=What's on TV \|access-date=27 December 2020 \|language=en \|date=8 June 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709044336/https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/news/birdsong-eastenders-max-bowden-624509/ \|archive-date=9 July 2020 \|url-status=dead}}
2020 \| The Haunting of Alice Bowles \| Matt \| Original Theatre Online \| Philip Franks \| style="text-align: center;" \|{{cite news \|last1=Akbar \|first1=Arifa \|title=The Haunting of Alice Bowles review – murder at a time of plague \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/dec/18/the-haunting-of-alice-bowles-review-mr-james-tamzin-outhwaite \|newspaper=The Guardian \|access-date=27 December 2020 \|language=en \|date=18 December 2020 \|archive-date=27 December 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227071300/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/dec/18/the-haunting-of-alice-bowles-review-mr-james-tamzin-outhwaite \|url-status=live }}{{cite web \|last1=Alex \|first1=Susannah \|title=EastEnders star Max Bowden joins supernatural thriller project \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a34459589/eastenders-max-bowden-ben-mitchell-haunting-of-alice-bowles/ \|website=Digital Spy \|access-date=27 December 2020 \|date=23 October 2020 \|archive-date=9 January 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109011708/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a34459589/eastenders-max-bowden-ben-mitchell-haunting-of-alice-bowles/ \|url-status=live }}
2024/2025 UK tour \| Birdsong \| Jack Firebrace \| Original Theatre Company \| Alastair Whatley \| style="text-align: center;" \|

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|+ List of Max Bowden stage credits

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Venue

! scope="col" | Director(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{ref heading}}

2015

| Birdsong

| Private Tipper

| Original Theatre Company

| Rachel Wagstaff

| style="text-align: center;" |

2020

| Birdsong

| Private Tipper

| Original Theatre Online

| Rachel Wagstaff, Alastair Whatley, Charlotte Peters

| style="text-align: center;" |{{cite web |last1=Warner |first1=Sam |title=EastEnders star Max Bowden to star in virtual production of Birdsong |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a32905757/eastenders-max-bowden-virtual-production-birdsong/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=27 December 2020 |date=18 June 2020 |archive-date=8 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808041730/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a32905757/eastenders-max-bowden-virtual-production-birdsong/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Alex |title=New online production of Birdsong to be streamed in July {{!}} WhatsOnStage |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/birdsong-online-virtual-production_51741.html |website=www.whatsonstage.com |access-date=27 December 2020 |date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=24 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024144832/https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/birdsong-online-virtual-production_51741.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Crick |first1=Claire |title=EastEnders' Max Bowden to appear in virtual production of Birdsong |url=https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/news/birdsong-eastenders-max-bowden-624509/ |website=What's on TV |access-date=27 December 2020 |language=en |date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709044336/https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/news/birdsong-eastenders-max-bowden-624509/ |archive-date=9 July 2020 |url-status=dead}}

2020

| The Haunting of Alice Bowles

| Matt

| Original Theatre Online

| Philip Franks

| style="text-align: center;" |{{cite news |last1=Akbar |first1=Arifa |title=The Haunting of Alice Bowles review – murder at a time of plague |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/dec/18/the-haunting-of-alice-bowles-review-mr-james-tamzin-outhwaite |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=27 December 2020 |language=en |date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=27 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227071300/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/dec/18/the-haunting-of-alice-bowles-review-mr-james-tamzin-outhwaite |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Alex |first1=Susannah |title=EastEnders star Max Bowden joins supernatural thriller project |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a34459589/eastenders-max-bowden-ben-mitchell-haunting-of-alice-bowles/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=27 December 2020 |date=23 October 2020 |archive-date=9 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109011708/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a34459589/eastenders-max-bowden-ben-mitchell-haunting-of-alice-bowles/ |url-status=live }}

2024/2025 UK tour

| Birdsong

| Jack Firebrace

| Original Theatre Company

| Alastair Whatley

| style="text-align: center;" |

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of Max Bowden awards and nominations
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Award ! scope="col" \| Category ! scope="col" \| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| {{ref heading}}
rowspan=2\|2019 \| rowspan=2\|Inside Soap Awards \| Best Newcomer \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align: center;" \|{{cite magazine \|url=https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/corrie/who-will-be-your-winners-in-the-inside-soap-awards-2019/ \|title=Who will be YOUR winners in the Inside Soap Awards 2019? \|first1=Paul \|last1=Lang \|magazine=Inside Soap \|date=1 October 2019 \|access-date=31 December 2020 \|archive-date=27 November 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127170537/https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/corrie/who-will-be-your-winners-in-the-inside-soap-awards-2019/ \|url-status=live }}
Best Bad Boy \| {{won}} \| style="text-align: center;" \|{{cite magazine \|url=https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/corrie/meet-your-inside-soap-awards-2019-winners/ \|title=Meet your Inside Soap Awards 2019 winners! \|first1=Paul \|last1=Lang \|magazine=Inside Soap \|date=8 October 2019 \|access-date=31 December 2020 \|archive-date=24 January 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124192705/https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/corrie/meet-your-inside-soap-awards-2019-winners/ \|url-status=live }}
rowspan=3\|2020 \| National Television Awards \| Newcomer \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align: center;" \|{{Cite news \|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/nta-nominations-2020-shortlist-nominees-vote-national-television-awards-ntas-when-date-1357347?amp \|title=NTA nominations 2020: the full shortlist of National Television Awards nominees, and how to vote for the NTAs \|first1=Deepika \|last1=Rajani \|work=i \|access-date=28 January 2020 \|archive-date=17 January 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117223531/https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/nta-nominations-2020-national-television-awards-shortlist-nominees-vote-ntas-when-date-time-382485/amp \|url-status=live }}
TV Choice Awards \| Best Soap Actor \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align: center;" \|{{Cite news \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-07-07/tv-choice-awards-nominations-normal-people/amp/ \|title=TV Choice Awards nominations revealed – Normal People leads the pack \|first1=Flora \|last1=Carr \|work=Radio Times \|access-date=14 July 2020 \|archive-date=8 July 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708205024/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-07-07/tv-choice-awards-nominations-normal-people/amp/ \|url-status=live }}
Inside Soap Awards \| Best Actor \| {{nom}} \| style="text-align: center;" \|{{cite web \|url=https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/soaps/meet-your-final-fours-for-the-inside-soap-awards/ \|title=Meet your final fours for the Inside Soap Awards \|date=16 November 2020 \|magazine=Inside Soap \|access-date=31 December 2020 \|archive-date=30 November 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130020614/https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/soaps/meet-your-final-fours-for-the-inside-soap-awards/ \|url-status=live }}
2022 \| I Talk Telly Awards \| Best Soap Performance \| {{won}} \| style="text-align: center;" \|{{cite news \|last1=Gonzalez \|first1=Elliot \|title=Awards 2022 Winners \|url=https://www.italktelly.com/awards2022 \|access-date=12 September 2023 \|work=I Talk Telly \|archive-date=26 November 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126210626/https://www.italktelly.com/awards2022 \|url-status=live }}
2023 \| Inside Soap Awards \| Soap Superstar \| {{won}} \| style="text-align: center;" \|{{Cite web \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a45304167/inside-soap-awards-2023-eastenders-wins-big/ \|title=EastEnders wins big at the Inside Soap Awards 2023 \|date=25 September 2023 \|first1=George \|last1=Lewis \|work=Digital Spy \|quote=Other wins for EastEnders came in the shape of Best Young Performer and Soap Superstar of the Year, which were won by Isabella Brown and Max Bowden for their roles as Lexi Pearce and Ben Mitchell respectively.}}

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of Max Bowden awards and nominations

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Award

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{ref heading}}

rowspan=2|2019

| rowspan=2|Inside Soap Awards

| Best Newcomer

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align: center;" |{{cite magazine |url=https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/corrie/who-will-be-your-winners-in-the-inside-soap-awards-2019/ |title=Who will be YOUR winners in the Inside Soap Awards 2019? |first1=Paul |last1=Lang |magazine=Inside Soap |date=1 October 2019 |access-date=31 December 2020 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127170537/https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/corrie/who-will-be-your-winners-in-the-inside-soap-awards-2019/ |url-status=live }}

Best Bad Boy

| {{won}}

| style="text-align: center;" |{{cite magazine |url=https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/corrie/meet-your-inside-soap-awards-2019-winners/ |title=Meet your Inside Soap Awards 2019 winners! |first1=Paul |last1=Lang |magazine=Inside Soap |date=8 October 2019 |access-date=31 December 2020 |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124192705/https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/corrie/meet-your-inside-soap-awards-2019-winners/ |url-status=live }}

rowspan=3|2020

| National Television Awards

| Newcomer

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align: center;" |{{Cite news |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/nta-nominations-2020-shortlist-nominees-vote-national-television-awards-ntas-when-date-1357347?amp |title=NTA nominations 2020: the full shortlist of National Television Awards nominees, and how to vote for the NTAs |first1=Deepika |last1=Rajani |work=i |access-date=28 January 2020 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117223531/https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/nta-nominations-2020-national-television-awards-shortlist-nominees-vote-ntas-when-date-time-382485/amp |url-status=live }}

TV Choice Awards

| Best Soap Actor

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align: center;" |{{Cite news |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-07-07/tv-choice-awards-nominations-normal-people/amp/ |title=TV Choice Awards nominations revealed – Normal People leads the pack |first1=Flora |last1=Carr |work=Radio Times |access-date=14 July 2020 |archive-date=8 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708205024/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-07-07/tv-choice-awards-nominations-normal-people/amp/ |url-status=live }}

Inside Soap Awards

| Best Actor

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align: center;" |{{cite web |url=https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/soaps/meet-your-final-fours-for-the-inside-soap-awards/ |title=Meet your final fours for the Inside Soap Awards |date=16 November 2020 |magazine=Inside Soap |access-date=31 December 2020 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130020614/https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/soaps/meet-your-final-fours-for-the-inside-soap-awards/ |url-status=live }}

2022

| I Talk Telly Awards

| Best Soap Performance

| {{won}}

| style="text-align: center;" |{{cite news |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Elliot |title=Awards 2022 Winners |url=https://www.italktelly.com/awards2022 |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=I Talk Telly |archive-date=26 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126210626/https://www.italktelly.com/awards2022 |url-status=live }}

2023

| Inside Soap Awards

| Soap Superstar

| {{won}}

| style="text-align: center;" |{{Cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a45304167/inside-soap-awards-2023-eastenders-wins-big/ |title=EastEnders wins big at the Inside Soap Awards 2023 |date=25 September 2023 |first1=George |last1=Lewis |work=Digital Spy |quote=Other wins for EastEnders came in the shape of Best Young Performer and Soap Superstar of the Year, which were won by Isabella Brown and Max Bowden for their roles as Lexi Pearce and Ben Mitchell respectively.}}

References

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