Actor profile

Grant Bowler

18th July 1968 Auckland, New Zealand Acting

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.

29 Movies 31 TV Shows 60 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Disaster Strike Force poster

Disaster Strike Force 29th March 2025 as Eric Martin

Ice Storm poster

Ice Storm 3rd March 2023 as Eric

20.0 Megaquake poster

20.0 Megaquake 20th February 2023 as Eric Martin

Super Volcano poster

Super Volcano 13th October 2022 as Eric

Guns Akimbo poster

Guns Akimbo 27th February 2020 as Degraves

Bad Impulse poster

Bad Impulse 7th December 2019 as Henry Sharpe

Painkillers poster

Painkillers 31st January 2019 as Herb Morris

The Car: Road to Revenge poster

The Car: Road to Revenge 8th January 2019 as Rainer

J.L. Family Ranch poster

J.L. Family Ranch 22nd July 2016 as Sheriff Whitlock

400 Days poster

400 Days 29th October 2015 as Walter

One & Two poster

One & Two 14th August 2015 as Daniel

Zoey to the Max poster

Zoey to the Max 24th February 2015 as Sheriff Tom Jenkins

Lucky Dog poster

Lucky Dog 29th August 2014 as Preston Spencer III

Swelter poster

Swelter 20th April 2014 as Cole

Defiance poster

Defiance 15th April 2013 as Joshua Nolan

Liz & Dick poster

Liz & Dick 25th November 2012 as Richard Burton

I Do poster

I Do 20th October 2012 as Peter Edwards

186 Dollars to Freedom poster

186 Dollars to Freedom 21st September 2012 as Jesus Christ

The Great Mint Swindle poster

The Great Mint Swindle 11th March 2012 as Ray Mickelberg

Remains poster

Remains 6th December 2011 as Tom

Killer Elite poster

Killer Elite 22nd September 2011 as Cregg

Atlas Shrugged: Part I poster

Atlas Shrugged: Part I 14th April 2011 as Henry "Hank" Rearden

Panic at Rock Island poster

Panic at Rock Island 2nd January 2011 as Jim

The Fall of Night 25th August 2007 as Harry

Outrageous Fortune: The Movie poster

Outrageous Fortune: The Movie 26th December 2006 as Wolfgang West

Ned poster

Ned 22nd May 2003 as Town Priest

On the Beach poster

On the Beach 28th May 2000 as Lt. Peter Holmes

Close Contact poster

Close Contact 1st October 1999 as Mike Heyns

Change Of Heart poster

Change Of Heart 1st January 1999 as Jason

Disaster Strike Force poster

Disaster Strike Force 1st June 2025 as Eric Martin

The Baker and the Beauty poster

The Baker and the Beauty 13th April 2020 as Gideon Hamilton

Reef Break poster

Reef Break 19th June 2019 as Carter Eastland

Harrow poster

Harrow 9th March 2018 as Francis Chester

Still Star-Crossed poster

Still Star-Crossed 29th May 2017 as Lord Damiano Montague

Defiance: The Lost Ones poster

Defiance: The Lost Ones 2nd April 2014 as Joshua Nolan

Getting On poster

Getting On 24th November 2013 as Ron Rudd

Defiance poster

Defiance 15th April 2013 as Joshua Nolan

GCB poster

GCB 4th March 2012 as Mason Massey

The Amazing Race Australia poster

The Amazing Race Australia 16th May 2011 as Himself - Host

The Cape poster

The Cape 9th January 2011 as Razer

Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0 20th September 2010 as Ben Hamilton

True Blood poster

True Blood 7th September 2008 as Cooter

Canal Road poster

Canal Road 16th April 2008 as Detective Ray Driscoll

Satisfaction poster

Satisfaction 5th December 2007 as Daniel

Ugly Betty poster

Ugly Betty 28th September 2006 as Connor Owens

Outrageous Fortune poster

Outrageous Fortune 12th July 2005 as Wolfgang 'Wolf' West

Through My Eyes poster

Through My Eyes 23rd October 2004 as Black Rat

Border Security: Australia's Front Line poster

Border Security: Australia's Front Line 13th October 2004

Lost poster

Lost 22nd September 2004 as Captain Gault

White Collar Blue poster

White Collar Blue 12th August 2002 as Steve Petrovic

Always Greener poster

Always Greener 9th September 2001 as Greg Steele

McLeod's Daughters poster

McLeod's Daughters 8th August 2001 as Jarred Wuchowski

On the Beach poster

On the Beach 28th May 2000 as Lt. Peter Holmes

The Lost World poster

The Lost World 3rd April 1999 as Montague Fitzsimmons

Farscape poster

Farscape 19th March 1999 as Shaman Liko

All Saints poster

All Saints 24th February 1998 as Darren Rigg

Medivac 10th September 1996

Pacific Drive poster

Pacific Drive 29th January 1996 as Garth Stephens

Halifax f.p. poster

Halifax f.p. 9th October 1994 as Bob Palance

Blue Heelers poster

Blue Heelers 10th September 1993 as Const. Wayne Patterson