Geoffrey Bowes


Geoffrey Bowes is a Canadian actor. He is most noted for his performance in the 1979 film Something's Rotten, for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980.

Career

Bowes's roles have included the films Fish Hawk, Middle Age Crazy, War Brides, Jewel, Dirty Pictures and Say Nothing, supporting or guest appearances in the television series Street Legal, F/X: The Series, Wind at My Back, Due South, Degrassi: The Next Generation and This Is Wonderland, voice roles in Babar and The Neverending Story, and stage roles in productions of Thomas Babe's A Prayer for My Daughter, Erika Ritter's Automatic Pilot, David Fennario's Toronto, George F. Walker's Zastrozzi: The Master of Discipline, and Brian Drader's The Norbals. He won a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 1981, as Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play, for his performance in Automatic Pilot.

Personal life

Now semi-retired from acting, he launched his own home renovation company in 2014. In 2018, he published Open Up the Wall, a memoir of his work as a contractor.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979Something's RottenPrince Calvin
1979Fish HawkTowsack Charlie
1980Middle Age CrazyGreg
1980Hot Dogs Maurice
1981The Soldier's StoryAmerican soldierVoice
1999Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler StoryProbation Officer
2001Say NothingJack
2005The ManPhone Agent
2012Hunting SeasonMarti
2012Stories We TellStorytellerDocumentary

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980War BridesGarretTelevision film
1981Tales of the KlondikeBillyEpisode: "Finis"
1984The Edison TwinsChuck CavanaughEpisode: "Double Trouble"
1985Comedy FactoryVarious roles8 episodes
1987The Kidnapping of Baby John DoeHankTelevision film
1988Mama's Going to Buy You a MockingbirdJohn TalbotTelevision film
1987–1992Street LegalNathan Goldberg / Doug Somers6 episodes
1989War of the WorldsColinEpisode: "Unto Us a Child Is Born"
1989Murder by NightYoung DoctorTelevision film
1989Sorry, Wrong NumberRobTelevision film
1989, 1990T. and T.Masked Man / Hendrix2 episodes
1989–1991BabarAdditional voices65 episodes
1991E.N.G.SpokespersonEpisode: "Up on the Roof"
1992CounterstrikeDr. MengesEpisode: "D.O.A."
1992CatwalkGeorge JamesEpisode: "Billy's Blues"
1993Gregory KJordan McLeanTelevision film
1993MatrixHoganEpisode: "Shadows from the Past"
1993The Hidden RoomAdult MikeEpisode: "Jillie"
1994The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson StoryDr. MasonTelevision film
1994Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesBlake RalstonEpisode: "Only the Strong Survive"
1995–1996The Neverending StoryBarney23 episodes
1996GoosebumpsMr. Tucker2 episodes
1996Hostile AdvancesMikeTelevision film
1996Psi FactorBlaine McCallisterEpisode: "Dream House/UFO Encounter"
1996F/X: The SeriesHossickEpisode: "Target"
1997Time to Say Goodbye?Stroup's AssistantTelevision film
1997Johnny 2.0APS CommanderTelevision film
1998When Husbands CheatMinisterTelevision film
1998Due SouthLarry2 episodes
1998Evidence of BloodYoung Horace TalbottTelevision film
1999Ultimate DeceptionHayTelevision film
1999If You BelieveGeorge StoneTelevision film
2000Dirty PicturesSuitTelevision film
2000On Hostile GroundFrank, Chief EngineerTelevision film
2001The AssociatesMr. CastilloEpisode: "Disclosure"
2001JewelDr. BeaudryTelevision film
2001Wind at My BackWillie Easterbrook2 episodes
2001Sex, Lies & ObsessionCarlTelevision film
2001A Taste of ShakespeareKent / NarratorEpisode: "King Lear"
2001, 2004Degrassi: The Next GenerationTodd McGregor2 episodes
2002Recipe for MurderJulius KleinTelevision film
2003DC 9/11: Time of CrisisTom DaschleTelevision film
2004HustleTommy HelmsTelevision film