Christopher Bowen (born 20 October 1959) is a British actor.
Bowen was educated at the Cathedral School, Llandaff,
Radley College,
and
Magdalene College,
Cambridge University. He trained at the
Old Vic Theatre School in
Bristol and spent three years with the
RSC in the 1980s. Other theatre credits include the title role in "
Macbeth
''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...
" at the
Southwark Playhouse, Laertes in "
Hamlet" at the
Young Vic
The Young Vic Theatre is a performing arts venue located on The Cut, near the South Bank, in the London Borough of Lambeth.
The Young Vic was established by Frank Dunlop in 1970. Kwame Kwei-Armah has been Artistic Director since February 201 ...
, Veit Kunz in "Franziska" at the Gate Theatre, Oberon in "
A Midsummer Night's Dream
''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict amon ...
" for the City of London Festival, Maecenas in "
Antony and Cleopatra
''Antony and Cleopatra'' (First Folio title: ''The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was first performed, by the King's Men, at either the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre in around ...
" at the
Haymarket Theatre
The Theatre Royal Haymarket (also known as Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre) is a West End theatre on Haymarket in the City of Westminster which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use. Samuel Foote ...
.
His
television credits include: Mr Briggs in "
Jane Eyre" for the BBC,
Alastair Campbell in ''"Why We Went to War"'' for C4, Ant Johnson in "
Holby City
''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama ''Casualty'', and pr ...
", Richard Carey in "
Murder in Mesopotamia" (Poirot), ''
Dempsey and Makepeace'', ''
Knights of God'', John Dexter in ''
Tanamera – Lion of Singapore
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'',
Mordred
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in the ''
Doctor Who
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'' serial "
Battlefield", ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'', ''
Waiting for God'', ''Castles'', ''
Peak Practice'', ''
Heartbeat
A heartbeat is one cardiac cycle of the heart.
Heartbeat, heart beat, heartbeats, and heart beats may refer to:
Computing
*Heartbeat (computing), a periodic signal to indicate normal operation or to synchronize parts of a system
*Heartbeat, clus ...
'', ''
Doctors
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Personal titles
* Doctor (title), the holder of an accredited academic degree
* A medical practitioner, including:
** Physician
** Surgeon
** Dentist
** Veterinary physician
** Optometrist
*Other roles
** ...
'', ''
Rosemary & Thyme'' and the
title role in an unaired pilot of ''
Darkman
''Darkman'' is a 1990 American superhero film directed and co-written by Sam Raimi. Based on a short story Raimi wrote that paid homage to Universal's horror films of the 1930s, the film stars Liam Neeson as scientist Peyton Westlake, who is br ...
''.
His film credits include: Commander Day in the
James Bond film
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''
Tomorrow Never Dies'', Charles Fairford in ''
Cold Comfort Farm
''Cold Comfort Farm'' is a comic novel by English author Stella Gibbons, published in 1932. It parodies the romanticised, sometimes doom-laden accounts of rural life popular at the time, by writers such as Mary Webb.
Plot summary
Following ...
'' directed by
John Schlesinger, the Prince of Wales in ''
Richard III
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'', Hamilton in ''
Gaudi Afternoon'' directed by
Susan Seidelman
Susan Seidelman (Born December 11, 1952) is an American film director, producer, and writer. She first came to notice with '' Smithereens'' (1982), the earliest American independent feature to be screened in Competition at the Cannes Film Festiva ...
.
Filmography
References
External links
Christopher Bowen website*
1959 births
Living people
People educated at Radley College
Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
British male film actors
Place of birth missing (living people)
British male television actors
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