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Early life

Bowman was born in

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on 4 March 1988. He was educated at the Wellington College boarding school. His sister, Scarlett Bowman, is a former ''

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'' star. Bowman states that his father is

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, and said in the interview that he "feels Jewish, ish." Bowman's other ancestry is English, Irish, and distant Italian. At the age of 18, Bowman was briefly a professional rugby player for

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, before suffering two shoulder dislocations in his first year and being asked to leave.

Career

Bowman made his acting debut in 2007 playing Dimitri in the TV series ''

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''. He then spent two years on the British series ''

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'' and went on to appear in the films ''

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'', '' 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. In 2011 he was selected as one of the Stars of Tomorrow by ''

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''. Bowman played Daniel Grayson, a series regular, in the ABC series ''

''. Bowman starred in the ABC series '' Time After Time'', about the adventures of a young H. G. Wells; it was cancelled in 2017. Bowman studied method acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. Bowman played Krasko in the '' Doctor Who'' episode "

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Personal life

Bowman began dating his ''

'' co-star

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in late 2011. The couple became engaged on 11 May 2017 and married on 15 December 2018 in The Bahamas. The couple announced the birth of their first child, daughter Iris, in August 2021.

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bowman, Josh 1988 births 21st-century English male actors Actors Studio alumni British expatriate male actors in the United States English expatriates in the United States English male film actors English male television actors English people of Irish descent English people of Italian descent Jewish English male actors Living people Male actors from Berkshire People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire People from the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead