Geoffrey Bowes is a Canadian actor. [1] 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. [2]
Bowes's roles have included the films Fish Hawk , Middle Age Crazy , War Brides , [3] 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 , [4] Erika Ritter's Automatic Pilot, [5] David Fennario's Toronto, [6] George F. Walker's Zastrozzi: The Master of Discipline, [1] and Brian Drader's The Norbals. [7] He won a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 1981, as Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play, for his performance in Automatic Pilot. [8]
Now semi-retired from acting, he launched his own home renovation company in 2014. [1] In 2018, he published Open Up the Wall, a memoir of his work as a contractor. [1]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1979 | Something's Rotten | Prince Calvin | |
1979 | Fish Hawk | Towsack Charlie | |
1980 | Middle Age Crazy | Greg | |
1980 | Hot Dogs (Les chiens chauds) | Maurice | |
1981 | The Soldier's Story | American soldier | Voice |
1997 | Time to Say Goodbye? | Stroup's Assistant | |
1999 | Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story | Probation Officer | |
2001 | Say Nothing | Jack | |
2005 | The Man | Phone Agent | |
2012 | Hunting Season | Marti | |
2012 | Stories We Tell | Storyteller | Documentary |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1980 | War Brides | Garret | Television film |
1981 | Tales of the Klondike | Billy | Episode: "Finis" |
1984 | The Edison Twins | Chuck Cavanaugh | Episode: "Double Trouble" |
1985 | Comedy Factory | Various roles | 8 episodes |
1987 | The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe | Hank | Television film |
1987 | Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird | John Talbot | |
1987–1992 | Street Legal | Nathan Goldberg / Doug Somers | 6 episodes |
1989 | War of the Worlds | Colin | Episode: "Unto Us a Child Is Born" |
1989 | Murder by Night | Young Doctor | Television film |
1989 | Sorry, Wrong Number | Rob | |
1989, 1990 | T. and T. | Masked Man / Hendrix | 2 episodes |
1989–1991 | Babar | Additional voices | 65 episodes |
1991 | E.N.G. | Spokesperson | Episode: "Up on the Roof" |
1992 | Counterstrike | Dr. Menges | Episode: "D.O.A." |
1992 | Catwalk | George James | Episode: "Billy's Blues" |
1993 | Gregory K | Jordan McLean | Television film |
1993 | Matrix | Hogan | Episode: "Shadows from the Past" |
1993 | The Hidden Room | Adult Mike | Episode: "Jillie" |
1994 | The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story | Dr. Mason | Television film |
1994 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Blake Ralston | Episode: "Only the Strong Survive" |
1995–1996 | The Neverending Story | Barney | 23 episodes |
1996 | Goosebumps | Mr. Tucker | 2 episodes |
1996 | Hostile Advances | Mike | Television film |
1996 | Psi Factor | Blaine McCallister | Episode: "Dream House/UFO Encounter" |
1996 | F/X: The Series | Hossick | Episode: "Target" |
1997 | Johnny 2.0 | APS Commander | Television film |
1998 | When Husbands Cheat | Minister | |
1998 | Due South | Larry | 2 episodes |
1998 | Evidence of Blood | Young Horace Talbott | Television film |
1999 | Ultimate Deception | Hay | |
1999 | If You Believe | George Stone | |
2000 | Dirty Pictures | Suit | |
2000 | On Hostile Ground | Frank, Chief Engineer | |
2001 | The Associates | Mr. Castillo | Episode: "Disclosure" |
2001 | Jewel | Dr. Beaudry | Television film |
2001 | Wind at My Back | Willie Easterbrook | 2 episodes |
2001 | Sex, Lies & Obsession | Carl | Television film |
2001 | A Taste of Shakespeare | Kent / Narrator | Episode: "King Lear" |
2001, 2004 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Todd McGregor | 2 episodes |
2002 | Recipe for Murder | Julius Klein | Television film |
2003 | DC 9/11: Time of Crisis | Tom Daschle | |
2004 | Hustle | Tommy Helms |
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