Justin T. Bowler

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Justin T. Bowler

(1974-02-12) February 12, 1974 (age 49) [1]
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, producer
Years active1996–present
Website justintbowler.com

Justin T. Bowler (born February 12, 1974) is an American actor, writer, and producer. [2] He is best known for his role as the Disney character "Swampy" [3] on Where's My Water?: Swampy's Underground Adventures . He wrote, executive produced and starred in the short film Touch, which won several film festival awards.

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Career

In 2007, Justin T. Bowler starred in, co-wrote, co-produced the feature film "Pool Party". [4]

In 2010, Justin became a contributing writer, and reviewer for the comedic entertainment news site "The Movie Guys". [3] [5] [6]

In March, 2011, he wrote and executive produced the award winning short film, Touch. The film was accepted to over 20 domestic and international film festivals and won 5 awards. [11] [17]

In the summer of 2011, Justin sang three tracks on the Wii video game The Smurfs Dance Party .

In the fall of 2011, Justin provided the voices of Swampy, and his nemesis, Cranky, in the Disney Interactive Studios application Where's My Water? .

In 2012-2013, he reprised the voices of Swampy and Cranky, in addition to the rest of the male voices, in the animated Disney series Where's My Water?: Swampy's Underground Adventures .

Filmography

Actor
YearTitleRole
1995Date SmartJohn
1996Job SmartTommy Picnic
1997Home of Your OwnJohn
1997Safety SmartDarren
1999 - 2000Crime Strike (TV series)Store Manager
2005Designing SpacesCorrespondent
2006 Untold Stories of the ER (TV series)Officer Down
2007 John Kerwin Show Sketch Actor
2012-2013 Where's My Water?: Swampy's Underground Adventures Swampy & Cranky
Video game
YearTitleRole
2011 The Smurfs Dance Party Lead Vocalist
2011 Where's My Water? Swampy the Alligator
2011 Minute to Win It Arnold Schwarzenegger
Producer
YearTitleRole
1996Job Smartco-producer
1998Community Manproducer
2009Two of a Kindexecutive producer

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