{{Short description|Canadian actor}} {{Infobox person | image = | alt = | caption = | other_names = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|5|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1978{{ndash}}2018 | spouse = | mother = | father = | awards = }} '''Geoffrey Bowes''' (born May 15, 1956) is a Canadian actor.<ref name=cte>Gaetan Charlebois and Anne Nothof, [http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Bowes%2C%20Geoffrey "Bowes, Geoffrey"]. ''Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia''.</ref> 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.<ref>"Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 8, 1980.</ref>
== Career == Bowes's roles have included the films ''Fish Hawk'', ''Middle Age Crazy'', ''War Brides'',<ref>"War Brides ties poignant dramatic knot". ''The Globe and Mail'', September 20, 1980.</ref> ''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'',<ref>Bryan Johnson, "Prayer flawed by phony accents". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 3, 1978.</ref> Erika Ritter's ''Automatic Pilot'',<ref>Ray Conlogue, "This Pilot deserves automatic success". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 18, 1980.</ref> David Fennario's ''Toronto'',<ref>Ray Conlogue, "Fennario's Toronto a facile dart game". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 3, 1978.</ref> George F. Walker's ''Zastrozzi: The Master of Discipline'',<ref name="cte" /> and Brian Drader's ''The Norbals''.<ref>Kate Taylor, "Slight comedy feels like TV sitcom: Only its strong cast saves this new play about a dysfunctional family Christmas"]. ''The Globe and Mail'', November 14, 1998.</ref> He won a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 1981, as Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play, for his performance in ''Automatic Pilot''.<ref>Ray Conlogue, "Dora Mavor Moore Awards suffer from stage fright". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 27, 1981.</ref>
== Personal life == Now semi-retired from acting, he launched his own home renovation company in 2014.<ref name=cte/> In 2018, he published ''Open Up the Wall'', a memoir of his work as a contractor.<ref name=cte/>
== Filmography ==
=== Film === <!-- "television films belong in the television table" per WP:FILMOGRAPHY --> {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{Screen reader-only|Geoffrey Bowes film credits}}<!-- WP:ACCESSIBILITY & MOS:TABLECAPTION --> |- ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- |1979 |''Something's Rotten'' |Prince Calvin | |- |1979 |''Fish Hawk'' |Towsack Charlie | |- |1980 |''Middle Age Crazy'' |Greg | |- |1980 |''Hot Dogs (Les chiens chauds)'' |Maurice | |- |1981 |data-sort-value="Soldier's Story, The" | ''The Soldier's Story'' |American soldier |Voice |- |1999 |''Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story'' |Probation Officer | |- |2001 |''Say Nothing'' |Jack | |- |2005 |data-sort-value="Man, The" | ''The Man'' |Phone Agent | |- |2012 |''Hunting Season'' |Marti | |- |2012 |''Stories We Tell'' |Storyteller |Documentary |}
=== Television === <!-- Rowspans allowed only for "Year" column per WP:FILMOGRAPHY --> {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{Screen reader-only|Geoffrey Bowes television credits}}<!-- WP:ACCESSIBILITY & MOS:TABLECAPTION --> ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- |1980 |''War Brides'' |Garret |Television film |- |1981 |''Tales of the Klondike'' |Billy |Episode: "Finis" |- |1984 |data-sort-value="Edison Twins, The" | ''The Edison Twins'' |Chuck Cavanaugh |Episode: "Double Trouble" |- |1985 |''Comedy Factory'' |Various roles |8 episodes |- |1987 |data-sort-value="Kidnapping of Baby John Doe, The" | ''The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe'' |Hank |Television film |- |1988 |''Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird'' |John Talbot |Television film |- |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 |Television film |- |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 |data-sort-value="Hidden Room, The" | ''The Hidden Room'' |Adult Mike |Episode: "Jillie" |- |1994 |data-sort-value="Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story, The" | ''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 |data-sort-value="Neverending Story, The" | ''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 |''Time to Say Goodbye?'' |Stroup's Assistant |Television film |- |1997 |''Johnny 2.0'' |APS Commander |Television film |- |1998 |''When Husbands Cheat'' |Minister |Television film |- |1998 |''Due South'' |Larry |2 episodes |- |1998 |''Evidence of Blood'' |Young Horace Talbott |Television film |- |1999 |''Ultimate Deception'' |Hay |Television film |- |1999 |''If You Believe'' |George Stone |Television film |- |2000 |''Dirty Pictures'' |Suit |Television film |- |2000 |''On Hostile Ground'' |Frank, Chief Engineer |Television film |- |2001 |data-sort-value="Associates, The" | ''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 |data-sort-value="Taste of Shakespeare, A" | ''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 |Television film |- |2004 |''Hustle'' |Tommy Helms |Television film |}
== References == {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0101133}}
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