Stuart Bowman is a Scottish actor, born in Dundee and brought up in Fife and Clackmannanshire.[1] He is known for playing head of MI5, Stephen Hunter-Dunn in the BBC's Bodyguard, his regular appearances as Sergeant Thomson in Gary: Tank Commander, and for his portrayal of Alexandre Bontemps in the Canal+ series Versailles.
Bowman was an established character actor on television, but his role as Bontemps raised his public profile. It necessitated living in Paris for the three years that Versailles took to film. Afterwards he said that he did not regret the conclusion of the series. "With Bontemps I don't think there was much I would be able to do with him beyond season three...So, for me, it felt right and natural that it was finishing there."[2]
Bowman lives with his partner, Candida Benson,[3] and their two children, Tavish and Sholto, in Hackney, East London. The children received their early education in France, while Bowman was filming Versailles.[3]
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | The Big Picnic | Russell Enoch | TV film |
| 1998 | The Wisdom of Crocodiles | Car Crash Mechanic | |
| 2000 | The Dreamer | Willis | Short film |
| 2003 | Young Adam | Black Steet Pub Man | |
| The Deal | Journalist #1 | TV film | |
| 2007 | Kitchen | Donald McQuillip | TV film |
| 2014 | Macbeth | Macduff | |
| 2015 | Slow West | Gordon Shaw | |
| Sunset Song | Alex Mutch | ||
| 2018 | Holy F__k | Father MacNally | Short film |
| In the Fall | Archibald | Short film | |
| 2021 | Eight for Silver | Saul |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Taggart | P.C. McGann | Episode: "Double Exposure" |
| 1995 | The Bill | Dennis Hepworth | Episode: "Strictly Personal" |
| 1996 | Taggart | Gary Black | Episode: "Angel Eyes" |
| 1997 | Thief Takers | DS Wallis | Episode: "Black Mist" |
| The Bill | Mick Bessant | Episode: "Going Down" | |
| 1999 | Life Support | Robbie Sutherland | Episode: "Soul and Conscience" |
| 2000 | London's Burning | Hostage Negotiator | Episode: "Series 12, Episode 10" |
| 2001 | Holby City | Jack Moore | Episode: "Shadow of Doubt" |
| 2002 | Attachments | Steve | Episode: "Tooting Broadway" |
| 2003 | A Touch of Frost | Russell | Episode: "Hidden Truths" |
| Red Cap | RQMS Rufus Webb | Episode: "Esprit de Corps" | |
| Taggart | Frank Calder | Episode: "Bad Blood" | |
| 2005 | The Golden Hour | PC Phil Carroll | Mini-series, 1 episode |
| 2007 | Coming Up | Fat Pat | Episode: "Brussels" |
| The Bill | Carl Fraser | Episode: "Diamonds Are Deadly" | |
| Dear Green Place | Crammond | Episodes: "Bandstand" & "Uppers and Downers" | |
| 2008 | Taggart | Ewan Burton | Episode: "Genesis" |
| Doctors | David Mason | Episode: "The One" | |
| 2009 | Minder | Chan Donovan | Episode: "A Matter of Life and Debt" |
| True Horror | Peter Stubbe | Episode: "Werewolf" | |
| 2009-2012 | Gary: Tank Commander | Sergeant Thomson | Series regular, 17 episodes |
| 2010 | Rab C. Nesbitt | Graeme Taplow | Episode: "Signal" |
| Taggart | Adam Turner | Episode: "Abuse of Trust" | |
| 2011 | Doctors | Neville Johns | Episode: "Because You're Mine" |
| 2013 | Case Histories | Steve | Episode: "Started Early, Took My Dog" |
| 2014 | Doctors | John Dow | Episode: "Blink" |
| Edge of Heaven | Pat the Tattooist | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 2" | |
| 2015 | The Musketeers | Bruno Lemaitre | Episode: "An Ordinary Man" |
| Suspects | Neil Jenkins | Episode: "Victim" | |
| 2015-2018 | Versailles | Alexandre Bontemps | Series regular, 30 episodes |
| 2016 | The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Police Officer Tickles | Episode: "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret" |
| 2018 | Bodyguard | Stephen Hunter-Dunn | Mini-series, 5 episodes |
| Lore | Sholto MacDonald | Episode: "Burke and Hare: In The Name of Science" | |
| 2020 | Deadwater Fell | Dr. Mark Denham-Johnson | Mini-series, 3 episodes |
| 2021 | The Serpent | Graeme Stanton | Mini-series, 2 episodes |
| Grantchester | Bishop Aubrey Gray | Recurring role, 4 episodes | |
| Alex Rider | Sean Palmer | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 8" | |
| 2021-2023 | Guilt | Roy Lynch | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
| 2022 | The Pact | Jerry | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 2" |
| The Control Room | Ian Maver | Mini-series; 3 episodes | |
| Karen Pirie | Detective Chief Superintendent Jimmy Lawson Snr | Series regular; 3 episodes | |
| 2023 | The Chemistry of Death | Iain Kinross | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| 2024 | † Rebus | Ger Cafferty | |
| TBA | † The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | TBA | Season 2 |