Will Bowes
Will Bowes is a Canadian Screen Award-winning director, actor, and singer/songwriter. He co-directed the series Hey Lady! with Sarah Polley and Adriana Maggs, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. He directed Netflix’s Christmas Casanova (2025) and is a two-time DGC Award nominee for various television projects, including Degrassi. His feature-length directorial debut, The Fallers, a dramatic thriller starring Georgina Campbell and Paul Gross, is due out in 2026.
As an actor, he is best known for Netflix’s Alias Grace, Spinning Out, and Murdoch Mysteries, with film credits including Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Women Talking, and House at the End of the Street, opposite Jennifer Lawrence. As a singer/songwriter, Will is a two-time first-place winner in the International Songwriting Competition (2018–2019), and his music has been licensed in various films and television series. He has released four records, including EPs and full-length albums, both with the soul/R&B group Gold Complex and as a solo pop artist, amassing over 10 million streams globally.
Acting
Movie
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
as Party Goer
2010
Movie
House at the End of the Street
as Robbie
2012
Movie
Women Talking
as Census Driver
2022
TV
A Teacher
as Dr. Riley
2020
TV
Murdoch Mysteries
as Defence Counsel
2008
Movie
Clara
as Kiefer
2018
TV
Rookie Blue
as Corey Sleeman
2010
Movie
The Kindness of Strangers
as Hamilton
2019
TV
The Listener
as Tom Walton
2009
TV
Degrassi
as Thomas
2001
TV
Frankie Drake Mysteries
as Douglas Macdonald
2017
TV
Pretty Hard Cases
as Kenneth Barbey
2021
Movie
Mistletoe Match
as Chris
2022
Movie
The Love Subscription
as Phil
2023
TV
Jane and the Dragon
as Drake 'Rake' Gardener Junior (voice)
2006
Movie
The Dependables
as Barry Dempsey
2014
TV
Naturally, Sadie
2005
Movie
Death She Wrote
as Derek Olson
2021
Movie
A Country Encore
as Adam
2025
Movie
Hunting Season
as Sam
2012
Movie
I Come Home
2026
TV
Connor Undercover
2010
