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Will Bowes

Profession
Acting
Born
June 14, 1990 · London, Ontario, Canada

Biography

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.

Known for

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World poster
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Film · 2010 · ★ 7.5
House at the End of the Street poster
House at the End of the Street
Film · 2012 · ★ 5.8
Women Talking poster
Women Talking
Film · 2022 · ★ 6.8
A Teacher poster
A Teacher
Series · 2020 · ★ 7.1
Murdoch Mysteries poster
Murdoch Mysteries
Series · 2008 · ★ 7.7
Clara poster
Clara
Film · 2018 · ★ 7.4
Rookie Blue poster
Rookie Blue
Series · 2010 · ★ 7.7
The Kindness of Strangers poster
The Kindness of Strangers
Film · 2019 · ★ 6.4
The Listener poster
The Listener
Series · 2009 · ★ 6.9
Degrassi poster
Degrassi
Series · 2001 · ★ 7.6
Frankie Drake Mysteries poster
Frankie Drake Mysteries
Series · 2017 · ★ 6.3
Pretty Hard Cases poster
Pretty Hard Cases
Series · 2021 · ★ 6.2

Filmography