Stuart Bowman is a Scottish actor, born in
Dundee
Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
and brought up in
Fife
Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...
and
Clackmannanshire. He is known for playing head of MI5, Stephen Hunter-Dunn in the BBC's ''
Bodyguard
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'', his regular appearances as Sergeant Thomson in ''
Gary: Tank Commander'', and for his portrayal of
Alexandre Bontemps in the
Canal+ series ''
Versailles
The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, u ...
''.
Bowman was an established character actor on television, but his role as Bontemps raised his public profile. It necessitated living in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
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."
Personal life
Bowman lives with his partner, Candida Benson,
and their two children, Tavish and Sholto, in
Hackney, East London. The children received their early education in France, while Bowman was filming ''Versailles''.
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Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
References
External links
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Stuart Bowman — Spotlight
Stuart Bowman — Qvoice
Living people
Scottish male stage actors
Scottish male television actors
Male actors from Dundee
Year of birth missing (living people)
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