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 ...

and

Clackmannanshire Clackmannanshire (; sco, Clackmannanshire; gd, Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn) is a historic county, council area, registration county and Lieutenancy area in Scotland, bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and Perth & Kinross and the ...

. He is known for playing head of MI5, Stephen Hunter-Dunn in the BBC's ''

Bodyguard A bodyguard (or close protection officer/operative) is a type of security guard, government law enforcement officer, or servicemember who protects a person or a group of people — usually witnesses, high-ranking public officials or officers, ...

'', his regular appearances as Sergeant Thomson in '' Gary: Tank Commander'', and for his portrayal of

Alexandre Bontemps Alexandre Bontemps (1626–1701) was the valet of King Louis XIV and a powerful figure at the court of Versailles, respected and feared for his exceptional access to the King. He was the second of a sequence of five Bontemps to hold the position ...

in the

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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, ...

''. 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. Si ...

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

References

External links

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Stuart Bowman — SpotlightStuart Bowman — Qvoice
Living people Scottish male stage actors Scottish male television actors Male actors from Dundee Year of birth missing (living people) {{Scotland-actor-stub