Portrait of John Bowe

Acting

John Bowe

Career

Active from 1985 to 2016, with a break from 2001 to 2010, busiest in 1989 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Prime Suspect
Prime Suspect
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
John Bowe Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.3, average 1.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.7, average 2.0
  • Physical Comedy
    1.1, average 2.4
  • Uncanny
    1.3, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Witty Dialogue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

51
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 37
The Singapore Grip
The Singapore Grip (2020)
GoodWatch score 37

TV show · as Bowser Barrington

2010s

7 titles · average score 71
5 Greedy Bankers
5 Greedy Bankers (2016)

as Slater

Gozo
Gozo (2015)

as Johnno

Ruby's Skin
Ruby's Skin (2014)

as Derby

Murder on the Home Front
Murder on the Home Front (2013)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Ronald Terry

Murder on the Home Front
Murder on the Home Front (2013)
GoodWatch score 62

as Ronald Terry

The Hour
The Hour (2011)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Douglas Owen

DCI Banks
DCI Banks (2011)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Dr. Patrick Aspern

2000s

7 titles · average score 68
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes (2008)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Ralph Jarvis

Cranford
Cranford (2007)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Dr. Morgan

Twisted Tales
Twisted Tales (2005)

TV show · as Kurt Kindel

The Stepfather
The Stepfather (2005)

TV show · as DI Mendoza

The Royal
The Royal (2003)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as Max Freeman

Tipping the Velvet
Tipping the Velvet (2002)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Walter Bliss

County Kilburn
County Kilburn (2000)

as Black Jack

1990s

17 titles · average score 68
Cleopatra
Cleopatra (1999)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Rufio

Split Second
Split Second (1999)
GoodWatch score 40

as Ian 'Mac' McPhail

Imogen's Face
Imogen's Face (1998)

as Cavan

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Jimmy Wells

Poldark
Poldark (1996)
GoodWatch score 64

as Ross Poldark

The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper (1996)

TV show · as The Duke of Somerset/The Earl of Hertford

Silent Witness
Silent Witness (1996)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show

Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Bill Walker

Class Act
Class Act (1994)

TV show · as Jack Booker

Wall of Silence
Wall of Silence (1993)

as DCI Percy Reynolds

Heartbeat
Heartbeat (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Ronnie Harper / Henry Stoddard

Prime Suspect
Prime Suspect (1991)
GoodWatch score 89

TV show · as George Marlow

1980s

16 titles · average score 64
Precious Bane
Precious Bane (1989)
GoodWatch score 79

as Kester Woodseaves

Testimony of a Child
Testimony of a Child (1989)

as Paul Taylor

Screen One
Screen One (1989)

TV show · as DCI Percy Reynolds

Capital City
Capital City (1989)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Leonard Ansen

The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights (1987)
GoodWatch score 66

as Col. Feyador

The New Statesman
The New Statesman (1987)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as Pietro Garibaldi

Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Mike Hornsey

Lovejoy
Lovejoy (1986)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Bill Brodie

ScreenPlay
ScreenPlay (1986)

TV show · as Paul Taylor

Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac (1985)

as Le Bret

Screen Two
Screen Two (1985)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Larry

The Bill
The Bill (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

1970s

3 titles · average score 63
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey (1978)

as Court Detective

Secret Army
Secret Army (1977)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Maurice

Emmerdale
Emmerdale (1972)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Lawrence White