
Will Bowes
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Death She Wrote
as Derek Olson
2021

House at the End of the Street
as Robbie
2012

Women Talking
as Census Driver
2022

The Love Subscription
as Phil
2023

Mistletoe Match
as Chris
2022

A Country Encore
as Adam
2025
Hunting Season
as Sam
2012

Clara
as Kiefer
2018

The Kindness of Strangers
as Hamilton
2019

The Dependables
as Barry Dempsey
2014

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
as Party Goer
2010

I Come Home
2026
TV Appearances

Naturally, Sadie
2005

Jane and the Dragon
as Drake 'Rake' Gardener Junior (voice)
2006

Connor Undercover
2010

Frankie Drake Mysteries
as Douglas Macdonald
2017

Pretty Hard Cases
as Kenneth Barbey
2021

Degrassi
as Thomas
2001

Rookie Blue
as Corey Sleeman
2010

The Listener
as Tom Walton
2009

A Teacher
as Dr. Riley
2020

Murdoch Mysteries
as Defence Counsel
2008