Will Bowes

Acting · Directing

Born June 14, 1990, London, Ontario, Canada

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.

Filmography

• 2026I Come Home
• 2025A Country Encore — Adam
• 2024A Bestselling Kind of Love — Director
• 2024You Can't Teach Love — Director
• 2023Christmas Casanova — Director
• 2023Loving Every Minute — Director
• 2023The Love Subscription — Phil
• 2022Mistletoe Match — Chris
• 2022Women Talking — Census Driver
• 2021Death She Wrote — Derek Olson
• Pretty Hard Cases — Kenneth Barbey
• A Teacher — Dr. Riley
• Hey Lady! — Director
• 2019The Kindness of Strangers — Hamilton
• 2018Clara — Kiefer
• Frankie Drake Mysteries — Douglas Macdonald
• Lost Generation — Chris
• 2015Chalk Dust — Director
• 2014The Dependables — Barry Dempsey
• 2012House at the End of the Street — Robbie
• 2012Hunting Season — Sam, Director, Writer, Editor, Executive Producer
• Connor Undercover
• Rookie Blue — Corey Sleeman
• 2010Scott Pilgrim vs. the World — Party Goer
• The Listener — Tom Walton
• Murdoch Mysteries — Defence Counsel
• Jane and the Dragon — Drake 'Rake' Gardener Junior (voice)
• Naturally, Sadie
• Degrassi — Thomas
• The Fallers — Director