Date of Birth

4 December 1988, Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK

Birth Name

Joshua Tobias Bowman

Nickname

Josh

Height

6' (1.83 m)

Trivia

• Brother of actress Scarlett Bowman.
• Was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, England.
• Studied method acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. Fellow classmates were Daniela Ruah and Christiane Seidel.
• He briefly dated singer Amy Winehouse.
• He initially wanted to become a Rugby player but dislocated his shoulder twice, preventing him from playing.
• His father is of Russian Jewish descent and his mother has English, Irish, and more distant Italian, ancestry. Josh has described himself as "Jew-ish".
• Has been in a long-term relationship with the Canadian actress Emily VanCamp since late 2011-present.
• Engaged to Emily VanCamp [May 2017].
• He played a time traveller in both Time After Time (2017) and Doctor Who: Rosa (2018).

Quotes

• Women like men who listen. We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen twice as much as we speak.
• March on. Don't look in the rearview, just the windshield.
• Everyone wants to escape, everyone's drawn to escapism to leave their lives for an hour or two, and we're all so curious as human beings.
• A good sense of humour will get you everywhere.