Grant Bowler can be seen as the male lead, Nolan, in Syfy's Defiance, which returned for its second season in June 2014. In his recent hiatus, he shot four movies back-to-back, including the psychological action film "Swelter" alongside Jean Claude Van Damme and Alfred Molina, the sci-fi thriller "400 Days" with Brandon Routh and Dane Cook, the family movie "Zooey to the Max", and another film.
Bowler was last seen on the small screen as Richard Burton in Lifetime's television movie Liz & Dick, and had a widely popular turn as Cooter in the award-winning vampire franchise True Blood on HBO. He is perhaps best known for his work as recurring character Connor Owens on Ugly Betty and as Captain Gault in the TV blockbuster Lost.
Born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, he is a graduate of the esteemed Australian drama school NIDA, alongside other notable graduates including Mel Gibson, Cate Blanchett, and Sam Worthington.
Prior to basing himself in Los Angeles, Grant carried many successful Australian TV roles, including dramas Blue Heelers, Pacific Drive, All Saints, Something in the Air, as well as starring in the mini-series Through My Eyes about the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlin, Lindy Chamberlin's baby, and the Australian TV movie The Great Mint Swindle. He's also been seen in the widely viewed NZ crime drama Outrageous Fortune, where he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2010 Qantas Film and Television Awards.
