[19] In 2012 he appeared as Torvald in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Young Vic and in Berenice by Jean Racine at the Donmar Warehouse.
[citation needed] In March 2024 Rowan is appearing alongside Rachael Stirling on The Divine Mrs S. at the Hampstead Theatre.
His TV credits include: Catwalk Dogs,[20] Baby Boom, Midsomer Murders, Trial & Retribution, Family Man,[21] The Lavender List,[22] Celeb, Silent Witness, Swallow, Doc Martin, A Rather English Marriage, Saint X, Holby City, Rescue Me, Lost World, North Square, Hearts and Bones, Emma,[23] The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, No Bananas, Devil's Advocate and Between the Lines.
In 2011, Rowan joined the cast of Law & Order: UK, replacing Ben Daniels as the show's Crown Prosecutor Jacob Thorne.
His radio work includes: Number 10, And the Rain My Drink, The Talk of the City[25] and The Mill on the Floss.