He was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for his performance in the Channel 4 drama Born to Kill (2017).

[1] Before becoming an actor, Rowan was an amateur boxer from age 12, winning 18 of 27 fights.

He has also had small roles in numerous television dramas including Casualty, Silent Witness, and Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands.

[4] from 2020 to 2022, he played Callum McGregor in the BBC drama series Noughts + Crosses.

[5] In 2022, Rowan joined the cast of the Sky Max series A Town Called Malice, where he plays protagonist Gene Lord in a cast which includes Jason Flemyng, Dougray Scott and Tahirah Sharif.