[4] At the age of 18, Bowman was briefly a professional rugby player for Saracens F.C., before suffering two shoulder dislocations in his first year and being asked to leave.

[5] Bowman made his acting debut in 2007 playing Dimitri in the TV series Genie in the House.

He then spent two years on the British series Holby City and went on to appear in the films 13Hrs, Prowl, Exteriors and Love’s Kitchen.

In 2011, he joined the ABC Family show Make It or Break It, playing a gymnast named Max Spencer.

[8] Bowman studied method acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York.