[1] He trained to be an actor at Studio Herman Teirlinck in Antwerp and made his breakthrough in Belgium with his role of serial killer Stef Tavernier in the TV-series Wittekerke.

That summer he went to Cuba for three months to make Koning van de wereld.

From January 2006 on the actor worked at the movies Stormforce and Dossier K., the successor of The Alzheimer Case.

In 2008 he appeared in the original version of the movie Loft (with a script written by Bart De Pauw and Erik Van Looy).

Apart from acting, De Bouw has also presented the gardening programme Groene Vingers on vtm from 2007 till 2011.