His parents emigrated to Australia when he was six months old and the family settled in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

[2] Bishop is most recognised by his role for four seasons as Detective Peter Baker in the Australian series Home and Away.

He also starred in the movies The Sugar Factory (1998), Occasional Coarse Language (1998), My Mother Frank (2000), Punishment and The Land of the Astronauts (2010).

In 2011, he guest starred in an episode of the USA Network series Necessary Roughness entitled "Anchor Management".

[6] In June 2014 Bishop played Ryan McQuaid, a former Navy SEAL turned private contractor billionaire in Season 5 of Covert Affairs.