Blake Bowden

Actor, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever

Most recently Blake was seen in the acclaimed role of Elder Price in the Australian production of The Book of Mormon (GFO), for which in 2019 he was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Musical.

Blake’s previous roles include: 

• Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof (TML) 
• Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd (Victorian Opera) 
• Edward Lyons in Blood Brothers (Enda Markey Presents) 
• Anthony Pemberton in Beyond Desire (Neil Rutherford Productions) 
• Lt. Joseph Cable in South Pacific (Opera Australia/GFO) 

Other theatre credits include: 

• Tony in Masterclass (LeftBauer Prods) 
• Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Belvoir) 
• Pat Matthews in Moonshadow (Cat Stevens/Sue Farrelly Productions) 
• Snowboy in West Side Story (ATG) 
• Jekyll and Hyde (TML) 
• The Boy From Oz Arena Spectacular with Hugh Jackman (Gannon/Fox) 
• Dirty Dancing (Jacobsen Entertainment) 

In 2018 Blake produced and performed his solo show and released his debut EP, Blake Bowden: Straight From The Hart, featuring the reimagined songs of Rodgers and Hart (Noosa Alive!).

Blake has also appeared in concert with The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (R.U.G), The Sound of Rodgers (Stuart Maunder) and Musical Melodies in the Park (City of Stonnington). In 2014 and 2016, Blake starred as Mario Lanza, alongside Phil Scott in the cabaret MARIO (Adelaide Cabaret Festival/Hayes Theatre/Canberra Theatre/Noosa Alive!). 

Screen roles include:

• Young Jack in the film The Dam
• Brusco in Home and Away
• Mr & Mrs Murder
• The Chaser
• Young Boy Pirate in The Wiggles Movie

In 2011 Blake was the winner of The Rob Guest Endowment Award and in 2013 received the Gertrude Johnson Fellowship at The Opera Studio Melbourne.