Blake Bowden

Most recently Blake played Elder Price in the Australian production of The Book of Mormon (Gordon Frost Organisation), for which in 2019 he was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Musical.

Other roles: Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof (TML), Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (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/ Gordon Frost Organisation), 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), The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Really Useful Group), Jekyll and Hyde (TML), The Boy From Oz — Arena Spectacular with Hugh Jackman (Gannon/Fox) and Dirty Dancing (Jacobsen Entertainment). In 2018, Blake released his debut EP Blake Bowden: Straight from the Hart. In 2014-2016, Blake alongside Phil Scott starred in the cabaret Mario (Adelaide Cabaret Festival/ Hayes Theatre Co/Canberra Theatre/Noosa Alive!).

Screen roles include Young Jack in the film The Dam, Brusco in Home and Away, Mr and Mrs Murder, The Chaser and as the Young Boy Pirate in The Wiggles Movie.

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