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{{Short description|BritishEnglish actor (born 1994)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Max Bowden
| birth_name = Max Lewis Bowden
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|12|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Woking]], [[Surrey]], England
| partner =
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2006–present
| education = <!-- post-secondary institutions only and generally only those from which a degree was earned -->
| education = {{Ubl
| [[Woking High School]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nightingale |first1=Laura |title=TV star from Waterloo Road, Max Bowden, back at Woking High School for concert |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/waterloo-road-star-max-bowden-8305924 |website=SurreyLive |access-date=27 December 2020 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
| [[Godalming College]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Max Bowden returns to College to present awards |url=https://www.godalming.ac.uk/news-events/news/2019/06/26/max-bowden-returns-to-college-o-present-awards |website=www.godalming.ac.uk |access-date=27 December 2020 |date=26 June 2019}}</ref>
}}
| television = {{Ubl
| ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''
| ''[[EastEnders]]''
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| children = 1<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harp |first1=Justin |title=Max Bowden supported by EastEnders co-stars following the birth of his son |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a41429068/eastenders-max-bowden-confirms-son-birth/ |work=[[Digital Spy]] |date=28 September 2022 |access-date=12 October 2022 |archive-date=12 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012224506/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a41429068/eastenders-max-bowden-confirms-son-birth/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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'''Max Lewis Bowden''' (born 31 December 1994<ref name="DSPY">{{cite web |last=Kilkelly |first=Daniel |title=Who is EastEnders newcomer Max Bowden? |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a27018573/eastenders-max-bowden-who-ben-mitchell/ |website=[[Digital Spy]] |publisher=[[Hearst Corporation]] |accessdate=21 April 2020 |location=United Kingdom |date=2 April 2019 |archive-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116003146/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a27018573/eastenders-max-bowden-who-ben-mitchell/ |url-status=live }}</ref>) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Justin Fitzgerald in the [[BBC One]] school-based drama series ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]'' (2014–2015),<ref name="WaterlooRoaDigitalSpy">{{cite web |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=Waterloo Road: Meet new boy Justin |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/a602995/waterloo-road-newbie-max-bowden-justin-faces-emotional-rollercoaster/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=27 December 2020 |date=12 October 2014 |archive-date=23 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223165049/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/a602995/waterloo-road-newbie-max-bowden-justin-faces-emotional-rollercoaster/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="WaterlooRoadBBC">{{cite web |title=Waterloo Road -– Ep. 6/20 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2014/46/waterloo-road |website=BBC Media Centre |access-date=27 December 2020}}</ref> and his portrayal of [[Ben Mitchell (EastEnders)|Ben Mitchell]] in the BBC [[soap opera]] ''[[EastEnders]]'' (2019–2024).<ref name="EastEndersGetSurrey">{{cite web |last1=Yip |first1=Ann |title=Surrey star Max Bowden to join EastEnders as Ben Mitchell |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/surrey-star-max-bowden-join-15713006 |website=SurreyLive |access-date=27 December 2020 |language=en |date=22 January 2019 |archive-date=8 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808063041/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/surrey-star-max-bowden-join-15713006 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="EastEndersBBCNews">{{cite web |title=Eastenders' Ben Mitchell is back -– and being played by another new actor |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-46947232 |website=BBC News |access-date=27 December 2020 |date=21 January 2019 |archive-date=8 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108003009/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-46947232 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="EastEndersRadioTimes">{{Cite news |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2019-01-21/first-images-of-the-new-ben-mitchell-actor-max-bowden-joins-the-eastenders-cast/ |title=First images of the new Ben Mitchell – actor Max Bowden joins the EastEnders cast |first1=David |last1=Brown |date=21 January 2019 |work=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=11 April 2020 |archive-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230052159/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/first-images-of-the-new-ben-mitchell-actor-max-bowden-joins-the-eastenders-cast/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Career==
In 2014, Bowden joined the cast of ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]'' in the role of Justin Fitzgerald.<ref name="WaterlooRoaDigitalSpy" /><ref name="WaterlooRoadBBC" /> In 2016, he played Kash Ryland in the [[BBC One|BBC]] medical drama ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''.<ref name="CasualtyBBC">{{cite web |title=A Clear Conscience -– Casualty |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078tynz |website=BBC |access-date=27 December 2020 |archive-date=20 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220131356/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078tynz |url-status=live }}</ref> Then inFrom 2019 to 2024, Bowden was cast as the sixth actor to portrayportrayed [[Ben Mitchell (EastEnders)|Ben Mitchell]] in the BBC soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]''.<ref name="EastEndersGetSurrey" /><ref name="EastEndersRadioTimes" /><ref name="EastEndersBBCNews" /><ref name="BBCNews.2023-12-30">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67851337 |title=EastEnders: Max Bowden leaving role as Ben Mitchell |date=30 December 2023 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of Max Bowden television credits
|-
! Year
! scope="col" | Year
! Title
! scope="col" | Title
! Role
! scope="col" | Role
! Notes
! scope="col" class=unsortable | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}Notes
! scope="col" class=unsortable | {{ref heading}}
|-
| 2006
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| Naughty Neighbour
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| style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="DSPY" />
|-
| 2014–2015
| ''[[Waterloo Road (series 10)|Waterloo Road]]''
| Justin Fitzgerald
| Main role
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="WaterlooRoaDigitalSpy" /><ref name="WaterlooRoadBBC" />
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2016
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| Peter
| Episode: "Car Impaling/Kayak"
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="DSPY" />
|-
| ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''
| Kash Ryland
| Episode: "[[Casualty (series 30)#ep993|A Clear Conscience]]"
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="CasualtyBBC" />
|-
| ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''
| William King
| Episode: "The Da Vinci Toad"
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{cite web |title=The Da Vinci Toad -– Doctors |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z73j0 |website=BBC |access-date=27 December 2020 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012154530/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z73j0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2019–2024
| 2019–present
| ''[[EastEnders]]''
| [[Ben Mitchell (EastEnders)|Ben Mitchell]]
| Series regular
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="EastEndersGetSurrey" /><ref name="EastEndersBBCNews" /><ref name="EastEndersRadioTimes" />
|}
==Stage==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of Max Bowden stage credits
|-
! Year
! scope="col" | Year
! Title
! scope="col" | Title
! Role
! scope="col" | Role
! Venue
! scope="col" | Venue
! Director(s)
! scope="col class=unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|ReferenceDirector(s)}}
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{ref heading}}
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Birdsong (novel)#Adaptations|Birdsong]]''
| Private Tipper
| Original Theatre Company
| Rachel Wagstaff
| style="text-align: center;" |
|- ▼
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Birdsong (novel)#Adaptations|Birdsong]]''
| Private Tipper
| Original Theatre Online▼
| Rachel Wagstaff, Alastair Whatley, Charlotte Peters ▼
| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Warner |first1=Sam |title=EastEnders star Max Bowden to star in virtual production of Birdsong |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a32905757/eastenders-max-bowden-virtual-production-birdsong/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=27 December 2020 |date=18 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Alex |title=New online production of Birdsong to be streamed in July {{!}} WhatsOnStage |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/birdsong-online-virtual-production_51741.html |website=www.whatsonstage.com |access-date=27 December 2020 |date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Crick |first1=Claire |title=EastEnders' Max Bowden to appear in virtual production of Birdsong |url=https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/news/birdsong-eastenders-max-bowden-624509/ |website=What's on TV |access-date=27 December 2020 |language=en |date=8 June 2020}}</ref>
|- ▼
| 2020 ▼
| ''[[The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James|The Haunting of Alice Bowles]]'' ▼
| Matt ▼
| Original Theatre Online
▲| Rachel Wagstaff, Alastair Whatley, Charlotte Peters
| Philip Franks ▼
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{cite web |last1=AkbarWarner |first1=ArifaSam |title=TheEastEnders Hauntingstar ofMax AliceBowden Bowlesto review – murderstar atin avirtual timeproduction of plagueBirdsong |url=https://www.theguardiandigitalspy.com/stagesoaps/2020eastenders/deca32905757/18/theeastenders-hauntingmax-ofbowden-alicevirtual-bowlesproduction-review-mr-james-tamzin-outhwaitebirdsong/ |website=the[[Digital GuardianSpy]] |access-date=27 December 2020 |languagedate=en18 June 2020 |archive-date=188 DecemberAugust 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808041730/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a32905757/eastenders-max-bowden-virtual-production-birdsong/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=AlexWood |first1=SusannahAlex |title=EastEndersNew staronline Maxproduction Bowdenof joinsBirdsong supernaturalto thrillerbe projectstreamed in July {{!}} WhatsOnStage |url=https://www.digitalspywhatsonstage.com/soapslondon-theatre/eastendersnews/a34459589/eastendersbirdsong-maxonline-bowdenvirtual-ben-mitchell-haunting-of-alice-bowles/production_51741.html |website=Digital Spywww.whatsonstage.com |access-date=27 December 2020 |date=238 June 2020 |archive-date=24 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024144832/https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/birdsong-online-virtual-production_51741.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |titlelast1=JanieCrick Dee,|first1=Claire |title=EastEnders' Max Bowden, andto Stephenappear Boxerin Starvirtual Inproduction Newof Supernatural Thriller THE HAUNTING OF ALICE BOWLESBirdsong |url=https://www.broadwayworldwhatsontv.com/westendco.uk/articlenews/Janiebirdsong-Deeeastenders-Maxmax-Bowden-and-Stephen-Boxer-Star-In-New-Supernaturalbowden-Thriller-THE-HAUNTING-OF-ALICE-BOWLES-20201023624509/ |website=BroadwayWorld.comWhat's on TV |access-date=27 December 2020 |language=en |date=238 OctoberJune 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709044336/https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/news/birdsong-eastenders-max-bowden-624509/ |archive-date=9 July 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
▲| 2020
▲| ''[[The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James|The Haunting of Alice Bowles]]''
▲| Matt
▲| Original Theatre Online
▲| Philip Franks
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{cite news |last1=Akbar |first1=Arifa |title=The Haunting of Alice Bowles review – murder at a time of plague |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/dec/18/the-haunting-of-alice-bowles-review-mr-james-tamzin-outhwaite |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=27 December 2020 |language=en |date=18 December 2020 |archive-date=27 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227071300/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/dec/18/the-haunting-of-alice-bowles-review-mr-james-tamzin-outhwaite |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Alex |first1=Susannah |title=EastEnders star Max Bowden joins supernatural thriller project |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a34459589/eastenders-max-bowden-ben-mitchell-haunting-of-alice-bowles/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=27 December 2020 |date=23 October 2020 |archive-date=9 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109011708/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a34459589/eastenders-max-bowden-ben-mitchell-haunting-of-alice-bowles/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}
==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of Max Bowden awards and nominations
|- ▼
▲|-
! Year
! scope="col" | Year
! Award
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Category
! Result
! scope="col class=unsortable" | Ref(s)Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{ref heading}}
|-
| rowspan=2|2019
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| Best Newcomer
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{cite webmagazine | url=https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/corrie/who-will-be-your-winners-in-the-inside-soap-awards-2019/ | title=Who will be YOUR winners in the Inside Soap Awards 2019? |first1=Paul |last1=Lang |magazine=[[Inside Soap]] |date=301 SeptemberOctober 2019 |access-date=31 December 2020 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127170537/https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/corrie/who-will-be-your-winners-in-the-inside-soap-awards-2019/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Best Bad Boy
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{cite webmagazine | url=https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/corrie/meet-your-inside-soap-awards-2019-winners/ | title=Meet your Inside Soap Awards 2019 winners! |first1=Paul |last1=Lang |magazine=[[Inside Soap]] |date=8 October 2019 |access-date=31 December 2020 |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124192705/https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/corrie/meet-your-inside-soap-awards-2019-winners/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3|2020
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| Newcomer
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/nta-nominations-2020-shortlist-nominees-vote-national-television-awards-ntas-when-date-1357347?amp |title=NTA nominations 2020: the full shortlist of National Television Awards nominees, and how to vote for the NTAs |first1=Deepika |last1=Rajani |work=[[i (newspaper)|i]] |access-date=28 January 2020 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117223531/https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/nta-nominations-2020-national-television-awards-shortlist-nominees-vote-ntas-when-date-time-382485/amp |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[TV Choice Awards|''TV Choice'' Awards]]
| Best Soap Actor
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-07-07/tv-choice-awards-nominations-normal-people/amp/ |title=TV Choice Awards nominations revealed – Normal People leads the pack |first1=Flora |last1=Carr |work=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=14 July 2020 |archive-date=8 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708205024/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-07-07/tv-choice-awards-nominations-normal-people/amp/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Inside Soap Awards#2020 winners|''Inside Soap'' Awards]]
| Best Actor
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/soaps/meet-your-final-fours-for-the-inside-soap-awards/ | title=Meet your final fours for the Inside Soap Awards | date=16 November 2020 |magazine=[[Inside Soap]] |access-date=31 December 2020 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130020614/https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/soaps/meet-your-final-fours-for-the-inside-soap-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2022
| I Talk Telly Awards
| Best Soap Performance
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Elliot |title=Awards 2022 Winners |url=https://www.italktelly.com/awards2022 |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=I Talk Telly |archive-date=26 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126210626/https://www.italktelly.com/awards2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>
▲|-
| 2023
| [[Inside Soap Awards#2023 winners|''Inside Soap'' Awards]]
| Soap Superstar
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a45304167/inside-soap-awards-2023-eastenders-wins-big/ |title=EastEnders wins big at the Inside Soap Awards 2023 |date=25 September 2023 |first1=George |last1=Lewis |work=[[Digital Spy]] |quote=Other wins for EastEnders came in the shape of Best Young Performer and Soap Superstar of the Year, which were won by Isabella Brown and Max Bowden for their roles as Lexi Pearce and Ben Mitchell respectively.}}</ref>
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