Background
Cowling was born and grew up in Newport News, Virginia.
Cowling was born and grew up in Newport News, Virginia.
West Virginia University. College of William & Mary.
He holds a Bachelor in Theater and Speech from the College of William & Mary in Virginia, and a Masters of Fine Arts in Acting from West Virginia University. He has worked in theater, television, and film for a number of years. Cowling co-starred in the features He also appeared in Celebrity and Judgment Call, and as a stuntman in Analyze This.
Cowling worked with director Mira Nair in The Namesake and director Griffin Dunne in where he worked with Uma Thurman and Colin Firth.
His Office-Broadway credits included Burn This, Billy Budd, Love! Valour! Compassion! premieres of Edenville, Wingman, Burnam Woods, The Lost Language of Twins and The Older Gentleman. He has also appeared in To Kill a Mockingbird, Macbeth and Winter"s Tale.
Regionally Cowling was nominated for a Carbonell Award and was named Best Actor (The New Times/Broward-Palm Beach) for his work as Mason in Take Maine Out at the Caldwell Theatre in Florida.