Cory Bowles
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Cory Bowles | |
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 Cory Bowles, September 2012 | |
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Cory Bowles (born August 27, 1973) is a Canadian actor, director and choreographer. He is best known for his portrayal of Cory in the series Trailer Park Boys.
Life and career
Bowles was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Truro, Nova Scotia.[citation needed]
Best known as Cory in Trailer Park Boys, he also is the principal choreographer of Halifax-based Contemporary Dance Company Verve Mwendo, plays in the rock band Aide-De-Camp and voices the children's series Poko. In the mid-1990s Bowles gained some prominence as MC of hip hop act Hip Club Groove, performing under the name "Chek Love". The group released an EP on No Records and later a full length on Murderecords. The group toured Canada, often opening for other Halifax based bands such as Sloan.
Bowles later formed a theatre company in 1997 with bandmate Joe Wynne called The Good Companions. After closing down the company he went on to further his studies as a dancer and choreographer in Alberta.[citation needed]
Bowles received a Gemini Award for his work on Trailer Park Boys and ECMA nominations for music.[citation needed] His quirky choreography has turned up in music videos for artists such as Matt Mays and Jenn Grant.[citation needed]
Bowles left the Trailer Park Boys and continued to work in film, theatre and music at Bishop's University.[1]
Bowles rejoined the cast of Trailer Park Boys in season 8.
Bowles wrote, directed and narrated the feature film Black Cop, which won the award for Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival[2] and the John Dunning Discovery Award at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards. In 2019, Bowles directed Renee Joy and Nikki LeBlanc, two episodes in season[3] one of the Canadian TV series Diggstown.
Filmography
- Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006)
- Poor Boy's Game (2007)
- The Gospel According to the Blues (2010)
- Roaming (2013)
- Black Cop (2017)
- Short Films
- The Scavengers (2008)
- Heart of Rhyme (2011)
- The Anatomy of Assistance (2013)
- Righteous (2014)
- Black Cop (2016)
Television
- Trailer Park Boys (2001–2006; 2014-2018)
- Poko (2003-2008)
- North/South (2006)
- TV with TV's Jonathan Torrens (2009)
- Call Me Fitz (2011)
- Pure (2017)
- Diggstown (TV series) (2019)
Discography
- 2006 Dear Skeleton - AIDE-DE-CAMP (Safety Workbook)
- 2005 E - AIDE-DE-CAMP (Safety Workbook)
- 2001 Hiss II - DJ MOVES (Low Pressure)
- 1999 The Hooded Fang - Josh Martinez (Camobear)
- 1998 Psyche Intangible - Sixtoo (Metaforensics)
- 1996 Land of the Lost - Hip Club Groove (Funtrip Records)
- 1995 Superstar - Len (Funtrip Records)
- 1996 Bassments of Badmen - Various Artists (Hand'solo Recordings)
- 1994 Trailer Park Hip Hop - Hip Club Groove (Murderecords)
- 1993 Cool Beans EP - Hip Club Groove (with Len and Zoltar) (No Records)
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "VIFF Announces BC and Canadian Award Winners for the 36th Annual Festival" (Press release). Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ Herald, The Chronicle. "Cameras rolling on Diggstown in Halifax | The Chronicle Herald". The Chronicle Herald.
External links
- Cory Bowles at IMDb
| International | |
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- 1973 births
- Black Canadian male actors
- Black Canadian musicians
- Black Nova Scotians
- Canadian choreographers
- Canadian male film actors
- Canadian male television actors
- 20th-century Canadian rappers
- Male actors from Montreal
- Male actors from Nova Scotia
- Musicians from Montreal
- Musicians from Nova Scotia
- People from Truro, Nova Scotia
- People of United Empire Loyalist descent
- Anglophone Quebec people
- Living people
- Film directors from Montreal
- Film directors from Nova Scotia
- Black Canadian filmmakers
- Canadian Film Centre alumni
- 21st-century Canadian rappers
- Canadian male rappers