Bradley Thomas Rowe (born May 15, 1970) is an American actor, writer, producer, and public policy advocate. He appeared in Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998) and TNT's Purgatory. Other roles include a short stint as recurring character Walt on NewsRadio, Murphy Sinclair on General Hospital, Ty Swindle on Wasteland, and Dan Murphy on Leap of Faith.
Early life Rowe was born and raised in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
He attended University of Wisconsin–Madison as Spanish major, and later worked as a finance manager for political campaigns in Washington, D.C., before moving to Los Angeles, California, to pursue acting and screenwriting.
Career Entertainment career Rowe appeared in the TV movies Vanished, Lucky 7 and Though None Go with Me and the NBC mini-series The 70s, as well as appearing on Perception as FBI Agent Bobby Dalton, and as Agent Jack Burgess on 1-800-MISSING.
In 1998, he portrayed a recurring character named Walt in the sitcom NewsRadio. The character is the nephew of WNYX‘s eccentric billionaire owner Jimmy James.
In 2007, he played Shaun, the romantic interest of the central character (Trevor Wright) of Shelter.
He took part in Tony Zierra's 2011 documentary My Big Break, which follows the early careers of Rowe, Wes Bentley, Chad Lindberg and Greg Fawcett.
Public policy work Rowe advocated for same-sex marriage rights during the California Proposition 8 campaign in 2008.
In the early 2010s, Rowe worked in educational policy for the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, organizing HomeWalk, an event that raised money to fight homelessness.
Rowe graduated with a master's degree in public policy (MPP) from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs in 2013. He was awarded the Ann C. Rosenfield Fellowship in Education Policy by the United Way of Greater Los Angeles.
Until 2017, Rowe was the managing director of BOTEC Analysis, a public policy research and consulting firm based in Los Angeles, and a contributor to the Crime and Justice Program at New York University's Marron Institute of Urban Management.
Rowe is president of Rowe Policy Media, specialising in cannabis and criminal justice policy. His book Cannabis Policy in the Age of Legalization was published in 2024.
Personal life Rowe and Lisa Fiori were married in 1999. They have a son named Hopper.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1998 Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss Gabriel The Pandora Project Lieutenant Tim Lacy 1999 Body Shots Shawn Denigan Stonebrook Erik Purgatory Leo 'Sonny' Dillard (TV Movie) 2000Christina's House Howie Rhodes The '70s Byron Shales (TV Movie)2001 According to Spencer Craig Feather Pimento Detective Murphy (Short) Nailed Jeff Romano starred Harvey Keitel2002 Would I Lie to You? Paul Direct-to-Video film Full Frontal Sam Osborne 2003 Certainly Not a Fairytale Ken Doll #1 (Short, by Vivi Friedman) Fish Without a Bicycle Danny Lucky 7 Daniel McCandles (TV Movie) October (Short) The Uninvited Gabriel (Short) Getting Hal Hal 2004 Jessica Mike (Short) Shut Up and Kiss Me Pete Waddle 2005 Four Corners of Suburbia Doug Lathrop winner of both the Crossroads Film Festival in Best Narrative Feature (2006) Love for Rent Jesse Nadine in Date Land Adam (TV Movie) Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder Jason (TV Movie for Hallmark Channel)2006 Last Day Tyso (Short) The Insatiable Ronnie Klein Vanished Jake (TV Movie) Though None Go with Me Young Ben Phillips (TV Movie for Hallmark Channel)2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets Agent Hopper Shelter Shaun winner of "Outstanding Film – Limited Release" at the 2009 GLAAD Media Awards2011 A Christmas Wedding Tail Jake (TV Movie, Hallmark Channel movie) Carnal Innocence Murphy Sinclair (TV Movie) A Valentine's Date Dylan Connors (TV Movie) 2012 The Knightswood Dad - White Knight(Short) 2013 All I Want for Christmas Robert (TV Movie) The Contractor Paul Chase
Television Year Title Role Notes1997 Clueless Brian 1 Episode Pensacola: Wings of Gold Zack Rossler 2 Episodes1998 Pacific Blue Kyle Cavanaugh 1 Episode NewsRadio Walt 4 Episodes1999 Wasteland Tyler 'Ty' Swindell 13 Episodes2000 The Wild Thornberrys Big Ibex (voice) 1 Episode2001 The Outer Limits Daniel 1 Episode1999 Wasteland Tyler 'Ty' Swindell 13 Episodes2002 Leap of Faith Dan Murphy 6 Episodes2003 Miss Match Dave Hillman 1 Episode2003–2006 Missing Jack Burgess / Agent Jack Burgess 5 Episodes2005 The Bad Girl's Guide Dirk Flederhosen 1 Episode The Closer Dean Kingsley 1 Episode CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Mark Kyman 1 Episode 2006–2008 Happy Hour Ross 2 Episodes2006 CSI: Miami Stephen Rowe 1 Episode Criminal Minds Tony Canardo 1 Episode2007 CSI: NY Benjamin Sutor 1 Episode Tell Me You Love Me Doctor 3 Episodes How I Met Your Mother George 1 Episode Drive Richard Patrakas 1 Episode Ghost Whisperer Hugh Bristow 1 Episode2008 IQ-145 Jake Berringer 10 Episodes The Mentalist Det. Marco Francis 1 Episode Cold Case Cyrus Brill '08 1 Episode2009 Make It or Break It Joe 1 Episode2010 Freckle and Bean Devin 1 Episode General Hospital Murphy Sinclair 11 Episodes2013–2014 Perception FBI Agent Bobby Dalton 6 Episode2018Gods of MedicineTerrance Edwards1 Episode
References
External links
Brad Rowe - MIPtalk.com Official Podcast Page