Actor / Director Profile

Christian grew up traveling back and forth between his biological parents Daniel Gary Bowman and Care Walsh, his stepfather James Walsh, and his uncle James Darby.He has 2 sisters and 4 brothers.He lived in locations ranging from upper to lower class as he traveled between care givers.He spent time as a toddler at Rainbow Family gatherings and various communes primarily dedicated to mediumship. When he was 5, he lived out of a VW bus along the Pacific Coast. At 7, he lived in affluent neighborhoods in Southern California. When he was 9, he was homeless living in a Salvation Army Shelter in Austin, Texas. He hitchhiked across the country several times visiting with all walks of life, but was arrested when he was 12 as a runaway youth in Beaumont, TX.Christian's school transcripts did not transfer as he attended dozens of public and private schools around the United States. He received his G.E.D. in Philadelphia at the age of 14 after altering his State Identification to adjust his age.At the age of 15, he bought a motorcycle and met Sonia Herzog while volunteering at the Philadelphia Folk Festival. He worked at Van Pelt Library and sat in to attend classes at the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia until traveling to Italy at 16 with Sonia.When he was 17, Bowman was involved in a car accident outside of Chicago on July 23, 1992 after returning from traveling through Europe. That car accident killed 4 people including his mother, Care Walsh, and girlfriend, Sonia Herzog. He was arrested on his 18th birthday after recovering from his injuries. He was charged with D.U.I. from a trace amount of marijuana that was found in his blood, however, the accident was caused through jet lag. Christian served his time in Pontiac, Illinois. He was released in 1993.Sonia's mother, Vanda Altarelli, started the association So.N.I.A. ("SOciety for New Initiatives and Activities" to build together a better world). So.N.I.A. was established in July 2002 in memory of Sonia Herzog who died in the car accident at the age of 21.At 21, Christian married Claudine Sallin from Fribourg, Switzerland on August 19, 1995. Christian and Claudine traveled back to Europe and helped move Claudine's parents from Fribourg, Switzerland to Adeje Tenerife in the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa in 1996.They later moved back to the United States, primarily residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Austin, TX, Haleiwa, Hawaii and Palm Beach, Florida.Christian was co-owner of Coco's cafe at Skydive Palm Beach, FL where he witnessed the death of his uncle, James Darby, during a skysurfing accident on November 27, 1997. He and Claudine Sallin divorced soon after.Christian moved back to Honolulu, Hawaii in 1999, where he met and married Giselle Ku'uleimomi Arambula on December 3, 2000. Bodhisattva Elijah Bowman was born to them on May 21, 2001.Christian began his acting career on the television show North Shore in 2004. He later became a character on the television show Lost, appearing as Steve Jenkins, often confused with the character Scott Jackson.He moved back to Los Angeles, California then back to Austin, TX where he joined the cast of Prison Break as Agent King in Dallas, TX in 2007.He and Giselle Arambula were divorced on March 18th, 2008.Currently Bowman lives in Austin, Texas.