Early Life
McCowen was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, the son of Mary (née Walkden), a dancer, and Duncan McCowen, a shopkeeper. He attended the Skinners' School in Tunbridge Wells and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
His partner, the actor Geoffrey Burridge, died in 1987 from AIDS complications.
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