Wowchuk was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has started as career as a boom operator and production manager beside his occupation as a stuntman. He has performed and coordinated for films such as Jud (1971), Death Race 2000 (1975), Thunder and Lightning (1977, with Roger C. Carmel, George Murdock, and Charles Napier), Alligator (1980), The Entity (1981, with George Coe and Jacqueline Brookes), Trapped (1982), Repo Man (1984, with Tracey Walter, Biff Yeager, George Sawaya, Angelique Pettyjohn, and stunts by Eddie Hice and Rick Seaman), The Lost Empire (1985), Murphy's Law (1986, with Lawrence Tierney), Blind Date (1987), RoboCop (1987, with Peter Weller, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Robert DoQui, Ray Wise, Freddie Hice, Gilbert Combs, and stunts by Doug Coleman, Gary Com