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John Barrowman
Actor, ProducerBorn March 11, 1967 (57 years)
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John Scot Barrowman (born 11 March 1967) is a Scottish-American singer, actor, dancer, musical performer and media personality, best known on British television for his acting and presenting work for the BBC and for his role as Captain Jack Harkness in the science fiction series Doctor Who and Torchwood. Barrowman and his family emigrated to the United States when he was nine years old. Growing up in Illinois, his high school teachers encouraged his love for music and theatre and he studied performing arts at the United States International University in San Diego before visiting Britain and landing the role of Billy Crocker in Cole Porter's Anything Goes in London's West End.
As a television presenter and guest, Barrowman has appeared in a variety of light entertainment shows, including Live & Kicking and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical talent shows Any Dream Will Do, How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, and I'd Do Anything. Barrowman was a contestant on the celebrity ice skating show Dancing on Ice and was a guest act for the Royal Variety Performance. In 1998, Barrowman was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical, and in 2006 he was voted Stonewall's "Entertainer of the Year".
In addition to appearing in several films and television series, Barrowman has featured on more than a dozen musical theatre recordings including cover tunes found on his 2007 album Another Side, and 2008's Music Music Music. Both albums reached the UK Top 40, as did his 2010 self-titled album, which reached number 11, his highest chart placing to date.
With his sister as co-author, Barrowman has published two memoirs and autobiographies, Anything Goes (2008) and I Am What I Am (2009).
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John Scot Barrowman (born 11 March 1967) is a Scottish-American singer, actor, dancer, musical performer and media personality, best known on British television for his acting and presenting work for the BBC and for his role as Captain Jack Harkness in the science fiction series Doctor Who and Torchwood. Barrowman and his family emigrated to the United States when he was nine years old. Growing up in Illinois, his high school teachers encouraged his love for music and theatre and he studied performing arts at the United States International University in San Diego before visiting Britain and landing the role of Billy Crocker in Cole Porter's Anything Goes in London's West End.
As a television presenter and guest, Barrowman has appeared in a variety of light entertainment shows, including Live & Kicking and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical talent shows Any Dream Will Do, How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, and I'd Do Anything. Barrowman was a contestant on the celebrity ice skating show Dancing on Ice and was a guest act for the Royal Variety Performance. In 1998, Barrowman was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical, and in 2006 he was voted Stonewall's "Entertainer of the Year".
In addition to appearing in several films and television series, Barrowman has featured on more than a dozen musical theatre recordings including cover tunes found on his 2007 album Another Side, and 2008's Music Music Music. Both albums reached the UK Top 40, as did his 2010 self-titled album, which reached number 11, his highest chart placing to date.
With his sister as co-author, Barrowman has published two memoirs and autobiographies, Anything Goes (2008) and I Am What I Am (2009).
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Filmography
| 2019 | Shopping with Keith Lemon (TV Series) |
| 2018 | Fireman Sam: Set for Action! · as Flex Dexter (voice) |
| 2016 | DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) · as Malcolm Merlyn |
| 2015 | Superhero Fight Club · as Dark Archer |
| 2014 | The Flash (2014) (TV Series) · as Cutter Moran |
| 2013 | Reign (2013) (TV Series) · as Munro |
| 2013 | Arrow: Year One · as Malcolm Merlyn |
| 2013 | All Stars · as Matthew |
| 2013 | Being a Girl · as Captain Jack Harkness |
| 2012 | Zero Dark Thirty · as Jeremy |
| 2012 | Arrow (TV Series) · as Malcolm Merlyn |
| 2012 | Marie (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2012 | The Destinations of Doctor Who · as Jack Harkness |
| 2012 | Scandal (2012) (TV Series) · as The Fixer |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Torchwood: Web of Lies (TV Series) · as Captain Jack Harkness |
| 2011 | Goodnight Burbank (TV Series) |
| 2010 | The Big Fat Quiz of the Year · as Captain Jack Harkness |
| 2009 | Doctor Who: A Ghost Story for Christmas · as Jack Harkness |
| 2009 | The Super Hero Squad Show (TV Series) · as Stranger (voice) |
| 2009 | Tonight's the Night (TV Series) |
| 2009 | Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder (TV Series) · as Camp Officer |
| 2008 | New Now Next Awards · as Jack Harkness |
| 2008 | Bizarre ER (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | Torchwood (TV Series) · as Jack Harkness |
| 2006 | Totally Doctor Who (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Hotel Babylon (TV Series) |
| 2005 | The Producers · as Lead Tenor |
| 2005 | Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as Captain Jack Harkness |
| 2005 | Doctor Who Confidential (TV Series) |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives (TV Series) · as Patrick Logan |
| 2004 | De-Lovely · as Jack |
| 2004 | Method · as Timothy Stevens |
| 2004 | Hustle (TV Series) · as Dr. Dean Deville |
| 2002 | Shark Attack 3: Megalodon · as Ben Carpenter |
| 2001 | Putting It Together · as The Young Man |
| 2000 | Titans (TV Series) · as Peter Williams |
| 2000 | |
| 1999 | Holby City (TV Series) · as Andrew Nicholson-Heath |
| 1998 | |
| 1995 | Central Park West (TV Series) · as Peter Fairchild |
| 1987 | The Untouchables · as Street Person (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller |