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John Scot Barrowman (born 11 March 1967) is a Scottish-born British American singer, actor, dancer, musical performer and media personality, with dual citizenship in the UK and the US. ^[1]

Barrowman is best known on British television for his acting and presenting work for the BBC. His most prominent television role has been as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and its spin-off series Torchwood . He has featured in such light entertainment shows as Live & Kicking , Any Dream Will Do , How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? , and I'd Do Anything as well as appearing on the celebrity ice skating show Dancing on Ice . As a result of his family's move to Illinois when he was eight years old, ^[2] Barrowman speaks in an American accent on screen but reverts to a Scottish accent when with family or in Scotland. ^[3]

Barrowman is openly gay. He was voted the 2006 Stonewall "Entertainer of the Year" ^[4] and was third in Broadcast magazine's "Hottest Commodity" poll in November 2006. ^[5]

Barrowman appeared as a guest act for the Royal Variety Performance, which was staged at the London Palladium on Thursday 11 December 2008. ^[6]

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Biography

John Scot Barrowman was born in Mount Vernon, Glasgow, where he lived for the first eight years of his life. His mother worked in a record shop and his father worked for the Caterpillar heavy machinery company in nearby Uddingston. In 1976 the family was relocated to the United States by the company for which his father was working. ^[7]

He spent the next few years of his life in Joliet, Illinois, where his father was a manager at the Caterpillar tractor factory. Barrowman graduated from Joliet West High School in 1985. While still in high school, he won parts in several musical productions even as a freshman. Between 1983 and 1985 he performed in productions of Hello, Dolly! , Oliver! , Camelot , Li'l Abner and Anything Goes . He also spent a summer working for an Illinois power company, a job arranged by his father to give him experience of manual labour. ^[8] He attended university in San Diego, and returned to the United Kingdom in 1990.

Acting career

His professional debut was in the 1989 London West End production of Cole Porter's Anything Goes , playing Billy Crocker, a role that he reprised in Trevor Nunn's 2003 West End revival. He has also appeared in the West End productions of Miss Saigon , Beauty and the Beast , Matador , Hair , Grease! , Sunset Boulevard , Chicago and The Phantom of the Opera .

He was also part of the musical Godspell . He is a soloist in two songs, "We Beseech Thee" and "On The Willows". This 1997 CD is recorded for Jay Productions Ltd.

He was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 1998 for originating the role of Cal Chandler in The Fix , ^[9] a performance he repeated in Cameron Mackintosh's 1998 gala concert Hey, Mr Producer! . He has played the role of Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard in the West End and, briefly, on Broadway. His only other Broadway credit is the Stephen Sondheim revue Putting It Together (1999–2000). In 2002, he appeared in the central role of Bobby in Sondheim's Company in the Kennedy Center's Stephen Sondheim Celebration.

He has also appeared in the West End in non-musical dramas, such as Rope and the 2005 production of A Few Good Men , in which Barrowman starred as Jack Ross opposite Rob Lowe. He has starred in the pantomimes Cinderella at the New Wimbledon Theatre (Christmas 2005–6) and Jack and the Beanstalk at Cardiff's New Theatre (Christmas 2006–7). He played the title role in Aladdin at the Birmingham Hippodrome over Christmas 2007–8. ^[10] He played the lead in the Robin Hood panto at the Birmingham Hippodrome for the 2008-2009 season, and is set to reprise this role in Cardiff for the 2009-2010 season.

He is best known in the UK for his appearances in the Doctor Who TV series and its spinoff Torchwood . In the United States these programs have been very popular on BBC America, but with its limited cable distribution his most familiar starring roles may be in several short-lived prime-time soap operas such as Titans with Yasmine Bleeth in 2000 and Central Park West , as well as the low-budget film Shark Attack 3: Megalodon .

thumb from a float at the 2007 London Gay Pride parade. Barrowman was under consideration for the role of Will in the popular US series Will and Grace but the producers felt he was "too straight" and the role went to Eric McCormack instead, who is heterosexual. "The sad thing is it's run by gay men and women," said Barrowman in a January 2006 article. ^[11] He later expressed contempt for the idea that all gay men act the same way.

He has played recurring guest character Captain Jack Harkness in BBC One's science fiction television series Doctor Who , since the show was revived in 2005. He first appeared in "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances" two-part story, and appeared in the next three episodes, "Boom Town", "Bad Wolf" and "The Parting of the Ways" . Due to the character's popularity, in 2006 Captain Jack Harkness was given his own spin-off series Torchwood , which began filming its third series in August 2008, following a team of alien hunters based in modern day Cardiff. Barrowman also reprised the role in the 2007 Doctor Who episodes "Utopia", "The Sound of Drums" and "Last of the Time Lords", and the two-part 2008 series ^[12] finale, "The Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End". He reprised this role of Captain Jack Harkness in the "Doctor Who: Tonight's the Night" special written by Russell T. Davies, starring alongside the winner of the Doctor Who Alien Talent Search ^[13] competition which aired on his TV show Tonight's the Night .

Barrowman has also appeared in a Doctor Who special of the BBC's The Weakest Link . ^[14] He appeared in an episode of the third series of the BBC series Hotel Babylon . ^[15]

Barrowman's musical abilities have been featured in film: he had a duet with Kevin Kline singing Night and Day in the Cole Porter biopic De-Lovely , and he sang Springtime for Hitler in the 2005 film of Mel Brooks' The Producers , based on the Broadway adaptation of the original movie. He also recently performed in and co-presented a BBC One series on Saturday nights, entitled The Sound of Musicals , in which performers from West End musicals sing songs from the shows. ^[16]

It has been confirmed that on September 14 2009 John Barrowman will take over from Roger Allam as Zaza/Albin in the West End revival of La Cage Aux Folles, at the Playhouse Theatre. He will continue in the role until November 28 2009. ^[17]

Barrowman has revealed he may be joining the cast of Desperate Housewives . ^[18] ^[19] ^[20]

Presenting and guest starring

Barrowman appeared in the BBC children's Saturday morning variety show Live & Kicking , in which he hosted the Electric Circus segment, reporting on technology news, before moving on to The Movie Game , a children's television game show. In the late 1990s he was one of the regular presenters on Five's afternoon show Five's Company .

During January and February 2006 Barrowman took part in the ITV1 series Dancing on Ice , where Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean trained celebrities to compete in an ice skating show which took onboard many characteristics of a real ice skating competition. Barrowman's skating partner was World Junior Gold Medalist and three-time Russian champion Olga Sharutenko. Although a favourite to win, on 4 February, Barrowman and Sharutenko faced Stefan Booth and Kristina Cousins in the skate off and were eliminated by the judge's vote of 3 to 2.

Between 10 April and 14 April, 2006, Barrowman presented ITV's morning talk show This Morning whilst Phillip Schofield took an Easter Break. ^[21] Between 1 May and 5 May, 2006, Barrowman read bedtime stories on the CBeebies channel. In Summer 2006, he was on the Judges panel of BBC One's How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? music talent show alongside Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian, and Zoe Tyler. ^[22]

On 31 December 2006, Barrowman made two television appearances. The first was on BBC Television's Heaven & Earth , ^[23] hosted by Gloria Hunniford. On it he talked about spirituality and civil partnerships. His second appearance was as a guest on a team with Craig Revel Horwood and Louis Walsh, on Graham Norton's one-off programme, The Big Finish which was also broadcast on BBC Television. It was a light-hearted look at news stories in 2006.

On 11 February 2007, he co-presented the E!: Entertainment Television BAFTA Film Awards red carpet coverage with Ruby Wax. ^[24] He also guest-presented two editions of Elaine Paige on Sunday , a pre-recorded BBC Radio 2 weekly musical theatre and film music showcase, broadcast on 11 February and 18 February 2007. ^[25]

In 2007 Barrowman was a judge in the BBC One TV series Any Dream Will Do to find a new star to play the lead role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in London's West End, won on 9 June by Lee Mead, of whom he said: "Lee won because he is polished, professional and close to perfection in what he does. He goes on stage and commands it, and one of the best qualities about him is that he doesn't analyse the song too much. He just gets out there and does it. I'm happy to give over my West End leading man's shoes for a while, to allow him to fill them.", ^[26] on a post-final party on video posted at Andrew Lloyd Webber's website he commented "The West End had need of Lee Mead". ^[27]

He has also guested on BBC Two comedy panel quiz show Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Series 19, Episode 5), challenging host Simon Amstell to a "gay-off", Al Murray's Happy Hour , The Charlotte Church Show , and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross .

On Friday 27 July 2007 Barrowman guest hosted The Friday Night Project , on Channel 4, with Justin-Lee Collins and Alan Carr, in which he discussed his role as Captain Jack Harkness, what ET could do with his finger, and showed his backside at the request of an audience member. ^[28]

In 2008 Barrowman presented a primetime BBC game show called The Kids Are All Right in which a team of 4 adults tried to win money by beating a gang of seven super bright kids. ^[29] The show was recorded in the new BBC studios in Pacific Quay in Glasgow. ^[30] On Saturday 16 February 2008, and Saturday 23 February 2008, he presented the National Lottery Draw. On the 1st of March 2008 he appeared on the panel of the Eurovision Song Contest selection show, Eurovision: Your Decision on BBC 1, alongside Carrie Grant and Sir Terry Wogan.

On the 29 April, 30 April 2008 and the 1 May 2008 he presented This Morning .

On the evening of 29 April 2008 he spoke at the Oxford Union about his career, the entertainment industry and gay rights issues. The event was filmed for the programme John Barrowman - The Making Of Me for the BBC, broadcast on 24 July 2008, in which Barrowman explored ideas of what makes people gay.

Beginning in June 2008, he featured as a judge on the Canadian version of How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? .

On Sunday 14 September 2008 he presented Andrew Lloyd Webber's 60th birthday party in London's Hyde Park with a host of guests such as Idina Menzel, Denise Van Outen, Elaine Paige, Lee Mead and the stars of I'd Do Anything .

On 30 November, Barrowman was asked during Radio 1's Switch programme about his habit of exposing himself during interviews, and did so on this occasion. ^[31] Althought the act was not seen, a show staff member had covered the webcam, the BBC and Barrowman subsequently apologised for any offence caused. ^[32]

Barrowman currently presents a new BBC programme in 2009 called Tonight's the Night . It gives contestants "a chance to live their performance dreams".

He also presented a children's television show on CBBC called Animals at Work. On this show he talked about some animals that performed jobs!

Personal life

Barrowman has been with his partner, Scott Gill, since 1991, when they met during a production of Rope at the Chichester Festival Theatre. ^[33] The couple have homes in London and Penarth, South Wales.

Despite this long-standing relationship, Barrowman told Scotland's The Herald newspaper that he had no plans to marry, saying, "Why would I want a 'marriage' from a belief system that hates me?" However, he and Gill did become civil partners on 27 December 2006. As Barrowman explained when the couple were interviewed by Attitude magazine, the couple do not want to call this a marriage: "We're just going to sign the civil register. We're not going to have any ceremony because I'm not a supporter of the word marriage for a gay partnership." ^[34] ^[35] ^[36] The two did have a small ceremony in Cardiff with around 40 friends and family. ^[37] Among the guests were the regular cast of Torchwood , along with Russell T Davies, the Doctor Who and Torchwood executive producer. The civil partnership was covered by OK! magazine, which published pictures of the ceremony on 16 January 2007.

Barrowman's autobiography, titled Anything Goes , was published on 24 January 2008 with Michael O'Mara Books. It was named after the Cole Porter song and musical of the same name. It was published in the US on 28 April 2008. ^[38] His sister - English professor and journalist - Carole Barrowman wrote the book using her brother's dictations. ^[39] Barrowman is bidialectal. He learned an American accent after school children picked on his Scottish accent when he moved to the U.S. His accent is often called Mid-Atlantic. ^[40] He stated while he was appearing on The Friday Night Project that he still speaks in a Scottish accent when he is with his parents, which can be seen during recordings of him with them for the show The Making of Me first broadcast on 24 July 2008 on BBC One. He can be heard slipping into his Scottish accent during the blooper reel included on the Season 1 DVD set of Torchwood .

According to David Tennant's video diary of filming Doctor Who Series 3, Barrowman had a dog named Tegan after the Fifth Doctor's companion Tegan Jovanka, as well as another dog named Lewis. Tegan (the dog) was euthanized in October 2007. ^[41] On 27 February 2008, Barrowman and Gill adopted another dog, a Jack Russell, whom they named Captain Jack. ^[42] Later in 2008 they adopted Charlie, a brown cocker spaniel and Harris, a black cocker spaniel. ^[43]

He was named by Out Magazine as "One of the 100 Men and Women to make 2008 a year to remember". ^[44]

Credits

Year	Title	Medium	Role
1987	The Untouchables	Film	(uncredited)
1996	Central Park West	TV Series	Peter Fairchild
2000	Putting It Together	TV Special	The Young Man
2000	Titans	TV Series	Peter Williams
2002	Shark Attack 3: Megalodon	Film	Ben Carpenter
2004	Method	Film	Reporter (uncredited)
2004	De-Lovely	Film	Jack/Musical Performer
2005	The Producers	Film	Lead Tenor
2005 - Present	Doctor Who	TV Series	Captain Jack Harkness
2006 - Present	Torchwood	TV Series	Captain Jack Harkness
2009	Tonight's the Night	TV Series	Himself and Captain Jack Harkness

Recordings

Year	Title	Album Artist	Label	Notes
1994	Songs from Grease	John Barrowman	JAY Records	Studio recording
1994	Godspell	London Cast	JAY Records
1997	Aspects of Lloyd Webber	John Barrowman	JAY PRODUCTIONS
1998	The Fix	Original London Cast	Relativity
1998	Hey Mr Producer!	Various Artists	First Night Records	Performing "One, Two, Three" from The Fix
2002	The Musicality of Andrew Lloyd Webber	Various Artists	JAY Records	Performing "Any Dream Will Do" from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
	Essential Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber	Various Artists	Metro Music	Performing "High Flying, Adored" from Evita
	Greatest Songs from the Musicals	Various Artists	Soho	Performing "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" from The Lion King and "Grease" from Grease
	Loving You	Various Artists	JAY Records	Performing "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" from The Lion King
2003	Anything Goes	2003 London Cast	First Night Records
2003	Reflections from Broadway	John Barrowman	JAY Records	Studio album
2004	Swings Cole Porter	John Barrowman	JAY Records	Studio album - reached #19 on the US Jazz Billboard Chart
	De-Lovely	Original Soundtrack	Columbia	Performing "Night and Day"
	The Producers	Original Soundtrack	Sony BMG	Performing "Springtime for Hitler"
2006	Just So	World Premiere Cast	First Night Records
2007	Aspects of Lloyd Webber	John Barrowman	JAY Records	Studio album (re-issue of 1997 album)
2007	Another Side	John Barrowman	Sony BMG	Studio album (first pop album) - reached #22 on the UK Albums Chart.
2008	Music Music Music	John Barrowman	Epic/Sony UK	Studio album (second pop album) - reached #35 on the UK Albums Chart, led by the digital-only single "What About Us?", which failed to chart on the Top 75 singles chart. "I Made It Through The Rain" became his first charting single when it debuted at #14 on the UK singles chart after being championed by Chris Moyles.