John Barrowman
Acting
- Born:
- 1967-03-11
- Place of birth:
- Mount Vernon, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Barrowman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
John Barrowman - Laid Bare
Speech & Debate: Legacy
Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks
Shopping with Keith Lemon
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins
Fireman Sam: Set for Action!
Keith Lemon: Coming in America
All Star Musicals
Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall
50 Years of Star Trek
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
The Flash
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
The Wil Wheaton Project
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Through the Keyhole
Gilded Lilys
All Stars
Zero Dark Thirty
Arrow
Scandal
The Story of Musicals
The Ballad of Russell & Julie
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Talking Dead
Torchwood: Web of Lies
Goodnight Burbank
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue
John Barrowman: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
The Michael Ball Show
Doctor Who: The End of Time
Animals at Work
An Evening with John Barrowman
The Super Hero Squad Show
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Tonight's the Night
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
The Justin Lee Collins Show
Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder
Celebrity Juice
The Making of Me
Doctor Who Monster Files
I'd Do Anything
Bizarre ER
Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
David Tennant's Video Diary
The Big Questions
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Would I Lie to You?
Any Dream Will Do
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
It Started with Swap Shop
Torchwood
The Charlotte Church Show
The One Show
How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria?
Totally Doctor Who
Hotel Babylon
The Sound of Musicals
Dancing on Ice
The Producers
8 Out of 10 Cats
Doctor Who Confidential
Doctor Who
The Friday Night Project
Desperate Housewives
De-Lovely
Method
Strictly Come Dancing
Hustle
QI
Shark Attack 3: Megalodon
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Fifth Gear
Putting It Together
Titans
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
To Me... To You...
Central Park West
Ready, Steady, Cook
Live & Kicking
GMTV
This Morning
Daytime Live
The Untouchables
Broadway: The Next Generation