John Barrowman Add to My Celebs Age 45 Birthday Mar. 11th, 1967 Born in Mount Vernon, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Height 6'

John Barrowman's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Desperate Housewives Patrick Logan Doctor Who (UK) Captain Jac… Torchwood (UK) Captain Jac… Torchwood: Miracle Day Captain Jac… Torchwood Declassified (UK) John Barrow… Dancing on Ice (UK) John Barrow… Sean Wilson I'd Do Anything (UK) Himself - J… How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? (UK) Himself - J… Central Park West Peter Fairc… The Kids Are All Right (UK) Himself - H… Titans Peter Willi… The Movie Game (UK) Himself - H… The Sound of Musicals (UK) John Barrow… Performer (3)

Main Movie Roles 2005 - The Producers 2004 - De-Lovely 2004 - Method 1987 - The Untouchables

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, and raised in Joliet, Illinois. He returned to the UK, for a 6 month Shakespeare semester with the United States International University of San Diego, but left to star in the musical production of "Anything Goes," with Elaine Page. He went on to star in "Miss Saigon," "Matador," "Rope," and "Hair" at London's West End. Barrowman has homes in London and Cardiff, Wales.


TRIVIA:

• Appeared as an extra in _The Untouchables (1987)_ (qv) - the scene in the police academy where 'Sean Connery' (qv) is recruiting 'Andy Garcia (I)' (qv).
• He has performed his cabaret show in New York; Chicago; Washington, D.C.; and Milwaukee.
• Along with 'Freema Agyeman' (qv), 'Eve Myles' (qv), 'Naoko Mori (I)' (qv) and 'Gareth David-Lloyd' (qv), he is one of only five actors to play the same character (Captain Jack Harkness) in both _"Doctor Who" (2005)_ (qv) and _"Torchwood" (2006)_ (qv).
• Was 6 months from graduating from the United States International University of San Diego. He's been asked to return, but has stated that he's learned more by doing than any teacher could teach him.
• He drives a high-efficiency diesel Mercedes, which is run on Sun diesel. He's in the market for an electric car, as it is more environmentally efficient.
• Presented a children's TV show in the UK called _"Live & Kicking" (1993)_ (qv). Played the Beast in the London Musical of the Disney animated film _Beauty and the Beast (1991)_ (qv) at the Dominion Theatre in central London.
• Spent some time in Los Angeles chasing movie and TV roles. Made final three in casting for the role of Will in _"Will & Grace" (1998)_ (qv). When he didn't get the part, he demanded an explanation and found he had been rejected as "not gay enough.".
• He was joined in a civil partnership (a commitment ceremony which accords gay couples many of the same rights as heterosexual couples in the UK) to his longtime love, architect Scott Gill, at a ceremony in Cardiff Bay on Wednesday 27 December 2006.

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