John Barrowman
John Scot Barrowman ( born March 11, 1967 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish- American actor, singer and author.
Life and career
John Barrowman was born in Glasgow, Scotland. When he was nine years old, the family emigrated to the USA and lived for some time in Aurora, Illinois, before moving to Joliet, a suburb of Chicago followed. John speaks in the general public with a learned an American accent. In this way he could see the teasing of his classmates because of his Scottish accent, escape. With his family or if he is in Scotland, but he continues to speak Scottish. His sister can just as easily jump back and forth between American and Scottish dialect. Together with her, he invented in his autobiography to this as "bi - dialectical ".
From 1987, John studied performing arts at the U.S. International University in San Diego, California. Even before completing his studies, he received in 1989 at an audition the role of Billy Crocker in the musical Anything Goes, with whom he made his breakthrough in the West End. He then played in addition to various musical roles also classic spoken theater, got roles in various television productions, playing smaller movie roles, made several albums ( both Cast Recordings musicals and solo albums ) that hosted TV shows and went on concert tours.
A large audience away from the theater scene in 2005 he was known when he took over the role of Captain Jack Harkness in the British science fiction series Doctor Who. Since October 2006, he plays the same role in Torchwood, a spin-off of Doctor Who. 2008 he published his autobiography, Anything Goes, which he wrote with his sister Carole. A second book I am What I am released in September 2009.
In 2010, he starred in five episodes of the dramedy series Desperate Housewives, in which he played the character of Patrick Logan. In the series, he is seen Arrow since 2012 in a recurring guest role as an antagonist Malcolm Merlyn.
John Barrowman lives since 1993, the British architect Scott Gill. Christmas 2006 they signed the contract for a civil partnership. In July 2013, the two were married in California.
Filmography / television productions (excerpt)
On the stage
(in brackets name of his role )
Pantomime
( Pantomime is a musical comedy that is performed traditionally in the UK from December to January and is primarily intended for a younger audience. )
- 2005/2006: Cinderella ( Prince Charming )
- 2006/2007: Jack and the Beanstalk (Jack)
- 2007/2008: Aladdin ( Aladdin )
- 2008/2009: Robin Hood
- 2009/2010: Robin Hood
- 2010/2011: Aladdin