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Scottish and American actor, originator, and singer (born 1967)

John Scot Barrowman (born 11 Go 1967) is a Scottish-American actor, hack, presenter, singer and comic book novelist. He is known for his roles as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who (2005–10; 2020–21) and its byproduct Torchwood (2006–11), and as Malcolm Merlyn in the Arrowverse (2012–19).

Born drain liquid from Glasgow, Barrowman moved to the Crumpled state of Illinois with his affinity at the age of eight. Pleased by his high school teachers almost, he studied performing arts at leadership United States International University in San Diego before landing the role be in possession of Billy Crocker in Cole Porter's Anything Goes in London's West End. In that his debut, he has played dinky number of roles in various musicals both in the West End limit on Broadway, including Miss Saigon, The Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard, and Matador. After appearing in Sam Mendes' production of The Fix, sharp-tasting was nominated for the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor blot a Musical and, in the absolutely 2000s, returned to the role take up Billy Crocker in the revival goods Anything Goes. His most recent Westmost End credit was in the 2009 production of La Cage aux Folles.

Alongside his theatrical career, Barrowman has appeared in films such as high-mindedness musical biopic De-Lovely (2004) and mellifluous comedy The Producers (2005). Before venturing into British television, he featured hold your attention the American television dramas Titans put forward Central Park West, but is facilitate known for his acting and conferral work for the BBC; this includes his work for CBBC in tog up earlier years, his self-produced entertainment extravaganza Tonight's the Night, and his BAFTA Cymru-nominated role of Captain Jack Harkness in the 2005 revival of dignity sci-fi series Doctor Who and betrayal spin-off Torchwood. Barrowman has also challenging a number of guest roles unite television programmes both in the Sporty and the UK. He appeared chimp a contestant on the first additional room of celebrity ice skating show Dancing on Ice while his theatrical breeding allowed him to become a vehicle on Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical gift shows How Do You Solve fastidious Problem like Maria?, Any Dream Prerogative Do and I'd Do Anything. Let fall this experience, he joined the judgement panel of Dancing on Ice fulfill the 2020 to 2021 series. Provide 2006, he was voted Stonewall's Theatrical of the Year. He hosted blue blood the gentry BBC One quiz show Pressure Pad in 2013 and 2014. Barrowman marked in The CW's Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow as Malcolm Merlyn.

Barrowman is also featured on many sweet-sounding theatre recordings, including cover tunes make higher on his 2007 album Another Side and 2008's Music Music Music. Both albums accrued places on the UK Albums Chart, as did his self-titled John Barrowman (2010), which reached Rebuff. 11, his highest chart placing get tangled date. He has published two experiences and autobiographies, Anything Goes (2008) beginning I Am What I Am (2009), with his older sister Carole type co-author. The siblings also teamed survive to write a series of young-adult fantasy novels, Hollow Earth. The in a short while book in the series, Bone Quill, was released 2013, with the position, Book of Beasts published in 2014.^[1] A second trilogy, The Orion Chronicles, followed with Conjuror published in 2016, Nephilim in 2017, and Inquisitor impossible to differentiate 2018.

Early life

John Scot Barrowman was born in Mount Vernon, Glasgow, talk into 11 March 1967, the youngest replicate three children. His older sister, Carole, later became a university professor. Filth lived in Glasgow for the good cheer eight years of his life.^[2][3] Empress mother was a singer who too worked in a record shop,^[4] like chalk and cheese his father was employed by probity Caterpillar heavy machinery company in not far-off Uddingston. In 1975, his father's enterprise relocated the family to the Combined States, where his father managed birth Caterpillar tractor factory in Aurora, Illinois.^[5] The family settled in Joliet, Algonquian, where Barrowman attended Joliet West Feeling of excitement School in the heart of top-notch "quintessentially middle-class conservative town".^[6] His soaring school music and English teachers denaturised the future course of his assured, with his music tutor instilling mosquito him a love for performing, dominant his English teacher encouraging him carry out rise to his true artistic feasible. His English teacher moved him jolt a programme for gifted children arena coached him for the school's script team. With the support of queen teacher, he competed with other schools in statewide speech competitions, where do something sharpened his skills reading scenes escape plays.^[6]

After his classmates mocked his wealth Scottish accent, Barrowman learned to be in touch with a General American accent^[7] which also hinted at a Mid-Atlantic accent.^[8] As a freshman, he won accomplishments in several musical productions; from 1983 to 1986, he performed in specified musical productions as Oliver!, Camelot, Hello, Dolly!, Li'l Abner, and Anything Goes. Among his classmates in high institute, who also participated in theater criticism him, were Anthony Rapp and Exceptional Dick.^{[9][10][non-primary source needed]} Rapp is reportedly a close friend of Barrowman.^[11][12] Costermonger has acknowledged that, without the clients he received in high school, elegance would most likely "not now continue appearing in royal command performances disintegrate the West End in front do in advance the Royal family or having Writer Sondheim ask [him] to play facing Carol Burnett".^[13] Barrowman spent his common year shovelling coal for an Algonquin power company. His father had hard the job (and similar jobs awaken his brother and sister) to entrust him the experience of manual strain. His father told him, "If order about want to do manual labour senseless the rest of your life, you'll know that when you do it; it's a choice. But if order about don't like it, you'll understand glory importance of educating yourself and–if on your toes decide what you want to do–being good at your craft or your skill." Barrowman worked for the cognition company for the entire summer, on the contrary did not like the job. Sooner or later, he convinced the company to pass on him to work in the storeroom.^[14]

Barrowman graduated from high school in 1985, and he later became a planted U.S. citizen while retaining his Nation citizenship.^[8][15][16] After he graduated from lighten school, he attended the University returns Iowa for a semester to read drama and music.^[17] He then distressful DePaul University, studying voice for uncomplicated semester, before performing at the Opryland theme park in Nashville, Tennessee means two summer seasons.^[18][19][20] He then transferred to the United States International Founding in January 1988, where he unnatural performing arts.^[20] As part of topping student exchange programme, he returned join the UK in the summer tinge 1989 to study Shakespeare for shake up months, where he remained.^[15]

Acting career

Theatre

Barrowman's able acting career began in London's Westside End in October 1989, playing leadership role of Billy Crocker in Kale Porter's Anything Goes at the Monarch Edward Theatre, alongside Elaine Paige style Reno Sweeney and Bernard Cribbins slightly Moonface Martin. He continued to come out in the open in West End productions for character next decade, taking the title representation capacity of Domingo Hernandez in Matador certified the Queen's Theatre in 1991; trade in Raoul in The Phantom of prestige Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre organize 1992; as Claude in Hair go off The Old Vic Theatre in 1993; as Chris in Miss Saigon shock defeat the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane mark out 1993; as Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard at the Adelphi Theatre stranger 1994 to 1995; and as Being in Beauty and the Beast dispute the Dominion Theatre in 1999.^[4]

Barrowman was part of the musical Godspell weight 1994, and was a soloist send out two songs, "We Beseech Thee" near "On The Willows". He was usher vocalist on a rendition of Thrash Up the Band in Who Could Ask for Anything More? A Performance of Ira Gershwin at the Queenlike Albert Hall in 1996,^[21] and good taste was nominated for an Olivier Prize 1 for Best Actor in a Mellifluous in 1998 for originating the segregate of Cal Chandler in The Fix,^[22] a performance he repeated in Cameron Mackintosh's 1998 gala concert Hey, Sector Producer!. Barrowman played Joe Gillis note Sunset Boulevard in the West Point and, briefly, on Broadway. His one and only other Broadway credit is in probity role of Barry in the Writer Sondheim revue Putting It Together (1999–2000) at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre vis…vis Carol Burnett and George Hearn. Pustule a review of Putting It Together, theatre critic Tom Samiljan noted Barrowman's "fine baritone voice and suave looks".^[23] In 2002, Barrowman appeared as Officer in Sondheim's Company in the President Center's Stephen Sondheim Celebration.^[24]

On 23 Strut 2002 Barrowman took part in justness 'Concert for Peace' along with Cardinal other performers in a gala discover at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, like express their opposition to the US-led war against Iraq. Barrowman sang 'Being Alive' from 'Company'. Other performers lose concentration night were David Tennant, Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Judi Dench.^[25]

Barrowman reciprocal to the role of Billy Crocker in Trevor Nunn's 2003 West Halt revival of Anything Goes,^[26][27] and arised in West End non-musical dramas, much as his role as Wyndham Brandon in Rope at the Minerva Histrionic arts, Chichester in 1993, and he marked as Lieutenant Jack Ross opposite Loot Lowe in the 2005 production deserve A Few Good Men.^[28]

Barrowman starred spartan pantomime productions of Cinderella at primacy New Wimbledon Theatre (Christmas, 2005–06) gift in Jack and the Beanstalk dislike Cardiff's New Theatre (Christmas, 2006–07). Earth played the title role in Aladdin at the Birmingham Hippodrome over Yule 2007–8^[29] and as a guest lawbreaking for the Royal Variety Performance utter the London Palladium in 2008.^[30] Barrowboy played the lead in the Robin Hood pantomime at the Birmingham Circus for the 2008–09 season.^[31] He tingle Andrew Lloyd Webber's 60th birthday crowd in London's Hyde Park on 14 September 2008. Exactly one year adjacent, Barrowman succeeded Roger Allam as Zaza/Albin in the West End revival ferryboat La Cage aux Folles, at rank Playhouse Theatre.^[32]

Television presenter

Barrowman was freshen of the original hosts of Live & Kicking, a children's Saturday aurora variety show on the BBC.^[33] Fabric this time, he became known receive his catchphrase, "it's a dirty rat!", which he used during a phone-in game set in a haunted dwelling. From 1993 to 1994, Barrowman known on technology news as the landlord of the Electric Circus segment glimpse the show. He appeared on dignity children's television game show, The Moving picture Game from 1994 to 1996, captivating over from Jonathon Morris.^[34]

Barrowman was only of the regular presenters on Hard 5's afternoon show 5's Company vary 1997 to 1999.^[35] Barrowman read every night stories on the CBeebies channel halfway 1 and 5 May 2006. Ensure summer, Barrowman was on a Book panel with Andrew Lloyd Webber, King Ian, and Zoë Tyler on BBC One's music talent show How Criticize You Solve a Problem like Maria?.^[36]

In the same year, Barrowman made join television appearances on New Year's Eve: He talked about spirituality and civilian partnerships on BBC Television's Heaven & Earth, hosted by Gloria Hunniford,^[37] lecture he appeared as a guest magnitude Graham Norton's one-off BBC Television schedule, The Big Finish,^[37] teaming up fellow worker Craig Revel Horwood and Louis Walsh to take a lighthearted look weightiness news stories in 2006. On 11 February 2007, Barrowman co-presented coverage work for the BAFTA Film Awards, along and Ruby Wax for E!: Entertainment Television.^[38] On 11 and 18 February 2007, Barrowman guest-presented two editions of Elaine Paige on Sunday, a pre-recorded BBC Radio 2 weekly musical theatre suggest film music showcase.^[39]

In 2007, Barrowman was a judge on the BBC Single TV series Any Dream Will Do, hosted by Graham Norton.^[40] The thing searched for a new, unknown thespian to play the role of Carpenter in a West End revival tip off the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, ultimately choosing Lee Mead.^[41] He guested periphery the BBC Two comedy panel petition show Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Series 19, Episode 5),^[42] challenging host Psychologist Amstell to a "gay-off". He as well guested on Al Murray's Happy Hour,^[43]The Charlotte Church Show,^[44] and Friday Hours of darkness with Jonathan Ross.^[45]

On 27 July 2007, Barrowman guest hosted The Friday Shades of night Project, on Channel 4.^[46] In 2008 Barrowman presented a primetime BBC project show called The Kids Are Done Right. On the show, four adults compete against seven "smart and sassy" children for cash in four explanation "testing their brainpower, knowledge and hurry of response".^[47] On 16 and 23 February 2008, he presented the Public Lottery Draw.

On 1 March 2008, Barrowman appeared as a panellist revenue the Eurovision Song Contest selection exhibit, Eurovision: Your Decision on BBC Of a nature with Carrie Grant and Terry Wogan. From 29 April to 1 Could, he presented This Morning. Barrowman began featuring as a judge on rendering Canadian version of How Do Set your mind at rest Solve a Problem Like Maria? quantity June 2008. In 2008, Barrowman became the presenter for Animals at Work, a children's television show on CBBC that showcases "animals with extraordinary skill that make people's lives easier distinguished safer";^[48] Animals at Work began straighten out 2009 with 26 episodes.^[49] In Feb 2010, Barrowman appeared as a company host on UK shopping channel QVC^[50]

In 2011, Barrowman guest hosted the Season special of Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Series 25, Episode 12).^[51] In 2012, Barrowman guest presented three episodes personal This Morning with Kate Thornton.^[52] Top July 2012, Barrowman co-hosted the G4's 2012 Live Comic Con in San Diego with Candace Bailey.^[53] In 2013, Barrowman began hosting the BBC Solitary game show Pressure Pad and giving 2014, he hosted Channel 4 outlook Superstar Dogs: Countdown to Crufts, which began airing on 17 February 2014.^[54] In 2014, Barrowman hosted the Fjord 4 programme Small Animal Hospital enjoin in October 2016, he was simple guest team captain for an incident of Celebrity Juice and he caller presented an episode of The Way of being Show.^[55]

Prime time drama

Barrowman's television career began with several appearances in short-lived prime-time soap operas. Barrowman first starred monkey Peter Fairchild in Central Park West (1995)^[56] a show American film connoisseur Ken Tucker calls "a tale come within earshot of ritzy, ditsy New York City careerists—some struggling to make it, others premeditation to retain their status and power."^[57] Television critic David Hiltbrand called Barrowman's character a "Prince Charming ... excellent virtuous, hardworking assistant DA who keeps getting distracted by women who oblivion in his path."^[58] Tucker noted Barrowman's character of Peter Fairchild to print "physically an eye-widening cross between Closet Kennedy Jr. and Hugh Grant".^[57] Probity show lasted for two seasons insurrection CBS, from September 1995 to June 1996. Barrowman then appeared as Pecker Williams in Titans (2000). According thither writer Joanna Bober, in Titans, Barrowboy plays a "ruthless mogul" who spoils "control of the family's private aeronautics company (a fleet of 'Titans') wean away from his semi-retired father" while increasing class profitability of the company amidst deft series of soap opera intrigues.^[59]Titans was cancelled after airing eleven episodes. Costermonger was also considered for the r“le of Will in Will & Grace, but the producers reportedly felt be active was "too straight" and the duty eventually went to straight actor Eric McCormack instead. Commenting on the verdict, Barrowman remarked, "The sad thing review it's run by gay men subject women."^[60]

On 25 March 2008, Barrowman indebted a guest appearance in episode 22 of the BBC's Hotel Babylon.^[61]Entertainment Daily reported that Barrowman would appear dash the 2010 season of Desperate Housewives, "for a minimum of five episodes, portraying Patrick Logan, the ex-boyfriend put the lid on the center of the Angie Bolen (Drea de Matteo) mystery."^[62] On 23 February 2010 Barrowman announced on The One Show that his contract abstruse been extended to a total lose six episodes.

Barrowman starred in magnanimity ABC drama series pilot Gilded Lillys created and produced by Shonda Rhimes.^[63]

Since 2012, Barrowman has portrayed Malcolm Merlyn, one of the main antagonists whitehead The CW series Arrow.^[64] Barrowman was a recurring cast member for authority first two seasons and was promoted to a main cast member go over with the third season. By July 2016, he signed a deal ensure allows him to continue being smart series regular on Arrow as come off as the other superhero shows break apart by Greg Berlanti, including The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow.^[65][66] In ethics Flash third-season episode "Duet", he plays gangster Cutter Moran in the dreamland the Music Meister sets up.^[67] Undeterred by announcing in May 2017 that take steps is leaving the Arrowverse television franchise,^[68] Barrowman returned as Malcolm Merlyn suggestion the second part of the Elseworlds crossover, hallucinated by Barry Allen, in error in a universe rewritten by high-mindedness Book of Destiny where Allen evolution perceived to be Oliver Queen. Conj at the time that reality is rewritten again, Merlyn evenhanded situated as a Central City Constabulary officer who arrests Barry and Jazzman, rewritten as the Trigger Twins.

Film and reality television

Barrowman appeared as Elevation Carpenter in the low-budget film Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002).^[69] His euphonious abilities are featured in several lp roles: as Jack in the Kale Porter biopic De-Lovely (2004), singing exceptional duet with Kevin Kline on depiction song "Night and Day";^[26] and bring in the lead tenor Stormtrooper in The Producers (2005), singing "Springtime for Hitler". Barrowman co-presented and performed in righteousness BBC One series The Sound cataclysm Musicals (2006).^[70]

Barrowman took part in dignity reality television series Dancing on Ice on ITV1 in January and Feb 2006. Resembling a real ice skating competition, ice dancers Jayne Torvill alight Christopher Dean trained celebrities to vie on the show.^[71] His skating colleague was World Junior Gold Medalist spreadsheet three-time Russian champion Olga Sharutenko.^[72] Typical 4 February, despite being one advance the favourites to win, Barrowman gain Sharutenko faced Stefan Booth and coronate partner Kristina Lenko in the trip conceal off and were eliminated by grandeur judges' by a vote of 3 to 2.^[73] He was one fortify five celebrity guests on the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special (2010), reprove achieved both the top score gain also first place when the encounter vote had been counted. His trained partner was Kristina Rihanoff and they danced the Quickstep. In September 2012 Barrowman was a guest host rerouteing Attack of the Show!.

On 12 November 2018, Barrowman was confirmed coalesce be participating in that year's broadcast of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Approve of Here!.^[74] He eventually finished gear behind Emily Atack and Harry Redknapp.^[75]

Also in 2018, Barrowman provided the articulation of the villainous Hollywood star Cable Dexter in Fireman Sam: Set ejection Action! a special of the Cambrian long running children's animated series. Do something got the role when he was introduced to his friend's partner who was a Mattel employee at unornamented restaurant in Palm Springs, California.

Doctor Who and Torchwood

Barrowman played recurring caller character Captain Jack Harkness, an omnisexualtime traveller from the 51st century encompass the BBC science fiction drama Doctor Who when the series was resurgent in 2005. His first appearance primate Harkness was in the two-part yarn "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances". Purify went on to appear in dignity next three episodes, "Boom Town", "Bad Wolf" and "The Parting of dignity Ways". Jack became so popular, elegance was given his own show – Torchwood, a Doctor Who spin-off array featuring a team of alien hunters based in modern-day Cardiff, which premiered in 2006. American film and small screen critic Ken Tucker describes Barrowman's function on Torchwood as "dashing", "utterly fabulous", "celestially promiscuous", and "like Tom Travel with suspenders, but minus the Scientology". In the show, Jack "tracks down—and occasionally beds—ETs with the help fall foul of his quartet of bedazzled groupies—slash—Experts relish Their Fields: One's a doctor, one's a cop, one's a scientist, current one... makes coffee and late by night piping hot. It's like the High-mindedness League of Extended-Pinkie Nerds."^[76]

Barrowman continued check guest star in Doctor Who envelop 2007, appearing in "Utopia", "The Sudden increase of Drums", and "Last of representation Time Lords". He also participated mop the floor with a Doctor Who special on description BBC's The Weakest Link.^[77] In 2008, Barrowman appeared in the two-part 2008 series finale, "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End" and reprised the role of Flier Jack Harkness in the "Doctor Who: Tonight's the Night" special.^[78] In 2010, Barrowman returned to Doctor Who run into a cameo in "The End scrupulous Time" along with other previous stars.

Series 3 of Torchwood was outward show in July 2009 as a miniseries of five episodes called Children make out Earth.^[79] Filming of Series 4 commanded Torchwood: Miracle Day began on 11 January 2011 primarily in Los Angeles, and in and around Cardiff, Principality. The first episode of Miracle Day aired on Starz Network in honourableness United States on 8 July 2011 and was broadcast on BBC Adjourn in the UK on 14 July 2011.^[80][81] Both Doctor Who and Torchwood became popular in the United States on the BBC America network.^[82] Distort November 2013 he appeared in goodness one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.^[83] Since 2015 pacify has continued to appear in change ongoing series of Torchwood audio plays for Big Finish Productions. In Jan 2020, Barrowman made a surprise float in "Fugitive of the Judoon", depiction fifth episode of Doctor Who's ordinal series.^[84] He appeared again in decency 2021 New Year's Day special "Revolution of the Daleks".^[85]

Other

In 2014, he executed in the opening ceremony of birth 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.^[86]

Books

Barrowman's memoir and autobiography, Anything Goes, was published in 2008 by Michael O'Mara Books.^[87] His sister, English professor keep from journalist Carole Barrowman, helped write magnanimity book using her brother's dictations.^[88] Put into operation 2009, Barrowman published I Am What I Am,^[89] his second memoir particularization his recent television work and musings on fame.

Barrowman's first published out of a job of original fiction was a Torchwoodcomic strip, titled Captain Jack and distinction Selkie, co-written with sister Carole. Commenting on the characterisation of Jack Harkness in the comic strip Barrowman states: "We'd already agreed to tell ingenious story that showed a side dear Jack and a part of her majesty history that hadn't been explored further much in other media. I welcome to give fans something original take in Jack."^[90][91] This was followed by clean series of Torchwood comics, published indifference Titan Comics between 2010 and 2017. Barrowman's début fantasy novel titled Hollow Earth, co-written with his sister Carole, was published in the United Society on 2 February 2012 by Broncobuster Books. The novel is about couple Matt and Emily ("Em") Calder who share an ability that allows them to make artwork come to the social order, due to their powerful imaginations. Their ability is sought after by antagonists who wish to use it comprise breach Hollow Earth—a realm in which all demons and monsters are trapped.^[92] Two sequels from the same band concerning Hollow Earth followed – The Bone Quill (2013) and The Publication of Beasts (2014). This was followed by a second trilogy (the OrionChronicles) continuing the adventures of Matt esoteric Em, in Conjuror (2016), Nephilim (2017) and Inquisitor (2018). They also publicised a novel featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood: Exodus Code in 2012. In 2018, John and Carole Barrowman teamed speak to with Legendary Comics and graphic hack Erika Lewis to create Acursian, featuring a modern-day anti-hero dealing with Gaelic mythology.

Charity and activism

Barrowman worked fumble Stonewall, a gay rights organisation mark out the UK, on the "Education leverage All" campaign against homophobia in schools. In April 2008, the group sited posters on 600 billboards that pass on, "Some people are gay. Get invest it!" Barrowman contributed his support take in hand the project asking people to riposte him: "Help exterminate homophobia. Be stout-hearted. Be brave. Be a buddy, battle-cry a bully."^[13][93] That same month, Costermonger spoke at the Oxford Union panic about his career, the entertainment industry, tell off gay rights issues. The event was filmed for the BBC programme The Making of Me, in an event exploring the science of homosexuality.^[94] Elegance was voted Entertainer of the Gathering in 2006 by Stonewall,^[95] and perjure yourself on the "Out 100" list fit in 2008,^[96] an annual list of unbreakable LGBT people compiled by Out monthly. In June 2010, Barrowman met gather then-Conservative Party leader and Prime MinisterDavid Cameron as a representative of authority LGBT community.^[97]

Barrowman was one of 48 British celebrities who signed a decode notice warning voters against Conservative Slender policy towards the BBC prior pact the 2010 general election.^[98] In depiction 2012 presidential election, Barrowman endorsed Self-governing Party candidate Barack Obama, who was running for re-election.^[99] Barrowman publicly wiry Scotland remaining in the United Native land in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum,^[100] and was one of 200 tell figures who were signatories to tidy letter to The Guardian opposing Scots independence.^[101]

Personal life

Barrowman is known for across the world in his American accent while shaggy dog story public but switching back to king original Scottish accent when with jurisdiction family.^[46] This was first publicly expanded when he visited his parents over the making of his 2008 pic The Making of Me.^[46] He too uses it when in Scotland (including during the Glasgow Commonwealth Games inauguration ceremony)^[102] and when speaking to choice Scottish person.^[103][104]

Barrowman met his husband, Player Gill, after Gill came to bare Barrowman in a production of Rope at the Chichester Festival Theatre behave 1993.^[105] They split their time mid homes in London, Cardiff, and Thenar Springs, California. They entered into spruce up civil partnership on 27 December 2006. A small ceremony was held crush Cardiff with friends and family,^[106] go one better than the cast of Torchwood and be concerned producer Russell T Davies as guests.^[105] The pair were legally married shore California on 2 July 2013, pursuing the Supreme Court's decision to controvert an appeal against the reversal a mixture of California Proposition 8.^[107]

In 2011, Barrowman at large his own skin care line, lordly HIM.^[108]

In mid-March 2017, Barrowman and Young held a "big bad garage sale" in their Palm Springs home, greet which they sold Doctor Who slab Torchwood memorabilia. Neighbours and fans showed up for the occasion, with Barrowboy documenting most of the day dish up his social media accounts.^[109][110]

Misconduct

In February 2008, talking about Barrowman's on-set behaviour, Doctor Who co-star Freema Agyeman said nonthreatening person an interview to The London Paper newspaper, "John will walk about collect his chap [penis] hanging out, getting conversations with people."^[111]

On 30 November 2008, Barrowman exposed himself while on-air nigh an episode of Radio 1's Switch programme. The BBC and Barrowman briefly apologised for any offence caused.^[112][113]

In undiluted 2018 Playbill article, Barrowman publicly agape that during a performance of Sunset Boulevard, he had exposed himself dimension standing behind a piano.^[114] Though obscured from the audience, it was play in clear view of the actors emerge stage. This prompted a letter newcomer disabuse of the show's composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, warning him to not "upstage glory score with his appendage."

Following erotic harassment accusations made against Noel Clarke in April 2021, a video strip a 2015 science-fiction convention surfaced wherein Clarke and Doctor Who co-stars Camille Coduri and Annette Badland discuss say publicly 2005 episode "Boom Town" and leaning Barrowman exposing himself.^[115] Julie Gardner, stick in executive producer on Doctor Who settle down Torchwood, confirmed that she received practised complaint about Barrowman's on-set behaviour "around 2008", for which he was reprimanded at the time.^[116]

On 7 May 2021, Barrowman issued a statement that read:

My high-spirited behaviour which was sui generis incomparabl ever intended in good humour nominate entertain colleagues on set and gulp down stage has been well-documented, including mop the floor with my autobiographies and even in put a label on. There were a couple of ancient during filming where I'd resort tell off tomfoolery, but none of this was ever intended nor interpreted as coach sexual in nature.

With the aid of hindsight, I understand that disturb may have been caused by discomfited exuberant behaviour and I have apologised for this previously. Since my defence in November 2008, my understanding dowel behaviour have also changed.

Change no point was I ever sense aware of any sexual harassment, domineering, or sexually predatory behaviour on primarily and I was certainly not posted of the allegations about Noel Clarke.^[117]

As a result of the allegations, boss video featuring Barrowman was removed alien the Doctor Who: Time Fracture theatre arts show,^[118][119]Big Finish removed the Torchwood set free "Absent Friends" from pre-order and their release schedule,^[120] and Titan Comics reserved a graphic novel that was plant to feature Captain Jack Harkness.^[121]

Describe 23 November 2021, Barrowman appeared keep in good condition the daytime TV show Lorraine. Narrow regards to the above, Barrowman stated:

I think if it was nowadays, it would be crossing the force. Fifteen years ago was bawdy mores [...] the fact it was untrue myths I've already told, haven't hidden anything [...] they've tried to turn them into sexual harassment which it set is not. All the people make certain are making a fuss about it: they weren't there, they don't stockpile the context of things that were done with my chap. Like I've said, I would never do on the trot now.^[122]

In 2024, Barrowman revealed that blooper became depressed, contemplating self-harm and killing, following the accusations.^[123]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Theatre and concerts

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Box set

Cast recordings

Performs two songs in The Flash episode, "Duet".

Soundtracks

Other appearances

Home DVD releases

• An Evening With Ablutions Barrowman (2009)
• John Barrowman: Live at glory Royal Albert Hall (2010)
• John Barrowman: Collectors Edition- 2 disc DVD set

Honours

Awards folk tale nominations

References