John Barrowman
Acting • Born 1967-03-11
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.
Filmography
94 credits
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Movie • 2007
Self
David Tennant's Video Diary
Movie • 2007
Self
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Movie • 2013
Self
Shark Attack 3: Megalodon
Movie • 2002
Ben Carpenter
Zero Dark Thirty
Movie • 2012
Jeremy
Putting It Together
Movie • 2001
The Young Man
The Ballad of Russell & Julie
Movie • 2011
Self
It Started with Swap Shop
Movie • 2006
Self
All Stars
Movie • 2013
Matthew
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Movie • 1998
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Movie • 2013
Self
Method
Movie • 2004
Timothy Stevens
The Untouchables
Movie • 1987
Street Person (uncredited)
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie
Self
Gilded Lilys
Movie • 2013
Julius Ashford Lily
50 Years of Star Trek
Movie • 2016
Self
John Barrowman: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Movie • 2010
Himself
An Evening with John Barrowman
Movie • 2009
Himself
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
Movie • 2011
Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall
Movie • 2016
Himself / Host
The Producers
Movie • 2005
Lead Tenor
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Movie • 2014
Self / Captain Jack Harkness (archive footage)
Fireman Sam: Set for Action!
Movie • 2018
Flex Dexter (voice)
Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue
Movie • 2011
Self
Speech & Debate: Legacy
Movie • 2021
Lucian Angelo
De-Lovely
Movie • 2004
Musical Performer - "Night and Day"
John Barrowman - Laid Bare
Movie • 2025
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
Movie • 2011
Self
Doctor Who: The End of Time
Movie • 2010
Captain Jack Harkness
Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks
Movie • 2021
Captain Jack Harkness
Totally Doctor Who
TV • 2006
Self
Titans
TV • 2000
Peter Williams
This Morning
TV • 1988
Self
Goodnight Burbank
TV • 2011
Torchwood
TV • 2006
Jack Harkness
Doctor Who Confidential
TV • 2005
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
Fifth Gear
TV • 2002
Self
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Patrick Logan
Strictly Come Dancing
TV • 2004
Self
The Friday Night Project
TV • 2005
The Big Questions
TV • 2007
Self
Shopping with Keith Lemon
TV • 2019
Central Park West
TV • 1995
Peter Fairchild
The Charlotte Church Show
TV • 2006
Self
8 Out of 10 Cats
TV • 2005
Self
The Flash
TV • 2014
Cutter Moran
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV • 2007
Self
Tonight's the Night
TV • 2009
Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
TV • 2008
Self
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
TV • 2009
Self
The Sound of Musicals
TV • 2006
Self - Performer
Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder
TV • 2009
Camp officer
The Justin Lee Collins Show
TV • 2009
Self
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
TV • 2009
Self
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
Daytime Live
TV • 1987
Animals at Work
TV • 2009
Himself - Host
The Michael Ball Show
TV • 2010
Self
QI
TV • 2003
Self
Talking Dead
TV • 2011
Himself
I'd Do Anything
TV • 2008
Himself - Judge
Arrow
TV • 2012
Malcolm Merlyn
Bizarre ER
TV • 2008
Narrator (voice)
Hotel Babylon
TV • 2006
Hustle
TV • 2004
Dr. Dean Deville
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Captain Jack Harkness
All Star Musicals
TV • 2017
Self - Host
Dancing on Ice
TV • 2006
Self - Judge
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
TV • 2009
Self
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
TV • 2016
Malcolm Merlyn
The Flash
TV • 2014
Malcolm Merlyn
The Super Hero Squad Show
TV • 2009
Stranger (voice)
Scandal
TV • 2012
The Fixer
The Making of Me
TV • 2008
Himself
Celebrity Juice
TV • 2008
Self
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV • 2011
Self - Participant
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 1996
Self - Presenter
To Me... To You...
TV • 1996
Himself
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 1996
Self - Panellist
Any Dream Will Do
TV • 2007
Self - Judge
Doctor Who Monster Files
TV • 2008
Captain Jack Harkness
Torchwood: Web of Lies
TV • 2011
Captain Jack Harkness (voice)
Ready, Steady, Cook
TV • 1994
Self - Guest
Through the Keyhole
TV • 2013
Self
The Wil Wheaton Project
TV • 2014
Self
Would I Lie to You?
TV • 2007
Self
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
TV • 2002
Self
Live & Kicking
TV • 1993
Self - Presenter
Live & Kicking
TV • 1993
Self - Showbiz Presenter
The Friday Night Project
TV • 2005
Self - Host
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins
TV • 2019
Self
The Story of Musicals
TV • 2012
Self
Keith Lemon: Coming in America
TV • 2018
Self