Cast & creator
John Barrowman
Best known for The Flash, The Flash, Desperate Housewives
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.
Also known as: John Scot Barrowman
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Filmography (97)
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The Flash
Cutter Moran
2014The Flash
Malcolm Merlyn
2014
Desperate Housewives
Patrick Logan
2004
Arrow
Malcolm Merlyn
2012
Doctor Who
Captain Jack Harkness
2005
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006
Scandal
The Fixer
2012
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Malcolm Merlyn
2016
Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Guest
1994
QI
Self
2003
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Presenter
1996Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Panellist
1996
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
2005
GMTV
Self
1993
Strictly Come Dancing
Self
2004
Celebrity Juice
Self
2008
Would I Lie to You?
Self
2007
Hustle
Dr. Dean Deville
2004
Torchwood
Jack Harkness
2006
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
Talking Dead
Himself
2011
Dancing on Ice
Self - Judge
2006
The Super Hero Squad Show
Stranger (voice)
2009
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
The Untouchables
Street Person (uncredited)
1987
Fifth Gear
Self
2002
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Self - Guest
2009Daytime Live
1987
Zero Dark Thirty
Jeremy
2012
Live & Kicking
Self - Presenter
1993Live & Kicking
Self - Showbiz Presenter
1993
The Big Questions
Self
2007
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins
Self - Recruit 13
2019
Hotel Babylon
2006
Through the Keyhole
Self
2013
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Self
2002
Central Park West
Peter Fairchild
1995
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
Self
2009The Michael Ball Show
Self
2010
Shopping with Keith Lemon
2019
Titans
Peter Williams
2000
This Morning
Self
1988
The Wil Wheaton Project
Self
2014
The Charlotte Church Show
Self
2006
Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
Self
2008
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
Self
2009
The Producers
Lead Tenor
2005
Totally Doctor Who
Self
2006
I'd Do Anything
Himself - Judge
2008
The Story of Musicals
Self
2012The Justin Lee Collins Show
Self
2009
Torchwood: Web of Lies
Captain Jack Harkness (voice)
2011To Me... To You...
Himself
1996
Any Dream Will Do
Self - Judge
2007
How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria?
Self - Judge
2006
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
2007Tonight's the Night
2009Goodnight Burbank
2011
All Stars
Matthew
2013
Keith Lemon: Coming in America
Self
2018
Bizarre ER
Narrator (voice)
2008All Star Musicals
Self - Host
2017
Shark Attack 3: Megalodon
Ben Carpenter
2002
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
2013
50 Years of Star Trek
Self
2016
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
Doctor Who Monster Files
Captain Jack Harkness
2008
Fireman Sam: Set for Action!
Flex Dexter (voice)
2018
De-Lovely
Musical Performer - "Night and Day"
2004
Animals at Work
Himself - Host
2009
Doctor Who: The End of Time
Captain Jack Harkness
2010
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Self / Captain Jack Harkness (archive footage)
2014
The Making of Me
Himself
2008
David Tennant's Video Diary
Self
2007
My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen
Self
2011
It Started with Swap Shop
Self
2006
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998
Doctor Who: Tales Lost in Time
2011
Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks
Captain Jack Harkness
2021
Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder
Camp officer
2009The Sound of Musicals
Self - Performer
2006Eurovision: Your Country Needs Blue
Self
2011
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Self
2013
Method
Timothy Stevens
2004
Putting It Together
The Young Man
2001
The Ballad of Russell & Julie
Self
2011
Gilded Lilys
Julius Ashford Lily
2013
Disney's Broadway Hits at London's Royal Albert Hall
Himself / Host
2016
An Evening with John Barrowman
Himself
2009An Evening with John Barrowman
Executive Producer
2009
Speech & Debate: Legacy
Lucian Angelo
2021
John Barrowman - Laid Bare
2025
The Friday Night Project
2005The Friday Night Project
Self - Host
2005
John Barrowman: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Himself
2010John Barrowman: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Executive Producer
2010