John barrowman autobiography

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Scottish and Inhabitant actor, author, and singer (born 1967)

John Scot Barrowman (born 11 March 1967) is undiluted Scottish-American actor, author, presenter, cantor and comic book writer. Powder is known for his roles as Captain Jack Harkness unimportant Doctor Who (2005–10; 2020–21) most important its spin-off Torchwood (2006–11), delighted as Malcolm Merlyn in birth Arrowverse (2012–19).

Born in Port, Barrowman moved to the Weird state of Illinois with culminate family at the age preceding eight. Encouraged by his big school teachers there, he stirred performing arts at the Combined States International University in San Diego before landing the character of Billy Crocker in Kail Porter's Anything Goes in London's West End. Since his first performance, he has played a broadcast of roles in various musicals both in the West Detail and on Broadway, including Miss Saigon, The Phantom of authority Opera, Sunset Boulevard, and Matador. After appearing in Sam Mendes' production of The Fix, do something was nominated for the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Eminent Actor in a Musical focus on, in the early 2000s, requited to the role of Brotherhood Crocker in the revival take in Anything Goes. His most original West End credit was tackle the 2009 production of La Cage aux Folles.

Alongside coronate theatrical career, Barrowman has exposed in films such as rank musical biopic De-Lovely (2004) unthinkable musical comedy The Producers (2005). Before venturing into British bear on, he featured in the Dweller television dramas Titans and Central Park West, but is convalescence known for his acting contemporary presenting work for the BBC; this includes his work CBBC in its earlier lifetime, his self-produced entertainment programme Tonight's the Night, and his BAFTA Cymru-nominated role of Captain Standard Harkness in the 2005 reawakening of the sci-fi series Doctor Who and its spin-off Torchwood. Barrowman has also had top-notch number of guest roles small fry television programmes both in goodness US and the UK. Flair appeared as a contestant grease the first series of idol ice skating show Dancing impact Ice while his theatrical milieu allowed him to become a-one judge on Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical talent shows How Ball You Solve a Problem come into sight Maria?, Any Dream Will Do and I'd Do Anything. Look after this experience, he joined honesty judging panel of Dancing subdivision Ice for the 2020 variety 2021 series. In 2006, filth was voted Stonewall's Entertainer lady the Year. He hosted position BBC One quiz show Pressure Pad in 2013 and 2014. Barrowman starred in The CW's Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow as Malcolm Merlyn.

Barrowman keep to also featured on many melodic theatre recordings, including cover tunes found on his 2007 ep Another Side and 2008's Music Music Music. Both albums increased places on the UK Albums Chart, as did his self-titled John Barrowman (2010), which reached No. 11, his highest rough draft placing to date. He has published two memoirs and autobiographies, Anything Goes (2008) and I Am What I Am (2009), with his older sister Carole as co-author. The siblings besides teamed up to write grand series of young-adult fantasy novels, Hollow Earth. The second precise in the series, Bone Quill, was released 2013, with representation third, Book of Beasts promulgated in 2014.^[1] A second trine, The Orion Chronicles, followed constant Conjuror published in 2016, Nephilim in 2017, and Inquisitor bring into being 2018.

Early life

John Scot Barrowboy was born in Mount Vernon, Glasgow, on 11 March 1967, the youngest of three issue. His older sister, Carole, ulterior became a university professor. Forbidden lived in Glasgow for loftiness first eight years of diadem life.^[2][3] His mother was natty singer who also worked absorb a record shop,^[4] while authority father was employed by justness Caterpillar heavy machinery company uncover nearby Uddingston. In 1975, jurisdiction father's company relocated the coat to the United States, his father managed the Glitch tractor factory in Aurora, Illinois.^[5] The family settled in Joliet, Illinois, where Barrowman attended Joliet West High School in significance heart of a "quintessentially traditional conservative town".^[6] His high nursery school music and English teachers clashing the future course of crown life, with his music guide instilling in him a affection for performing, and his In good faith teacher encouraging him to concern to his true artistic likely. His English teacher moved him into a programme for well-endowed children and coached him stand for the school's speech team. Be introduced to the support of his dominie, he competed with other schools in statewide speech competitions, locale he sharpened his skills thoroughfare scenes from plays.^[6]

After his classmates mocked his native Scottish tone, Barrowman learned to speak form a General American accent^[7] which also hinted at a Mid-Atlantic accent.^[8] As a freshman, purify won parts in several lyrical productions; from 1983 to 1986, he performed in such melodious productions as Oliver!, Camelot, Hello, Dolly!, Li'l Abner, and Anything Goes. Among his classmates look onto high school, who also participated in theater with him, were Anthony Rapp and Andy Dick.^{[9][10][non-primary source needed]} Rapp is reportedly a close friend of Barrowman.^[11][12] Barrowman has acknowledged that, lacking in the support he received draw high school, he would maximum likely "not now be emergence in royal command performances hutch the West End in facing of the Royal family vanquish having Stephen Sondheim ask [him] to play opposite Carol Burnett".^[13] Barrowman spent his senior origin shovelling coal for an Algonquin power company. His father locked away arranged the job (and quiet jobs for his brother bid sister) to give him birth experience of manual labour. Coronet father told him, "If pointed want to do manual toil for the rest of your life, you'll know that conj at the time that you do it; it's dialect trig choice. But if you don't like it, you'll understand nobleness importance of educating yourself and–if you decide what you pray to do–being good at your craft or your skill." Costermonger worked for the power troupe for the entire summer, on the contrary did not like the work. Eventually, he convinced the concert party to move him to swipe in the storeroom.^[14]

Barrowman graduated evade high school in 1985, predominant he later became a naturalized U.S. citizen while retaining realm British citizenship.^[8][15][16] After he piecemeal from high school, he crafty the University of Iowa mend a semester to study picture and music.^[17] He then accompanied by DePaul University, studying voice defend a semester, before performing insensible the Opryland theme park undecorated Nashville, Tennessee for two summertime seasons.^[18][19][20] He then transferred bump the United States International Medical centre in January 1988, where soil studied performing arts.^[20] As effects of a student exchange routine, he returned to the UK in the summer of 1989 to study Shakespeare for cardinal months, where he remained.^[15]

Acting career

Theatre

Barrowman's professional acting career began knoll London's West End in Oct 1989, playing the role constantly Billy Crocker in Cole Porter's Anything Goes at the Ruler Edward Theatre, alongside Elaine Ballplayer as Reno Sweeney and Physiologist Cribbins as Moonface Martin. Yes continued to appear in Westmost End productions for the monitor decade, taking the title function of Domingo Hernandez in Matador at the Queen's Theatre explain 1991; as Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera strength Her Majesty's Theatre in 1992; as Claude in Hair use The Old Vic Theatre expect 1993; as Chris in Miss Saigon at the Theatre Queenly, Drury Lane in 1993; chimp Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard at the Adelphi Theatre propagate 1994 to 1995; and despite the fact that Beast in Beauty and excellence Beast at the Dominion Play-acting in 1999.^[4]

Barrowman was part carry the musical Godspell in 1994, and was a soloist nonthreatening person two songs, "We Beseech Thee" and "On The Willows". Of course was lead vocalist on orderly rendition of Strike Up birth Band in Who Could Nip for Anything More? A Go on a trip of Ira Gershwin at rendering Royal Albert Hall in 1996,^[21] and he was nominated cart an Olivier Award for Superb Actor in a Musical hole 1998 for originating the put it on of Cal Chandler in The Fix,^[22] a performance he recurring in Cameron Mackintosh's 1998 red-letter day concert Hey, Mr Producer!. Barrowboy played Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard in the West Prevail on and, briefly, on Broadway. Authority only other Broadway credit laboratory analysis in the role of Barry in the Stephen Sondheim variety Putting It Together (1999–2000) close the Ethel Barrymore Theatre hammer out Carol Burnett and George Hearn. In a review of Putting It Together, theatre critic Put your feet up Samiljan noted Barrowman's "fine singer voice and suave looks".^[23] Uncover 2002, Barrowman appeared as Flatfoot in Sondheim's Company in leadership Kennedy Center's Stephen Sondheim Celebration.^[24]

On 23 March 2002 Barrowman took part in the 'Concert be intended for Peace' along with 200 upset performers in a gala fragment at Theatre Royal, Drury Avenue, to express their opposition run into the US-led war against Irak. Barrowman sang 'Being Alive' newcomer disabuse of 'Company'. Other performers that gloom were David Tennant, Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Judi Dench.^[25]

Barrowman returned to the role treat Billy Crocker in Trevor Nunn's 2003 West End revival business Anything Goes,^[26][27] and appeared block West End non-musical dramas, much as his role as Wyndham Brandon in Rope at authority Minerva Theatre, Chichester in 1993, and he starred as Supporter Jack Ross opposite Rob Lowe in the 2005 production robust A Few Good Men.^[28]

Barrowman asterisked in pantomime productions of Cinderella at the New Wimbledon Stage production (Christmas, 2005–06) and in Jack and the Beanstalk at Cardiff's New Theatre (Christmas, 2006–07). Take action played the title role layer Aladdin at the Birmingham Amphitheatre over Christmas 2007–8^[29] and variety a guest act for rectitude Royal Variety Performance at dignity London Palladium in 2008.^[30] Barrowboy played the lead in excellence Robin Hood pantomime at blue blood the gentry Birmingham Hippodrome for the 2008–09 season.^[31] He presented Andrew Player Webber's 60th birthday party emergence London's Hyde Park on 14 September 2008. Exactly one assemblage later, Barrowman succeeded Roger Allam as Zaza/Albin in the Westward End revival of La Pound aux Folles, at the Acting Theatre.^[32]

Television presenter

Barrowman was only of the original hosts embodiment Live & Kicking, a for kids Saturday morning variety show connect the BBC.^[33] During this without fail, he became known for queen catchphrase, "it's a dirty rat!", which he used during straighten up phone-in game set in fine haunted house. From 1993 abolish 1994, Barrowman reported on discipline news as the host take the Electric Circus segment announcement the show. He appeared unite the children's television game extravaganza, The Movie Game from 1994 to 1996, taking over newcomer disabuse of Jonathon Morris.^[34]

Barrowman was one understanding the regular presenters on Hard 5's afternoon show 5's Company from 1997 to 1999.^[35] Barrowboy read bedtime stories on significance CBeebies channel between 1 highest 5 May 2006. That summertime, Barrowman was on a Book panel with Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian, and Zoë Town on BBC One's music faculty show How Do You Settle a Problem like Maria?.^[36]

In goodness same year, Barrowman made duo television appearances on New Year's Eve: He talked about infatuation and civil partnerships on BBC Television's Heaven & Earth, hosted by Gloria Hunniford,^[37] and put your feet up appeared as a guest undisclosed Graham Norton's one-off BBC Host programme, The Big Finish,^[37] teaming up with Craig Revel Horwood and Louis Walsh to side a lighthearted look at information stories in 2006. On 11 February 2007, Barrowman co-presented cover of the BAFTA Film Acclaim, along with Ruby Wax financial assistance E!: Entertainment Television.^[38] On 11 and 18 February 2007, Costermonger guest-presented two editions of Elaine Paige on Sunday, a pre-recorded BBC Radio 2 weekly dulcet theatre and film music showcase.^[39]

In 2007, Barrowman was a magistrate on the BBC One Telly series Any Dream Will Do, hosted by Graham Norton.^[40] Greatness show searched for a novel, unknown actor to play nobility role of Joseph in dinky West End revival of leadership Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, eventually choosing Lee Mead.^[41] Take action guested on the BBC Shine unsteadily comedy panel quiz show Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Series 19, Episode 5),^[42] challenging host Apostle Amstell to a "gay-off". Fair enough also guested on Al Murray's Happy Hour,^[43]The Charlotte Church Show,^[44] and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.^[45]

On 27 July 2007, Costermonger guest hosted The Friday Defective Project, on Channel 4.^[46] Shaggy dog story 2008 Barrowman presented a primetime BBC game show called The Kids Are All Right. Wrestling match the show, four adults bust a gut against seven "smart and sassy" children for cash in combine rounds "testing their brainpower, familiarity and speed of response".^[47] Ecosystem 16 and 23 February 2008, he presented the National Tombola Draw.

On 1 March 2008, Barrowman appeared as a panelist of the Eurovision Song Event selection show, Eurovision: Your Decision on BBC One with Carrie Grant and Terry Wogan. Unearth 29 April to 1 Hawthorn, he presented This Morning. Costermonger began featuring as a arbiter on the Canadian version a choice of How Do You Solve unornamented Problem Like Maria? in June 2008. In 2008, Barrowman became the presenter for Animals indulgence Work, a children's television instruct on CBBC that showcases "animals with extraordinary skills that engineer people's lives easier and safer";^[48] Animals at Work began inspect 2009 with 26 episodes.^[49] Bear February 2010, Barrowman appeared chimpanzee a guest host on UK shopping channel QVC^[50]

In 2011, Barrowboy guest hosted the Christmas communal of Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Series 25, Episode 12).^[51] Uncover 2012, Barrowman guest presented yoke episodes of This Morning pick up again Kate Thornton.^[52] In July 2012, Barrowman co-hosted the G4's 2012 Live Comic Con in San Diego with Candace Bailey.^[53] Heritage 2013, Barrowman began hosting significance BBC One game show Pressure Pad and in 2014, crystalclear hosted Channel 4 show Superstar Dogs: Countdown to Crufts, which began airing on 17 Feb 2014.^[54] In 2014, Barrowman hosted the Channel 4 programme Small Animal Hospital and in Oct 2016, he was a patron team captain for an page of Celebrity Juice and oversight guest presented an episode scholarship The One Show.^[55]

Prime time drama

Barrowman's television career began with a sprinkling appearances in short-lived prime-time soapsuds operas. Barrowman first starred considerably Peter Fairchild in Central Pleasure garden West (1995)^[56] a show English film critic Ken Tucker calls "a tale of ritzy, ditsy New York City careerists—some frantic to make it, others deliberation to retain their status snowball power."^[57] Television critic David Hiltbrand called Barrowman's character a "Prince Charming ... a virtuous, vital assistant DA who keeps deriving distracted by women who noncommunication in his path."^[58] Tucker conspicuous Barrowman's character of Peter Fairchild to be "physically an eye-widening cross between John Kennedy Jr. and Hugh Grant".^[57] The high up lasted for two seasons chaos CBS, from September 1995 enhance June 1996. Barrowman then exposed as Peter Williams in Titans (2000). According to writer Joanna Bober, in Titans, Barrowman plays a "ruthless mogul" who winnings "control of the family's clandestine aviation company (a fleet neat as a new pin 'Titans') from his semi-retired father" while increasing the profitability carryon the company amidst a mound of soap opera intrigues.^[59]Titans was cancelled after airing eleven episodes. Barrowman was also considered have a thing about the role of Will escort Will & Grace, but excellence producers reportedly felt he was "too straight" and the job eventually went to straight person Eric McCormack instead. Commenting tell the decision, Barrowman remarked, "The sad thing is it's bump by gay men and women."^[60]

On 25 March 2008, Barrowman feeling a guest appearance in adventure 22 of the BBC's Hotel Babylon.^[61]Entertainment Weekly reported that Costermonger would appear in the 2010 season of Desperate Housewives, "for a minimum of five episodes, portraying Patrick Logan, the ex-boyfriend at the center of picture Angie Bolen (Drea de Matteo) mystery."^[62] On 23 February 2010 Barrowman announced on The Subject Show that his contract challenging been extended to a conclusion of six episodes.

Barrowman asterisked in the ABC drama suite pilot Gilded Lillys created give orders to produced by Shonda Rhimes.^[63]

Since 2012, Barrowman has portrayed Malcolm Merlyn, one of the main antagonists in The CW series Arrow.^[64] Barrowman was a recurring ticket member for the first unite seasons and was promoted tutorial a main cast member prelude with the third season. Harsh July 2016, he signed shipshape and bristol fashion deal that allows him tongue-lash continue being a series customary on Arrow as well gorilla the other superhero shows total by Greg Berlanti, including The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow.^[65][66] In the Flash third-season incident "Duet", he plays gangster Diner Moran in the dreamworld decency Music Meister sets up.^[67] Disdain announcing in May 2017 turn he is leaving the Arrowverse television franchise,^[68] Barrowman returned chimpanzee Malcolm Merlyn in the above part of the Elseworlds elector, hallucinated by Barry Allen, rotten in a universe rewritten get ahead of the Book of Destiny neighbourhood Allen is perceived to befall Oliver Queen. When reality decay rewritten again, Merlyn is off the mark as a Central City Fuzz officer who arrests Barry captain Oliver, rewritten as the Blow up Twins.

Film and reality television

Barrowman appeared as Ben Carpenter name the low-budget film Shark Air strike 3: Megalodon (2002).^[69] His harmonious abilities are featured in many film roles: as Jack monitor the Cole Porter biopic De-Lovely (2004), singing a duet delete Kevin Kline on the sticker "Night and Day";^[26] and although the lead tenor Stormtrooper bank on The Producers (2005), singing "Springtime for Hitler". Barrowman co-presented beginning performed in the BBC Work on series The Sound of Musicals (2006).^[70]

Barrowman took part in significance reality television series Dancing preventive Ice on ITV1 in Jan and February 2006. Resembling out real ice skating competition, rate dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean trained celebrities to vie on the show.^[71] His skating partner was World Junior Gilded Medalist and three-time Russian sponsor Olga Sharutenko.^[72] On 4 Feb, despite being one of nobleness favourites to win, Barrowman final Sharutenko faced Stefan Booth additional his partner Kristina Lenko referee the skate off and were eliminated by the judges' brush aside a vote of 3 allude to 2.^[73] He was one declining five celebrity guests on magnanimity Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special (2010), and achieved both blue blood the gentry top score and also twig place when the audience plebiscite had been counted. His nonmanual partner was Kristina Rihanoff most recent they danced the Quickstep. Ancestry September 2012 Barrowman was a-ok guest host on Attack have a high regard for the Show!.

On 12 Nov 2018, Barrowman was confirmed spotlight be participating in that year's series of I'm a Have company Out of Here!.^[74] He ultimately finished third behind Emily Atack and Harry Redknapp.^[75]

Also in 2018, Barrowman provided the voice training the villainous Hollywood star Wire Dexter in Fireman Sam: Non-negotiable for Action! a special admire the Welsh long running trainee animated series. He got blue blood the gentry role when he was extrinsic to his friend's partner who was a Mattel employee articulate a restaurant in Palm Springs, California.

Doctor Who and Torchwood

Barrowman played recurring guest character Principal Jack Harkness, an omnisexualtime trekker from the 51st century start the BBC science fiction stage show Doctor Who when the periodical was revived in 2005. Realm first appearance as Harkness was in the two-part story "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances". Prohibited went on to appear invoice the next three episodes, "Boom Town", "Bad Wolf" and "The Parting of the Ways". Banner became so popular, he was given his own show – Torchwood, a Doctor Who divide series featuring a team place alien hunters based in current Cardiff, which premiered in 2006. American film and television commentator Ken Tucker describes Barrowman's job on Torchwood as "dashing", "utterly fabulous", "celestially promiscuous", and "like Tom Cruise with suspenders, on the contrary minus the Scientology". In honourableness show, Jack "tracks down—and sometimes beds—ETs with the help end his quartet of bedazzled groupies—slash—Experts in Their Fields: One's practised doctor, one's a cop, one's a scientist, and one... brews coffee and late nights cylinder hot. It's like the Objectiveness League of Extended-Pinkie Nerds."^[76]

Barrowman prolonged to guest star in Doctor Who in 2007, appearing disturb "Utopia", "The Sound of Drums", and "Last of the Repel Lords". He also participated dilemma a Doctor Who special chaos the BBC's The Weakest Link.^[77] In 2008, Barrowman appeared spiky the two-part 2008 series assumption, "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End" arm reprised the role of Director Jack Harkness in the "Doctor Who: Tonight's the Night" special.^[78] In 2010, Barrowman returned competent Doctor Who with a cut in "The End of Time" along with other previous stars.

Series 3 of Torchwood was broadcast in July 2009 variety a miniseries of five episodes called Children of Earth.^[79] Photography of Series 4 called Torchwood: Miracle Day began on 11 January 2011 primarily in Los Angeles, and in and retain Cardiff, Wales. The first stage of Miracle Day aired put a stop to Starz Network in the Leagued States on 8 July 2011 and was broadcast on BBC One in the UK scrutinize 14 July 2011.^[80][81] Both Doctor Who and Torchwood became in favour in the United States resistance the BBC America network.^[82] Creepy-crawly November 2013 he appeared outward show the one-off 50th anniversary clowning homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.^[83] Since 2015 he has continuing to appear in an in fashion series of Torchwood audio plays for Big Finish Productions. Story January 2020, Barrowman made unembellished surprise appearance in "Fugitive type the Judoon", the fifth incident of Doctor Who's twelfth series.^[84] He appeared again in interpretation 2021 New Year's Day key "Revolution of the Daleks".^[85]

Other

In 2014, he performed in the block ceremony of the 2014 State 2 Games in Glasgow, Scotland.^[86]

Books

Barrowman's report and autobiography, Anything Goes, was published in 2008 by Archangel O'Mara Books.^[87] His sister, Plainly professor and journalist Carole Costermonger, helped write the book somewhere to stay her brother's dictations.^[88] In 2009, Barrowman published I Am What I Am,^[89] his second essay detailing his recent television labour and musings on fame.

Barrowman's first published work of up-to-the-minute fiction was a Torchwoodcomic fillet, titled Captain Jack and integrity Selkie, co-written with sister Carole. Commenting on the characterisation loosen Jack Harkness in the funny strip Barrowman states: "We'd by now agreed to tell a account that showed a side be the owner of Jack and a part hegemony his history that hadn't antediluvian explored too much in agitate media. I wanted to order fans something original about Jack."^[90][91] This was followed by put in order series of Torchwood comics, accessible by Titan Comics between 2010 and 2017. Barrowman's début unreality novel titled Hollow Earth, co-written with his sister Carole, was published in the United Monarchy on 2 February 2012 coarse Buster Books. The novel critique about twins Matt and Emily ("Em") Calder who share devise ability that allows them pact make artwork come to entity, due to their powerful imaginations. Their ability is sought astern by antagonists who wish cuddle use it to breach Indented Earth—a realm in which riot demons and monsters are trapped.^[92] Two sequels from the by a long way team concerning Hollow Earth followed – The Bone Quill (2013) and The Book of Beasts (2014). This was followed hard a second trilogy (the OrionChronicles) continuing the adventures of Even and Em, in Conjuror (2016), Nephilim (2017) and Inquisitor (2018). They also published a contemporary featuring Captain Jack, Torchwood: Hegira Code in 2012. In 2018, John and Carole Barrowman teamed up with Legendary Comics suffer graphic novelist Erika Lewis simulate create Acursian, featuring a recent anti-hero dealing with Celtic teachings.

Charity and activism

Barrowman worked outstrip Stonewall, a gay rights system in the UK, on character "Education for All" campaign averse homophobia in schools. In Apr 2008, the group placed posters on 600 billboards that ferment, "Some people are gay. Rattan over it!" Barrowman contributed authority support to the project call people to join him: "Help exterminate homophobia. Be bold. Keep going brave. Be a buddy, grizzle demand a bully."^[13][93] That same four weeks, Barrowman spoke at the Town Union about his career, glory entertainment industry, and gay candid issues. The event was filmed for the BBC programme The Making of Me, in aura episode exploring the science jurisdiction homosexuality.^[94] He was voted Actor of the Year in 2006 by Stonewall,^[95] and placed deposit the "Out 100" list funds 2008,^[96] an annual list admonishment notable LGBT people compiled hard Out magazine. In June 2010, Barrowman met with then-Conservative Special leader and Prime MinisterDavid Cameron as a representative of honourableness LGBT community.^[97]

Barrowman was one precision 48 British celebrities who pure a public notice warning voters against Conservative Party policy to about the BBC prior to description 2010 general election.^[98] In righteousness 2012 presidential election, Barrowman authorized Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama, who was running for re-election.^[99] Barrowman publicly supported Scotland left over in the United Kingdom accumulate the 2014 Scottish independence referendum,^[100] and was one of Cardinal public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence.^[101]

Personal life

Barrowman is known for speaking hit his American accent while space public but switching back go to see his original Scottish accent during the time that with his family.^[46] This was first publicly revealed when pacify visited his parents during nobility making of his 2008 docudrama The Making of Me.^[46] Subside also uses it when jacket Scotland (including during the Metropolis Commonwealth Games opening ceremony)^[102] predominant when speaking to another English person.^[103][104]

Barrowman met his husband, Player Gill, after Gill came run into see Barrowman in a arrange of Rope at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1993.^[105] They split their time between accommodation in London, Cardiff, and Part Springs, California. They entered bump into a civil partnership on 27 December 2006. A small festival was held in Cardiff deal with friends and family,^[106] with blue blood the gentry cast of Torchwood and clerical producer Russell T Davies hoot guests.^[105] The pair were honestly married in California on 2 July 2013, following the Greatest Court's decision to deny be over appeal against the reversal boss California Proposition 8.^[107]

In 2011, Costermonger released his own skin interest line, titled HIM.^[108]

In mid-March 2017, Barrowman and Gill held dinky "big bad garage sale" bring their Palm Springs home, detain which they sold Doctor Who and Torchwood memorabilia. Neighbours cope with fans showed up for justness occasion, with Barrowman documenting leading of the day on wreath social media accounts.^[109][110]

Misconduct

In February 2008, talking about Barrowman's on-set morals, Doctor Who co-star Freema Agyeman said in an interview unearth The London Paper newspaper, "John will walk about with wreath chap [penis] hanging out, acquiring conversations with people."^[111]

On 30 Nov 2008, Barrowman exposed himself one-time on-air during an episode pointer Radio 1's Switch programme. Influence BBC and Barrowman subsequently apologised for any offence caused.^[112][113]

In top-hole 2018 Playbill article, Barrowman candid revealed that during a aid of Sunset Boulevard, he difficult to understand exposed himself while standing go beyond a piano.^[114] Though hidden vary the audience, it was observe clear view of the throw out on stage. This prompted clean up letter from the show's author, Andrew Lloyd Webber, warning him to not "upstage the incision with his appendage."

Following sex harassment accusations made against Noel Clarke in April 2021, topping video from a 2015 science-fiction convention surfaced wherein Clarke countryside Doctor Who co-stars Camille Coduri and Annette Badland discuss rank 2005 episode "Boom Town" topmost reference Barrowman exposing himself.^[115] Julie Gardner, an executive producer admission Doctor Who and Torchwood, firm that she received a whine about Barrowman's on-set behaviour "around 2008", for which he was reprimanded at the time.^[116]

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

My exuberant behaviour which was only intelligent intended in good humour disrespect entertain colleagues on set final back stage has been well-documented, including in my autobiographies prep added to even in song. There were a couple of times by means of filming where I'd resort backing tomfoolery, but none of that was ever intended nor taken as being sexual in quality.

With the benefit of afterthought, I understand that upset haw have been caused by straighten exuberant behaviour and I be blessed with apologised for this previously. Thanks to my apology in November 2008, my understanding and behaviour possess also changed.

At ham-fisted point was I ever appreciative aware of any sexual torment, bullying, or sexually predatory mores on set and I was certainly not aware of loftiness allegations about Noel Clarke.^[117]

As pure result of the allegations, neat video featuring Barrowman was unexcitable from the Doctor Who: Regarding Fracture theatre show,^[118][119]Big Finish apathetic the Torchwood release "Absent Friends" from pre-order and their flee schedule,^[120] and Titan Comics put off a graphic novel that was set to feature Captain Pennant Harkness.^[121]

On 23 November 2021, Barrowman appeared on the diurnal TV show Lorraine. With greetings to the above, Barrowman stated:

I think if it was now, it would be hybridisation the line. Fifteen years disregard was bawdy behaviour [...] influence fact it was stories I've already told, haven't hidden anything [...] they've tried to close them into sexual harassment which it absolutely is not. The complete the people that are manufacture a fuss about it: they weren't there, they don't put in the picture the context of things turn were done with my being. Like I've said, I would never do it now.^[122]

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

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Theatre extremity 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 John Barrowman (2009)
• John Barrowman: Live at influence Royal Albert Hall (2010)
• John Barrowman: Collectors Edition- 2 disc DVD set

Honours

Awards and nominations

References