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John Scot Barrowman (born 11 March 1967 in Mount Vernon, Glasgow) is a Scottish actor, musical performer, dancer, singer and television presenter, who has lived and worked both in the United Kingdom and the United States. He currently lives in the UK with his civil partner Scott Gill.
Barrowman is best known on British television for his acting and presenting work for the BBC. His most prominent television role has been as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and its spin-off series Torchwood. He has featured in such light entertainment shows as Live & Kicking, Any Dream Will Do, How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, and I`d Do Anything as well as appearing on the celebrity ice skating show Dancing on Ice. As a result of his family`s move to Illinois when he was 9 years old, Barrowman speaks in an American accent on screen but reverts to a Scottish accent when with family or in Scotland. John Scot Barrowman was born in Mount Vernon, Glasgow, where he lived for the first eight years of his life. His mother worked in a record shop and his father worked for the Caterpillar heavy machinery company in nearby Uddingston. In 1976 the family was relocated to the United States by the company for which his father was working.[4] He spent the next few years of his life in Joliet, Illinois, where his father was a manager at the Caterpillar tractor factory. Barrowman graduated from Joliet West High School in 1985. While still in high school, he won parts in several musical productions even as a freshman. Between 1983 and 1985 he performed in productions of Hello, Dolly!, Oliver!, Camelot, Li`l Abner and Anything Goes. He also spent a summer working for an Illinois power company, a job arranged by his father to give him experience of manual labour. He attended university in San Diego, and returned to the United Kingdom in 1990. Biography Credit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barrowman |
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Trivia and QuotesQuotes It will bring the boards back to the BBC. It`s very exciting. People said he was bisexual, but the show never put a label on it, ... We didn`t want to make it an issue. Scott came into the dressing room while I was getting dressed, ... I was bending over to pull my pants up, so the first thing he saw was my bare bum. Then I turned around and saw him. At that very instant, in my head, I said, `That`s him. That`s the one.` And he says he was thinking the exact same thing. How many families do you know where the son sleeps with the father`s new wife? can`t wait to explore Captain Jack more My parents have always brought us up to believe that sex and sexuality are something to be proud of, and you don`t have to flaunt it if you don`t want to. People don`t walk around with a banner saying they`re straight, so why should I walk around with one saying I`m gay? I understand there are people who want to and need to make that statement, and I appreciate that, but don`t come down on me because I`m not one of them. Too Much In Love To Care It`s very good writing, if a little wordy, ... Not a night goes by where one of us doesn`t trip over some piece of dialogue. When I go to Florida for Christmas I always take my nieces and nephews out on excursions, ... I become like a big kid again. We go on all the big rides at the theme parks or I stick them in go-karts where their feet can`t quite reach the pedals. I think that if you can continue to have the child at heart you may grow old physically but you will stay young mentally. In the back of his mind, Captain Jack really wants to die because he`s lived a long, long time. (on his character`s immortality in "Torchwood" (2006)) Chris (Christopher Eccleston) was always grumpy. You don`t always have to be intense. There comes a point when intensity makes you miserable - I think that was the case with Chris. I much prefer working with David (David Tennant) - he likes to have a bit more fun, he`s more charismatic as a person. Chris might have been a great Doc but he was darker and had a chip on his shoulder, he was not as much fun on set as David. I will give him the credit that he was the first Doctor to bring back the series and made a damn good job of it. But I just wouldn`t go to the pub with him. On the other hand, David`s been to my house, we went to the Madonna concert with our partners - we socialise together. He`s a lot more fun.
In the back of his mind, Captain Jack really wants to die because he`s lived a long, long time. (on his character`s immortality in "Torchwood" Remember that I have a family. Remember that I have teenage nieces and nephews--and younger--who do surf the Internet for stuff about their uncle. And I would appreciate if you don`t make up rumors and things about me. If you want the facts, go to my Web site. I`m truthful. I`m honest about the way I talk. If you want the truth, come to me. (on what he thinks of what is written about him on the Internet, which he refuses to read) I`m not the sort that likes to go out and get hammered, I`m not the "Hotel Babylon" (2006) and I let that go years ago now that I am older and wiser. There`s a lot of me in Captain Jack and there`s a lot of Captain Jack in me. And there is no pun intended. (on his role as Captain Jack Harkness on "Torchwood" (2006)) I was gobsmacked by that. I was absolutely gobsmacked. All these things that are happening. I just sit back and . . . I can`t believe it but I love it. I`m totally enjoying it. Because I`m a fan, a sci-fi fan, they have made a young boy`s dreams come true. (after being told that his role in "Torchwood" (2006) had propelled him to "instantaneous National Treasure status")Trivia Was 6 months from graduating from the United States International University of San Diego. He's been asked to return, but has stated that he's learned more by doing than any teacher could teach him. He signed a four-record deal with Sony for doing a very eclectic mix of covers of songs he really likes and things fans have asked him to sing. He wants it to reflect himself, so it will have some musical theater numbers, some pop, and even some country. His first tour started in 2008. Appeared as an extra in The Untouchables (1987) - the scene in the police academy where Sean Connery is recruiting Andy Garcia. Spent some time in Los Angeles chasing movie and TV roles. Made final three in casting for the role of Will in "Will & Grace" (1998). When he didn't get the part, he demanded an explanation and found he had been rejected as "not gay enough.". Voted best guest actor by readers of Doctor Who Magazine for his five episodes in 2005 season. He has classified his voice as being a "lyric baritone with a low baritone bottom and a tenor top.". He recently flew in a Hawker fighter jet representing the Royal Air Force, because Captain Jack (his character in "Torchwood" (2006)) is in the RAF. He was joined in a civil partnership (a commitment ceremony which accords gay couples many of the same rights as heterosexual couples in the UK) to his longtime love, architect Scott Gill, at a ceremony in Cardiff Bay on Wednesday 27 December 2006. He was nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Musical of 1997 season for his performance in The Fix. Partner of British architect Scott Gill. Along with Freema Agyeman and Naoko Mori, he is one of only three actors to play the same character (Captain Jack Harkness) in both "Doctor Who" (2005) and "Torchwood" (2006). He has performed his cabaret show in New York; Chicago; Washington, D.C.; and Milwaukee. He drives a high-efficiency diesel Mercedes, which is run on Sun diesel. He's in the market for an electric car, as it is more environmentally efficient. Presented a children's TV show in the UK called "Live & Kicking" (1993). Played the Beast in the London Musical of the Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast (1991) at the Dominion Theatre in central London. Barrowman has homes in London and Cardiff, Wales with his partner of many years, Scott Gill, who is an architect. He was third in Broadcast magazine`s "Hottest Commodity" poll in November 2006 Barrowman is openly gay. He was voted the 2006 Stonewall "Entertainer of the Year" His father work for the Caterpillar heavy machinery company in Uddingston until he was relocated in 1976. Barrowmen adopted a dog whom he named Captain Jack after his character . The dog is a Jack Russel. His sister is and English Professor and Journalist. Has a dog named Tegan after the Fifth Doctors companion Tegan Jovanka as well as another dog Lewis. His family moved to Joliet, Illnois when he was a child. Since then, he has spoken English in an American dialect. | ||
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