John Barrowman Biography
John Barrowman is the stage name of John Scot Barrowman. Barrowman is a Scottish-American actor, singer, presenter, author, and comic book writer. He is popularly known for his self-produced program in the CBBC Tonight’s the Night and his role as Captain Jack Harkness in the science fiction series Dr. Who and Torchwood.
John Barrowman Age
He was born on March 11, 1967, in Glasgow, Scotland. He is 54 years old as of 2021.
John Barrowman Education
He was encouraged by his high school teacher and studied performing arts at the United States International University in San Diego. Later he landed the role of Billy Crocker in Cole Porter’s Anything Goes in London’s West End.
John Barrowman Family
Barrowman is the son of Marion Barrowman (mother) and John Barrowman (father). He is the youngest of three children. His mother was a singer and worked as a clerk in a record shop while his father was employed by the Caterpillar heavy machinery company in Uddingston. In 1975, his father’s company relocated the family to the United States, where he managed the caterpillar tractor in Aurora, Illinois US.
John Barrowman Husband
Barrowman is happily married to Scott Gill. They met during a production of Rope at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1993, after Gill came to see Barrowman in the play. They became engaged on December 27, 2006, and married on July 2, 2013. The couple has houses in London, England; Cardiff, Wales; and Palm Springs, California.
John Barrowman Sexuality
He is openly gay.
John Barrowman Children
He has not revealed whether he has children as he likes to keep his personal life private. This information is under review and will be updated as soon as it is available.
John Barrowman Height|Weight
He stands on an average height of 5 Feet 4 inches and weighs around 80kgs
John Barrowman Actor
His professional acting career started in 1989 in London’s West End, playing the role of Billy Crocker in Cole Porter’s Anything Goes at the Prince Edward Theatre, alongside Elaine Paige as Reno Sweeney and Bernard Cribbins as Moonface Martin.
He had a recurring appearance in West End productions for the next decade, taking the title role of Domingo Hernandez in Matador at the Queen’s Theatre in 1991; as Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre in 1992; Claude in Hair at the Old Vic Theatre in 1993; as Chris in Miss Saigon at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1993; Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard at the Adelphi Theatre from 1994–1995; and as Beast in Beauty and the Beast at the Dominion Theatre in 1999.
Barrowman was part of the musical Godspell in 1994, and was a soloist in two songs, “We Beseech Thee” and “On The Willows”. He was the lead vocalist on a rendition of Strike Up the Band in Who Could Ask for Anything More? A Celebration of Ira Gershwin at the Royal Albert Hall in 1996, and in 1998 he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for originating the role of Cal Chandler in The Fix, a performance he repeated in Cameron Mackintosh’s 1998 gala concert Hey, Mr. Producer!.
He also played Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard in the West End and, briefly, on Broadway. His only other Broadway credit is in the role of Barry in the Stephen Sondheim revue Putting It Together (1999–2000). In a review of Putting It Together, theatre critic Tom Samiljan noted Barrowman’s “fine baritone voice and suave looks”. In 2002, he appeared as Bobby in Sondheim’s Company in the Kennedy Center’s Stephen Sondheim Celebration.
John Barrowman Salary
He earns an annual salary ranging between $ 56,000 – $ 135,500.
John Barrowman Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $1 million – $ 5 Million dollars
John Barrowman Social Media Platforms
He has over 8.6k followers on Twitter, 3.1k followers on Facebook, and 2.9 k followers on Instagram.
John Barrowman Songs
- More I Cannot Wish You 2017
- A Thousand Years 2014
- Loch Lomond 2014
- I Owe It All to You 2011
- I Won’t Send Roses 2010
- Unusual Way 2010
- When I Get My Name in Lights 2010
- The Kid Inside 2010
- The Doctor & I 2010
- Don’t Cry Out Loud 2010
- One Night Only 2010
- What About Us? 2008
- Uptown Girl 2008
- I Know Him So Well 2008
- Right Here Waiting For You 2008
- Can’t Take My Eyes Off You 2008
- I Made It Through The Rain 2008
- I Am What I Am 2008
- High Flying Adored 2008
- Your Song 2007
- All Out of Love 2007
- Time After Time 2007
- You’re So Vain 2007
- Feeling Good 2007
- Tell My Father 2000
- Being Alive 2000
- You’re the One That I Want 1996
- Summer Nights 1996
- Grease 1996
- Any Dream Will Do 1995
- Love Changes Everything 1995
- All I Ask Of You 1993
John Barrowman Movies
- The Untouchables 1987
- Shark Attack 3: Megalodon 2003
- Method 2004
- De-Lovely 2004
- The Producers 2005
- Zero Dark Thirty 2012
- The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot 2013
- Fireman Sam: Set For Action! 2018
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