Biography
John Barrowman is a Scottish-American actor known for various role on televison and as a leading man in musical theatre. He is perhaps best known for playing Captain Jack Harkness in the BBC series Doctor Who. Jack became so popular that he was given his own show – Torchwood, a Doctor Who spin-off series, which premiered in 2006. He also played the role of Malcolm Merlyn in the CW series Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow.
Amongst his most recent theatre credits, Barrowman starred in Cinderella at the New Wimbledon Theatre and in Jack and the Beanstalk at Cardiff's New Theatre. He also played the lead in the Robin Hood pantomime at the Birmingham Hippodrome for the 2008–09 season.
He presented Andrew Lloyd Webber's 60th birthday party in London's Hyde Park on September 14, 2008. Exactly one year later, Barrowman succeeded Roger Allam as Zaza/Albin in the West End revival of La Cage aux Folles, at the Playhouse Theatre.