John Barrowman Biography
John Scot 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 in Glasgow, Scotland on March 11, 1967.
John Barrowman Education
Barrowman studied performing arts at the United States International University in San Diego.
John Barrowman Family
Barrowman parents are Marion Barrowman (mother) who was a singer and worked as a clerk in the record shop and John Barrowman (father) who worked at the heavy machinery company in Uddingston. He is the youngest of three children. 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 married to Scott Gill. They met in 1993 during a production of Rope at the Chi Chester Festival Theatre. They got engaged on December 27, 2006, and married on July 2, 2013. They are openly gay.
John Barrowman Children
He has not revealed whether he has children as he likes to keep his personal life private. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
John Barrowman Height and Weight
He stands on an average height of 5 Feet 4 inches and weighs around 80kgs
John Barrowman Career
Barrowman started his acting career in 1989 in London’s West End, playing the role of Billy Crocker in Cole Porter’s Anything Goes at the Prince Edward Theatre.
Barrowman had a recurring appearance in West End productions taking many roles such as : 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 also part of the musical Gospel 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