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John Barrowman is a British-American actor, singer, host and author, best known for his portrayal of Captain Jack Harkness in the television series Doctor Who and Torchwood. He also starred in The CW’s Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow as Malcolm Merlyn. He is also known for starring in the Broadway musicals Miss Saigon, The Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard, and Matador. He took part in the reality television series Dancing on Ice on ITV1 in January and February 2006. In 2007, became a judge on the BBC One TV series Any Dream Will Do. He presented the BBC One quiz show Pressure Pad in 2013 and 2014. Born John Scot Barrowman on March 11, 1967 in Mount Vernon, Glasgow, Scotland, to parents John and Marion Barrowman, he was raised in Joliet, Illinois. He is openly gay and married his long-time partner, Scott Gill, in California on July 2, 2013.

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John Barrowman Inspirational Quotes

"I'm one who will always speak my mind and say what I feel!"

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"I find with television, you have to play personality, whereas onstage, everyone talks about 'the character,' and what you do. It's a very different thing, because stage is much bigger, but on television, for things to come across to the public, I think you have to play a bit of your personality."

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"When I was a kid growing up in the States in the late '70s and early '80s, as soon as 'Dallas' came on on a Friday night on CBS at 9 P.M., we stopped everything from that moment on as a family."

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"For some reason I seem to be a massive hit with middle-aged women. I seriously don't know what it is."

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"I don't call myself an actor, I call myself an entertainer, because I don't just do one thing."

John Barrowman
Body Measurements
Height1.83 m, 6′0″ (feet & inches)
Weight79 kg, 174 pounds