John’s credits range from TV dramas on both sides of the Atlantic to West End roles, fantasy books and hosting ITV’s This Morning.
Best known as Captain Jack in Torchwood and Doctor Who, John has also made his mark as a judge on Any Dream Will Do, I’d Do Anything and How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? He has opened the Royal Variety Performance, and hosted The Sound of Musicals.
John’s musical theatre credits include Anything Goes, Chicago, Love’s Labours Lost and Sunset Boulevard - in London and on Broadway. He has also been nominated for an Olivier for Best Actor in a Musical, for Sam Mendes’s The Fix.
John has released several albums: John Barrowman Swings Cole Porter, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Another Side. He has also presented Live and Kicking, and appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Al Murray’s Happy Hour, The Friday Night Project and Desperate Housewives.