John Barrowman

John Barrowman played Patrick Logan, a charming but dangerous man, during season 6 of Desperate Housewives.

Biography
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, and raised in Joliet, Illinois. He returned to the UK, for a 6 month Shakespeare semester with the United States International University of San Diego, but left to star in the musical production of "Anything Goes," with Elaine Page. He went on to star in "Miss Saigon," "Matador," "Rope," and "Hair" at London's West End. Barrowman has homes in London and Cardiff, Wales.

Doctor Who / Torchwood
A significant part of Barrowman's career is his role in popular UK sci-fi drama Doctor Who, as 51st Century time agent Captain Jack Harkness, from which he also got his own spin-off show titled Torchwood . His first appearance as Harkness was in the two-part story " The Empty Child"/" The Doctor Dances", going on to appear in the next three episodes, " Boom Town", " Bad Wolf" and " The Parting of the Ways". The character of Captain Jack Harkness became so popular, he was given his own show. Torchwood, a Doctor 'Who spin-off series featuring a team of alien hunters based in modern day Cardiff, premiered in 2006.

Ken Tucker [who?]  describes Barrowman's role on Torchwood as "dashing" and "celestially promiscuous", and "like Tom Cruise with suspenders, but minus the Scientology". On the show, Harkness "tracks down—and occasionally beds—ETs with the help of his quartet of bedazzled groupies—slash—Experts in Their Fields: One's a doctor, one's a cop, one's a scientist, and one... makes coffee piping hot. It's like the Justice League of Extended-Pinkie Nerds." &#91;44&#93; Barrowman continued to guest star in Doctor Who

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">in 2007, appearing in " Utopia<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">", " The Sound of Drums<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">", and " Last of the Time Lords<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">". He participated in a Doctor Who<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> special on the BBC's The Weakest Link<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">&#91;45&#93; <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> In 2008, Barrowman appeared in the two-part 2008 series<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> finale, " The Stolen Earth<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">"/" Journey's End<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">" and reprised the role of Captain Jack Harkness in the " Doctor Who: Tonight's the Night<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">" special. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-45" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">&#91;46&#93; <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> In 2010,

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Barrowman returned to Doctor Who<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> with a cameo in The End Of Time<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> along with other previous stars.



<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">Series 3 of Torchwood<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> was broadcast in July 2009 as a miniseries of five episodes called Children of Earth<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-46" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">&#91;47&#93; <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> Filming of Series 4 called Torchwood: Miracle Day<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> began on January 11, 2011 primarily in Los Angeles, and in and around Cardiff, Wales<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">. The first episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> aired on Starz Network<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> in the USA on July 8, 2011 and was broadcast on BBC One<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> in the UK on July 14, 2011. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">&#91;48&#93; <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-48" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">&#91;49&#93; <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> Both Doctor Who<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> and Torchwood<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> have become enormously popular in the United States on the BBC America<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> network (Torchwood varying on different networks), both breaking audience rating records. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-49" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">&#91;50&#93;