John Barrowman

John Barrowman
Role	Patrick Logan
Season(s)	S6
Biographical information
Date of birth	11 March 1967
Birthplace	Mount Vernon, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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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 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." Barrowman continued to guest star in Doctor Who

in 2007, appearing in "Utopia", "The Sound of Drums", and "Last of the Time Lords". He participated in a Doctor Who special on the BBC's The Weakest Link. In 2008, Barrowman appeared in the two-part 2008 series finale, "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End" and reprised the role of Captain Jack Harkness in the "Doctor Who: Tonight's the Night" special. In 2010,

Barrowman returned to Doctor Who with a cameo in The End Of Time along with other previous stars.

Series 3 of Torchwood was broadcast in July 2009 as a miniseries of five episodes called Children of Earth. Filming of Series 4 called Torchwood: Miracle Day began on January 11, 2011 primarily in Los Angeles, and in and around Cardiff, Wales. The first episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day aired on Starz Network in the USA on July 8, 2011 and was broadcast on BBC One in the UK on July 14, 2011. Both Doctor Who and Torchwood have become enormously popular in the United States on the BBC America network (Torchwood varying on different networks), both breaking audience rating records.

Filmography

Film and television credits

Title	Duration	Medium	Role	Notes
The Untouchables	1987	Feature film	Street person (uncredited)
Central Park West	1995–96	Television series	Peter Fairchild
Titans	2000–01	Television series	Peter Williams
Putting It Together: Direct from Broadway	2001	Television special	The Younger Man
Shark Attack 3: Megalodon	2002	Feature film	Ben Carpenter
Method	2004	Feature film	Timothy Stevens
De-Lovely		Feature film	Jack / Musical performer
The Producers	2005	Feature film	Lead tenor
Doctor Who	2005, 2007, 2008, 2010	Television series	Captain Jack Harkness	Appeared in a total of eleven episodes: Five in series one: The Empty Child; The Doctor Dances; Boom Town; Bad Wolf; The Parting of the Ways Three in series three: Utopia; The Sound of Drums; Last of the Time Lords Two in series four: The Stolen Earth; Journey's End One special: The End of Time
Torchwood	2006–2011	Television series	Captain Jack Harkness	Main character
Hotel Babylon	2008	Television series	Simon	Appeared in the sixth episode of the third series
Tonight's the Night	2009–present	Television series	Himself / Captain Jack Harkness
My Family	2009	Television series	The Doctor	Appeared in a guest role on the eighth episode "The Guru" of the ninth series
Desperate Housewives	2010	Television series	Patrick Logan	Appeared in five episodes of the sixth season: "My Two Young Men"; "We All Deserve to Die"; "A Little Night Music"; "The Ballad of Booth"; "I Guess This is Goodbye"
Strictly Come Dancing		Television series	Himself	Appeared on, and won, the 2010 Christmas special
Broadway: The Next Generation	2011	Feature film	Himself
The Super Hero Squad Show		Television series	Stranger (voice)
Hustle	2012	Television series	Dean Deville	Filmed scenes for Episode 4, series 8 in September 2011 on location in Birmingham, West Midlands
Watson & Oliver		Television series	Himself	Appeared in the first episode of the first series

Theatre credits

Title	Duration	Role	Venue(s)
Anything Goes	1989	Billy Crocker	Prince Edward Theatre, London
Miss Saigon	1990–91	Chris (alternate)	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Matador	1991	Domingo Hernandez	Queen's Theatre, London
The Phantom of the Opera	1992	Raoul	Her Majesty's Theatre, London
Rope	1993	Wyndham Brandon	Minerva Theatre, Chichester
Hair	1993	Claude	The Old Vic, London
Miss Saigon	1993–94	Chris	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Sunset Boulevard	1994	Joe Gillis	Adelphi Theatre, London
Sunset Boulevard	1996	Joe Gillis	Minskoff Theatre, New York
Red Red Rose	1996	Robert Burns	Concert Hall, Aarhus, Denmark
Aspects of Love	1997	Alex	Olympia Theatre, Dublin (6 weeks) Cork Opera House, Cork (1 week)
The Fix	1997	Cal Chandler	Donmar Warehouse, London
Evita	1997	Che	Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
Hey, Mr. Producer!	1998	Cal Chandler	Lyceum Theatre, London
Putting It Together	1998	The Younger Man	Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles
Beauty and the Beast	1999	The Beast / The Prince	Dominion Theatre, London
Putting It Together	1999–2000	The Younger Man	Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York
Company	2002	Bobby	Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
Anything Goes	2002–03	Billy Crocker	National Theatre, London
Love's Labour's Lost	2003	Dumaine	National Theatre, London
The Beautiful and Damned	2003	F. Scott Fitzgerald	Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
Anything Goes	2003–04	Billy Crocker	Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Chicago	2004	Billy Flynn	Adelphi Theatre, London
A Few Good Men	2005	Lt Jack Ross	Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
Cinderella	2005–06	Prince Charming	New Wimbledon Theatre, London
Jack and the Beanstalk	2006–07	Jack	New Theatre, Cardiff
Aladdin	2007–08	Aladdin	Hippodrome Theatre, Birmingham
Robin Hood: The Pantomime Adventure	2008–09	Robin Hood	Hippodrome Theatre, Birmingham
La Cage aux Folles	2009	Albin / Zaza	Playhouse Theatre, London
Robin Hood: The Pantomime Adventure	2009–10	Robin Hood	New Theatre, Cardiff
Aladdin	2010–11	Aladdin	Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow
Robinson Crusoe and the Caribbean Pirates	2011–12	Robinson Crusoe	Clyde Auditorium, SECC, Glasgow