John Barrowman is an Entertainer with a capital E. Voted number 3 in Broadcast Magazine's Hot 100 Talent of 2006, he sings, he dances, he acts, he presents, he judges - he is a unique talent in the British entertainment industry.

Having created the role of Captain Jack Harkness in the first series of Russell T Davies's revamped Doctor Who for BBC TV, the character created such an impact that he was given his own spin off series, Torchwood, which premiered in the Autumn of 2006 on BBC3 and BBC2. It received the highest viewing figures of any drama on a non terrestial channel, and a second series has aired on BBC2 since January 2008. John returned to our screens in Doctor Who series three, and Torchwood has successfully premiered around the world, garnering the best viewing figures ever on BBC America.

John's multi talents have gained him a high profile on a variety of primetime television shows, whether judging on the award winning BBC1 entertainment shows Any Dream Will Do and How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, as a celebrity skater on the ITV show Dancing On Ice, or simply being a hugely amusing and memorable guest on The Jonathan Ross Show and Never Mind the Buzzcocks and guest host on The Friday Night Project. He has co hosted Live From The Red Carpet at the BAFTA Film Awards for E! Entertainment Television, guest presented This Morning for ITV and The National Lottery Live for the BBC, and opened and closed the 2006 Royal Variety Show.

In November '07 John's solo album Another Side was released by Sony BMG and went Gold. In January 08 his autobiography Anything Goes, which he wrote with his sister Carole E Barrowman, was published by Michael O'Mara Books and reached number 2 in the Sunday Times best seller's list. John undertook a solo UK concert tour in April '08.

In Spring '08 John will be back on BBC1 judging on I'd Do Anything, the search for Nancy and Oliver in the West End production of 'Oliver!'; hosting the family gameshow The Kids Are All Right on BBC 1; returning to series 4 of Doctor Who and guesting in an episode of Hotel Babylon. In Summer '08 John will be judging the Canadian How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? for CBC.

Born in Glasgow, where he spent his early years, John moved with his family to the United States, living in Illinois, and later studied Musical Theatre at the US International University in San Diego, California.

Whilst taking further study in the UK in 1989, he landed his first professional role, starring as Billy Crocker opposite Elaine Paige in the Cole Porter musical Anything Goes at the Prince Edward Theatre. This catapulted John into a career as a leading man in musical theatre, with further West End credits including Matador opposite Stefanie Powers at the Queen's Theatre, Chris in Miss Saigon at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Raoul in The Phantom Of The Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre, The Beast in Beauty And The Beast at the Dominion Theatre, Sam Mendes premiere production of The Fix at the Donmar Warehouse (for which John received an Olivier Award nomination as Best Actor in a Musical), Claude in the 25th Anniversary production of Hair at the Old Vic, and Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard at the Adelphi Theatre, playing opposite both Betty Buckley and Elaine Paige. He subsequently reprised the role on Broadway, where he also starred opposite Carol Burnett in the Stephen Sondheim revue Putting It Together, which also played in Los Angeles and was aired in the USA as a television special. Other theatre work includes Alex in the Irish premier production of Aspects Of Love in Dublin, Che in Evita at the 6,000 seat Spektrum Arena in Oslo, and Brandon in Rope at Chichester Festival Theatre.

After a very successful run as Bobby in Stephen Sondheim's Company at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, John returned to London theatre in a hugely successful revival of Anything Goes, directed by Trevor Nunn at the National Theatre, which subsequently transferred to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Whilst at the National John also appeared as Dumaine in Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost also directed by Trevor Nunn. He subsequently played Billy Flynn in Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre, before making his West End straight play debut, playing opposite Rob Lowe in A Few Good Men at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. He made his pantomime debut as Prince Charming in Cinderella at the Wimbledon Theatre and the following year he played a sell out run in the title role in Jack and the Beanstalk at the New Theatre, Cardiff. In '07/'08 he played the title role of Aladdin at the Birmingham Hippodrome, breaking all box office records, and will return there for the '08/'09 season of Robin Hood.

John's movie roles include playing the Lead Tenor in the movie of the Mel Brooks musical The Producers starring Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick and Uma Thurman. He played the role of Jack opposite Kevin Kline in De-Lovely, with Liz Hurley in Method and the cult classic Megalodon - Shark Attack 3.

He was a regular on American television, playing Peter Williams in the Aaron Spelling series Titans for NBC, and guest starred in Aaron Spelling's Stop at Nothing. He also starred in Darren Star's Central Park West for CBS.

John was a regular presenter on Live and Kicking (BBC). He then presented Electric Circus (BBC) and hosted two series and two Christmas Specials of The Movie Game (BBC) and also presented 5's Company, a weekday magazine programme for Channel 5.

John has presented the American travel show Keys to the Castle, guest presented Elaine Paige On Sunday for BBC Radio 2, hosted and sung in a BBC Radio 2 Jerry Herman Gala Concert, and has starred in his own Christmas Concert for BBC Radio 2. He starred opposite Tyne Daly in a concert version of Call Me Madam, a Jerry Herman Concert with the Boston Pops, and sang Tony in Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story Suite in the open air in Munich with Lea Salonga. He John made his cabaret debut in 2002 to great critical acclaim in Chicago's Park West and Empire Room, and at Arci's Place in New York, the Lincoln Center in New York and on the Millenium Stage at the Kennedy Center, Washington DC. In July 2005 John made his London cabaret debut at Pizza on the Park, and his European debut in Belgium.

John can be heard on original cast recordings of Anything Goes and The Fix for First Night records, as Danny Zuko in Grease for TER, Hair for EMI, and the all star cast album of Godspell. His previous solo albums include JOHN BARROWMAN SWINGS COLE PORTER, JOHN BARROWMAN: REFLECTIONS FROM BROADWAY, and JOHN BARROWMAN: ASPECTS OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER.

For more information about John Barrowman visit his website: www.johnbarrowman.com/.