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."[44]
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.[45] 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.[46] 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.[47] 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.[48][49] 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.[50]
==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 	2004 	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 	2010 	Television series 	Himself 	
*Appeared on, and won, the 2010 Christmas special
Broadway: The Next Generation 	2011 	Feature film 	Himself 	
The Super Hero Squad Show 	2011 	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 	2012 	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
==References==
Category:Recurring Cast
Category:Actors