years_active image_size article_title birth_date background origin
1985 & ndash ; present 150 simon bowman
 1961 solo_singer cardiff , wales
simon bowman

simon bowman is a british actor and singer , born in , cardiff and trained at mountview theatre school .
he is best known for originating the role of chris , opposite lea salonga 's kim , in the original production of `` miss saigon '' at theatre royal drury lane in the west end .
prior to that , he was marius in cameron mackintosh/rsc 's production of `` les misérables '' at the palace theatre , returning there 14 years later in the role of jean valjean after the success of miss saigon , he then played raoul and then the phantom in andrew lloyd webber 's `` the phantom of the opera '' at her majesty 's theatre london .
he recently reprised the role of jean valjean on the west end at queen 's theatre -lsb- http://www.lesmis.com/cast-and-creatives/cast/simon-bowman .
simon also performed with alfie boe , colm wilkinson and john owen-jones in the 25th anniversary concert of `` les misérables '' .
they sang `` bring him home '' as a quartet in the finale ' of the concert .
he shot to fame in 1985 as young elvis in alan bleasdale 's hit musical `` are you lonesome tonight ? '' .
in 2006 , he played the rock star again in `` this is elvis '' and played a dentist in the bbc1 series `` doctors '' .
simon 's new cd `` one night with you '' has also just been released .
it features a collection of songs from simon 's career in the west end .
he performed with alfie boe , colm wilkinson and john owen-jones as part of the ` valjean quartet ' on 16 december 2010 , at the royal variety performance ; once again singing `` bring him home '' .
as part of the 25th anniversary of `` the phantom of the opera '' , simon performed the title song at the royal variety performance - held in the lowry , manchester - on monday 5 december 2011 .
performing alongside nicole scherzinger , simon was joined by three other former phantoms -lrb- ramin karimloo , earl carpenter and john owen-jones -rrb- .
the performance was aired on itv1 on wednesday 14 december 2011 .
