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John Barrowman

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Biographies & Memoirs, Science Fiction, Fantasy

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John Barrowman was born in Scotland, and moved to Illinois when he was eight years old. He is bi-dialectal, doing much of his stage and acting work in his American accent, but speaking with family in his Scottish accent.

He moved back to Britain in 1989 when he was hired to play the lead in Anything Goes. He took on a number of West End roles, including the leads in Sunset Boulevard and Miss Saigon and a dramatic play entitled Rope, while working as a children's television presenter and came back to America briefly to work on short lived shows such as Central Park West and Titans. He then bounced around Broadway, West End and the LA Stage for a number of years before moving back to Britain permanently. He won the role of Captain Jack Harkne ...more

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	Anything Goes by John Barrowman (Goodreads Author), Carole E. Barrowman (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 3,025 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hollow Earth by John Barrowman (Goodreads Author), Carole E. Barrowman (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 2,245 ratings — published 2012 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am What I Am by John Barrowman (Goodreads Author), Carole E. Barrowman (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 1,264 ratings — published 2009 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bone Quill by John Barrowman (Goodreads Author), Carole E. Barrowman (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 908 ratings — published 2013 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exodus Code (Torchwood, #19) by John Barrowman (Goodreads Author), Carole E. Barrowman (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 801 ratings — published 2012 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Beasts by John Barrowman (Goodreads Author), Carole E. Barrowman (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 491 ratings — published 2014 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conjuror (Orion Chronicles, #1) by John Barrowman (Goodreads Author), Carole E. Barrowman (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 404 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arrow: The Dark Archer (2016) by John Barrowman (Goodreads Author), Carole E. Barrowman (Goodreads Author), Daniel Sampere (Illustrator) 3.51 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nephilim by John Barrowman (Goodreads Author), Carole E. Barrowman (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Torchwood Vol. 1: World Without End by John Barrowman (Goodreads Author), Carol Barrowman, Antonio Fuso (Illustrator) 3.24 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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John Barrowman Memoirs (2 books)
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Carole E. Barrowman (Goodreads Author)

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Hollow Earth (3 books)
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Carole E. Barrowman (Goodreads Author)

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Orion Chronicles (3 books)
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Carole E. Barrowman (Goodreads Author)

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Arrow: The Dark Archer (13 books)
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Kyle Ritter (Colorist),

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Torchwood (Titan Comics) (3 books)
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“I've always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they burst into song at significant moments.”
― John Barrowman

tags: bollywood, happiness, humor, music

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“Never apologize for being nerdy, because unnerdy people never apologize for being assholes.”
― John Barrowman

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“Yet if I was asked to do this again - in fact, if I was ever asked to repeat any of my experiences - I'd have to say, fuck it, bring them on. I've no regrets.
This is what it means to be alive.”
― John Barrowman

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message 7: by Richard

Oct 23, 2017 04:49AM

Thank you for connecting on Goodreads. I hope you will get the opportunity to read my book. Take care. Best wishes to you both.

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message 6: by Mona

Mar 14, 2015 12:54AM

Thank you for accepting my friend request!!! My day is now so much better than it was before :) just like my life is so much better since you became my favourite actor :D

You are a huge inspiration for me - you can act, sing, write! I'm actually listening to one of your songs right now "Anything Goes"! (probably because I keep listening to your songs on repeat) :)

I just want to thank you for being an AMAZING Captain Jack, my favourite character of all time and space!! :D

I'm about to start Hollow Earth, Exodus Code, as well as the 2 auto-biographies you co-wrote with you sister!

Huge fan,
Mona

PS: happy (late) birthday!! x

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message 5: by Katie

Nov 04, 2014 02:02PM

Thank you for accepting my friend request :D Made me smile :)

I recently read Hollow Earth and I loved it. Looking forward to reading the other books and your Torchwood book.

Been a fan since Doctor Who,
congrats on your MBE! x

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message 4: by Just a Girl Fighting Censorship

May 18, 2014 11:08AM

Thanks so much for accepting my friend request, it literally made my day!

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message 3: by Hannah

Jan 28, 2014 11:07AM

Thank you john for accepting me and iam a big fan of your from Hampton court area surrey uk and love all your books and I thinks are amazing what ever u do :)

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message 2: by Victoria

Jan 19, 2014 01:43PM