Today’s Morning Man: John Barrowman!

So where were you the first time you saw John Barrowman?

I was in my old apartment in Long Beach, it was the mid-90s, and John appeared onscreen in the delicious but sadly short-lived CBS prime-time sudser Central Park West. He played a John F. Kennedy Jr. like character (until he killed his crazy tabloid reporter wife!) and I knew I had to see more of that man who turns 58 years old today.

About five years later, I even sat through every dreadful episode of NBC’s short-lived Titans just to see John who played a miserable drunk heterosexual character. Since then, the TV roles have gotten better as John has starred as Captain Jack Harkness in the science fiction series Doctor Who and Torchwood and now stars in the CW’s Arrow as Malcolm Merlyn, the show’s version of the DC villain Merlyn and one of the series main antagonists.

The talented actor is such a great live performer with many Broadway and West End stage credits (Sunset Boulevard, Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon). He has been touring with his one man show in recent years.

Wishing John a happy birthday and all the best!