John Barrowman

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John Barrowman is an actor who was born in Glasgow, Scotland in the United Kingdom but moved to Joliet, Illinois in the United States of America when he was 8 years old and grew up there. He is citizen of both the United Kingdom and the United States of America because of this.

[edit] Acting and Presenting

He is most famous for playing the character Captain Jack Harkness in the television shows Doctor Who and Torchwood but is also a famous musical actor and singer and has appeared in lots of them, as well as television shows about musicals. He also has been a presenter for shows like Live & Kicking.

[edit] His everyday life

He is openly gay and became a civil partner of his long time love Scott Gill on December 27, 2007. He does not like the word marriage being used for gay relationships because he thinks that the word is used by religious people who typically hate gay people.

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