Doctor Who: 10 Things You Never Knew About John Barrowman

Get to know the Jack of all trades.

He acts, he sings, he dances, he has a ball. John Barrowman first appeared as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who back in 2005 and it's no exaggeration to say that he's never left our TV screens since. He's not always being Captain Jack, of course, but he's become such a formidable on screen presence (seriously, he was literally everywhere at one point!) that it's now more of a surprise if you get through an episode of something without his face appearing in it in some capacity. Not that any of his dedicated devotees are complaining, of course. For his legion of ever loyal 'Barrowfans', they just can't get enough and, luckily for them, there's plenty of him to go around.. and them some. But how well do you really know our Jack of all trades? Delve even deeper into the world of this all round entertainer with our 10 little known facts you never knew about John Barrowman. He's internationally known and loved as one of the Doctor's most faithful friends, a role which subsequently made him the start of his very own critically acclaimed spin off, but his escapades with TV's favourite Time Lord is just the tip of the iceberg. Did you know that he was once in the running to play the lead in a popular US sitcom, for example? Or that he's the subject of one of the most popular meme sensations in the history of the entire Internet? No? You'd better get reading, then... Tumblr Na4x1nmh2o1smcbm7o1 400 Gif

Doctor Who Editor
Doctor Who Editor

Dan Butler is the Doctor Who Editor at WhatCulture.com. When he isn't writing his own articles or editing other people's, he can be found trawling the internet for gifs of Steven Moffat laughing. Contact him via dan.butler@whatculture.co.uk.