JB’s ability to perform musicals is also shown in the film: he sang the duet "Day and Night" with Kevin Kline in the musical biopic "De-Lovely" by Cole Porter. ; In the 2005 Mel Brooks film "The Producer" (The Producer), he sang based onVersion and adaptation of " Adolf Hitler 's Spring" (Spring Time for Hitler) (also translated as "Adolf Hitler"). He also appeared in The Sound of Musicals on BBC ONE on Saturday night. The performers are all from London's West End musical.
JB's first professional performance can be traced back to Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" (also translated as "Double Circles Striving for Glory" and "Night Night Spring Supper") produced by London's West End in 1989. In the play, he played Billy Crocker. In 2003, director Trevor Nunn reappeared on the stage of London's West End, and JB played this role again. Other London's West End musicals he has appeared in include "Miss Saigon", "Beauty and the Beast", "Matador", and "Grease!" "(Grease!), "Sunset Boulevard" (Sunset Boulevard), " Chicago " (Chicago), and " The Phantom Of The Opera " (The Phantom of the Opera).
In 1998, JB was named the Best Opera Actor of the Year by the Laurence Olivier Awards (Oliver Award) for successfully portraying the role of Cal Chandler in The Fix . In the subsequent gala, Hey, Mr Producer!, he once again performed part of The Fix. He was in West London and briefly inThe stage also played the role of Joe Gillis in "Sunset Boulevard" (Sunset Boulevard). The only performance experience other than that was to appear in Stephen Joshua Sondheim 's current affairs satire "Putting It Together" (1999-2000). In 2002, he played the central role of Bobby in the partner play at the Stephen Joshua Sondheim celebration at the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Performing Arts Center.
He has also appeared in London's West End 's non-musical stage plays, such as "Rope" and "A Few Good Man" (A Few Good Man) produced in 2005 with Rob Luo (Rob). Lowe) (Translator's Note: Brothers and Sister plays the actor in the role of Senator Robert McCallister) starred in the opponent play as Jack Ross. Christmas in June 2005, JB participated in New Wimbledon Theater pantomime "Cinderella" (Cinderella) performances; Christmas in July 2006, he was at Cardiff City FC New Theater participated in "Jack and "Jack and the Beanstalk" (Jack and the Beanstalk) performance On Christmas Day in August 2007, he performed the title character Aladdin at the Birmingham Theatre. On Christmas Day 2008-9, he will continue to play the leading role in Robin hood at the Birmingham Theatre .
Of course, his most familiar performance is the outstanding performance in the 2005-2008 series " Doctor Who " and Spinoff " Torchwood ". When these two episodes were screened by BBC America, their popularity in the United States was not the same. However, due to the locality of cable distribution, for some American audiences, JB only has some short-lived prime time soap operas such as Yasmine Bleeth in Titans in 2000, Central Park West and the low-budget movie Shark Attack 3: Megalodon ( Shark Attack 3 : Megalodon ) is familiar to them.
JB was once shortlisted as the candidate for Will in the popular American drama Will and Grace. But the producer eliminated Eric McCormark, an actor who was truly heterosexual, because he was "too heterosexual." "The saddest thing is that most of the staff in that show are gay." JB said in an interview in 2006. He later expressed his disgust with the idea that all homosexuals behave the same.
Since the creator of Queer as Folk , RTD, brought the BBC One science fiction drama Doctor Who back to the screen in 2005 , JB has played Colonel Jack in this drama. He first appeared in the story of Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, followed by the following stories: Boom Town in 2005, Bad Wolf, and The Parting of the Ways; Utopia in 2007, Sound of Drums, Last of Timelords; The Stolen Earth and Journey's End in 2008.
In Doctor Who Spinoff Torchwood created by RTD , JB plays Colonel Jack as a resident character. This episode was staged on BBC Three, BBC Two and BBC HD satellite and cable HD channels. In Doctor Who and Torchwood, Colonel Jack appears to be pansexual. JB also participated in Doctor Who’s special event The Weakest Link. In the BBC series of TV series " Hotel Babylon " (Hotel Babylon), there is also a wonderful performance by JB.
In 2012, John played the role of Malcolm Merlyn in The CW Television Network 's " Arrow " .
In July 2016, John signed to continue to appear in " The Flash " and " Legends of Tomorrow " developed by Greg Berlanti .
