Scottish-American actor John Barrowman says there’s a lot of himself in Captain Jack Harkness, the time-traveling sci-fi hero he plays on the series Torchwood: Miracle Day, which makes its debut on Starz Friday night. There’s a lot of the character, too, in Barrowman’s little Jack Russell Terrier — fittingly named Captain Jack. “He’s as charismatic and lovable as Captain Jack,” says Barrowman, 44, who splits his time between California and London. . . . Since 1984, Peter Cullen, 66, has been the popular voice of Optimus Prime in Transformers cartoons, video games and now in the film Transformers: Dark of the Moon. He always based the robot’s earnest tones on his brother Larry, a decorated Marine captain who fought in the Vietnam War. He died this year. “Every time I think of Optimus Prime, it just rings of Larry,” Cullen says. “There are people who can go through life wondering if they made a difference, and Larry as a Marine and his brothers like him never have to worry about that.”


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5 Responses to Who’s hot in Hollywood: John Barrowman, Peter Cullen

  1. Nicholas V says:

    Nicholas V :You are a great guy John and great work on Doctor who/Torchwood Keep it up!!!
    Love You lot’sNicholas V.

  2. Nicholas V says:

    You are a great guy John and great work on Doctor who/Torchwood Keep it up!!!

    Love You lot’s
    Nicholas V.

  3. silvana says:

    grazie

  4. silvana says:

    Hello it’s true you’re a lovable person you are for me all the love you give me your thoughts were always for me I see in those photos are beautiful and montages express all the feelings you feel for me even though you were always away this close to me. how I wish those days would return. now I’m really alone without you. jh looks a lot like him and there is no difference but the most bold and strong as a character in the sense that it moves so easily when he wants it does not matter. but he also has a heart only has to open his feelings will be the best. at the bottom are the same person the same features and lovable and generous. why I love you both are unique. the two sides of same coin that I think you look like a little. please forgive me if I’m wrong love overcomes all obstacles. If you still have feelings for me to get back together and we’ll be alone. I love you most of my life

  5. Jim Pinkston says:

    Will this multi-talented, hunka-hunka-hunka burning love finally get the attention he deserves with USA audiences? He’s conquered Broadway and the East End, TV in the UK and the US, the concert stage and recording studios and he did it as a proudly ‘out’ performer. He has matinee-idol looks, a voice for the ages, earning props in every medium and seems poised to take on the movies. Listen up, casting directors and film producers and get this man on the silver screen!

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