Simon Bowman

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Simon Bowman
Born (1961-02-16) 16 February 1961 (age 63)
OriginCardiff, Wales
Years active1982–present

Simon Bowman (born 16 February 1961) is a British actor and singer, born in

Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the West End
.

Prior to that, he was

Her Majesty's Theatre, London. He recently reprised the role of Jean Valjean on the West End at the Queen's Theatre.[2] Bowman also performed with Alfie Boe, Colm Wilkinson and John Owen-Jones
in the 25th Anniversary Concert of Les Misérables. They sang the song "Bring Him Home" as a quartet in the Finale' of the concert.

He shot to fame in 1983 as Young Elvis in

Are You Lonesome Tonight? In 2006, he played the rock star again in This is Elvis and played a dentist in the BBC One series Doctors
.

In 2009, Bowman released a CD, One Night With You featuring songs from his career in the West End.[3]

He performed with Alfie Boe, Colm Wilkinson and John Owen-Jones as part of the 'Valjean Quartet' on 16 December 2010, at the Royal Variety Performance; once again singing "Bring Him Home".

As part of the 25th anniversary of

The Royal Variety Performance - held in The Lowry, Manchester - on 5 December 2011. Performing alongside Nicole Scherzinger, Bowman was joined by three other former Phantoms (Ramin Karimloo, Earl Carpenter and John Owen-Jones). The performance was aired on ITV1 on Wednesday 14 December 2011.[4]

In 2019, Bowman played The Bishop of Digne in Les Misérables: The Staged Concert.[5]

Stage credits

Year Title Role Notes
1983 Are You Lonesome Tonight? Young Elvis
1986 Les Misérables Marius Pontmercy West End
1988 They're Playing Our Song Vernon Gersch
1989-91 Miss Saigon Chris Scott West End
1994-96 The Phantom of the Opera
Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny
1996-97 The Phantom of the Opera
2000 Les Misérables Jean Valjean
2004
2006 This is Elvis Elvis
2009-11 Les Misérables Jean Valjean West End
2019 The Bishop of Digne

He also has concert credits as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Gran Canaria); Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera (Opera House, Paris); and Che in Evita (World Premiere Concert, Chelmsford).[6]

References

  1. ^ "London 2000". Angelfire.com.
  2. ^ "Les Misérables : Simon Bowman". Archived from the original on 2010-08-19.
  3. ^ "One Night with You". Amazon.co.uk. 2009-06-24. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  4. ^ "Rehearsals for the Royal Variety Performance". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. ^ Les Miserables Concert Full Cast Announced
  6. ^ About Simon Bowman

External links

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