John Scot Barrowman (born March 11, 1967) is a Scottish-American actor, singer, dancer and writer. He portrayed Malcolm Merlyn/Dark Archer in a recurring role throughout the first and second seasons of Arrow, and reprises him in a lead role in the third and fourth seasons. He also guest stars as Malcolm in The Flash episode "Legends of Today" and as Cutter Moran in "Duet".
Also, with his older sister, Carole E. Barrowman, they wrote Arrow's third comic book tie-in series, Arrow: The Dark Archer.
Barrowman signed a deal that would make him a series regular across all of the Berlanti shows (like Katie Cassidy and Wentworth Miller). He had the freedom to move across the fifth season of Arrow, the third season of The Flash and the second season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow.
In May 2017, Barrowman announced he was not returning to the Arrowverse for the 2017-18 season after his character was killed off in "Lian Yu", despite the ambiguous nature of the event, and he stated that he was unhappy with the producers' decision to do so. In August 2019, Barrowman confirms his character would be back for the Season 8 debut of Arrow.
Credits
Arrow
Actor
Superhero Fight Club shorts
Actor
The Flash
Actor
Season 2
- "Legends of Today" Ra's al Ghul (special guest star)
Season 3
- "Duet" Cutter Moran (special guest star)
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Actor
Season 2
- "The Chicago Way" Malcolm Merlyn (special guest star)
- "Raiders of the Lost Art" Malcolm Merlyn (special guest star)
- "The Legion of Doom" Malcolm Merlyn/Dark Archer (special guest star)
- "Fellowship of the Spear" Malcolm Merlyn (special guest star)
- "Doomworld" Malcolm Merlyn (special guest star)
- "Aruba" Malcolm Merlyn/Dark Archer (special guest star)
Comics
Writer
Arrow: The Dark Archer
- "Sacrifice" (with Carole E. Barrowman)
- "Carnage" (with Carole E. Barrowman)
- "Deception" (with Carole E. Barrowman)
- "Confession" (with Carole E. Barrowman)
- "Tempest" (with Carole E. Barrowman)
- "Blessed" (with Carole E. Barrowman)
- "Traitor" (with Carole E. Barrowman)
- "Betrayal" (with Carole E. Barrowman)
- "Sacrifice" (with Carole E. Barrowman)
- "Vengeance" (with Carole E. Barrowman)
- "Reckoning" (with Carole E. Barrowman)
- "Justice" (with Carole E. Barrowman)