Simon Bowman
Simon Bowman is a British actor and singer, born in, Cardiff and trained at Mountview Theatre School. He is best known for originating the role of Chris, opposite Lea Salonga's Kim, in the original production of Miss Saigon at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the West End.
Prior to that, he was Marius in Cameron Mackintosh/RSC's production of Les Misérables at The Palace Theatre, returning there 14 years later in the role of Jean Valjean . After the success of Miss Saigon, he then played Raoul and then the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre London. He recently reprised the role of Jean Valjean on the West End at Queen's Theatre . Simon also performed with Alfie Boe, Colm Wilkinson and John Owen-Jones in the 25th Anniversary Concert of Les Misérables. They sang "Bring Him Home" as a quartet in the Finale' of the concert.
He shot to fame in 1985 as Young Elvis in Alan Bleasdale's hit musical Are You Lonesome Tonight?. In 2006, he played the rock star again in This is Elvis and played a dentist in the BBC1 series Doctors.
Bowman, Simon Filmography
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2011, role: actor , character name: The Phantom
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2010, role: actor , character name: Queen's Theatre Company
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2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
Bowman, Simon Filmography
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2010, role: producer
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2010, role: producer
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2010, role: composer
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2010, role: composer
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2006, role: composer
Simon Bowman
ALBUMS
- Latest & Greatest Musicals released: 2009
- Greatest Ever Musicals (The Definitive Collection) released: 2006
- Broadway: New York's Greatest Musicals Celebrated on 3 Great CD's released: 2004
- Simply Musicals released: 2004
- The Greatest Songs From the Musicals released: 2002
- Original Cast! 100 Years of the American Musical Theater: Visitors From Abroad released: 1996
Greatest Ever Musicals (The Definitive Collection)
Released 2006- Love Changes Everything
- I Know Him So Well
- Any Dream Will Do
- Don't Cry for Me Argentina
- No Matter What
- A Singer Must Be Free
- I Don't Know How to Love Him
- All That Jazz
- My Name Is Tallulah
- Mamma Mia
- The Time Warp
- We Are the Champions
- Close Every Door
- I Believe My Heart
- Over the Rainbow
- Only You
- With One Look
- Unexpected Song
Broadway: New York's Greatest Musicals Celebrated on 3 Great CD's
Released 2004- Come Follow the Band (Barnum)
- Indian Love Call (Rose Marie)
- Serenade (The Student Prince)
- Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera)
- My Heart is so Full of You (The Most Happy Fella)
- Unusual Way (Nine)
- And This is My Beloved (Kismet)
- Make Believe (Show Boat)
- Mame (Mame)
- Neverland (Peter Pan)
- Is it Really Me? (110 in the Shade)
- My Time of Day / I've Never Been in Love Before (Guys And Dolls)
- Try to Remember (The Fantasticks)
- One Day More (Les Miserables)
Simply Musicals
Released 2004- Cats: Macavity
- Sunset Boulevard: With One Look
- Whistle Down the Wind: Whistle Down the Wind
- The Phantom of the Opera: All I Ask of You
- Starlight Express: Only You
- Evita: Another Suitcase in Another Hall
- Jesus Christ Superstar: King Herod's Song
- The Phantom of the Opera: Music of the Night
- Evita: Buenos Aries
- Sunset Boulevard: As If We Never Said Goodbye
- Song and Dance: Unexpected Song
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Close Every Door
- The Beautiful Game: Our Kind of Love
Original Cast! 100 Years of the American Musical Theater: Visitors From Abroad
Released 1996- Tell Me, Pretty Maiden
- A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You
- Poor Little Rich Girl
- A Room With a View
- Dance Little Lady
- I Give My Heart
- I'll Follow My Secret Heart
- You Were There
- A Bar on the Piccola Marina
- Pirate Jenny
- Solomon Song
- The Boy Friend
- A Room in Bloomsbury
- Valse Milieu
- Our Language of Love
- Once in a Lifetime
- Consider Yourself
- As Long as He Needs Me
- Half a Sixpence
- On a Wonderful Day Like Today
- Who Can I Turn To? (When Nobody Needs Me)
- If I Ruled the World
