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

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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 ''

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'' at

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in the West End. Prior to that, he was Marius in

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/RSC's production of ''

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'' at the Palace Theatre, returning there 14 years later in the role of

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. After the success of Miss Saigon, he then played Raoul and then

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in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ''

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'' at

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. He recently reprised the role of Jean Valjean on the West End at the Queen's Theatre. Bowman also performed with Alfie Boe,

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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 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

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series '' Doctors''. In 2009, Bowman released a CD, ''One Night With You'' featuring songs from his career in the West End. He performed with Alfie Boe,

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 ''

'', Simon performed the title song at

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- held in

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- on 5 December 2011. Performing alongside Nicole Scherzinger, Bowman was joined by three other former Phantoms (

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and John Owen-Jones). The performance was aired on

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on Wednesday 14 December 2011. In 2019, Bowman played The Bishop of Digne in '' Les Misérables: The Staged Concert''.

Stage credits

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).About Simon Bowman
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