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Owen Harper came to Torchwood after working in Cardiff’s hospital’s accident and emergency department. He expressed a preference for working on dead bodies, alien or Human, rather than live people, although when his medical expertise has been required he has often shown a gentle, caring side that betrays his usual brusque, even crude manner. Under his crudeness, he has a lot of courage and a sense of right and wrong. But he is also an emotional loose cannon.
At some time, he seems to have been close to Toshiko, though not as close as she would have liked. He had a brief affair with Gwen which ended badly, and Suzi Costello claimed that she also slept with him. He seemed to be a man who used women then moved on, until he met Diane Holmes, a victim of the time rift, who did the same to him. That changed his outlook dramatically. For a while he became dangerously unstable emotionally, to the extent that it began to impact on the team. When he stepped into a cage with a weevil, and seemed ready to let it kill him, Jack stepped in. But his emotions were still a factor when the Torchwood team faced a bigger crisis. He opened the rift against orders in order to get Jack and Toshiko back from the past, and when the aftermath of that action threatened catastrophe he actually shot Jack in the head in the bitter argument about whether or not to re-open the rift. When Jack was resurrected from the dead there was a touching reunion between them. When Adam changed the memories of all the Torchwood team, Owen became a cardigan wearing geek who foolishly declared his love for ‘sophisticated’ Toshiko, only to be cruelly rejected. When they were returned to their true selves, Toshiko finally asked Owen out on a date, and he accepted, but he was ‘killed’ by Dr Copely before they could get around to it. His 'ressurection' using a new and more sinister 'glove' opened up a whole new aspect of Owen's relationship with Jack. His relationship with Toshiko became one of deep, platonic friendship. Owen was killed heroically, preventing a meltdown in a nuclear power station. He and Toshiko, who was also dying, were able to reconcile their feelings for each other before the end.
Burn Gorman is an American-born British actor and musician, born in Hollywood, but brought up in London, where he lives and works. He appears in the first two series of the BAFTA Cymru winning science-fiction/crime
drama Torchwood as Owen Harper, and in 2007 began filming (Sex, The
City and Me) for the BBC and "Ordeal by Innocence", an episode
of Marple for ITV. Recently, he has worked with cult Spanish director
Álex de la Iglesia on The Oxford Murders, a crime thriller
based on Guillermo Martinez's book of the same name alongside Elijah
Wood and John Hurt. He appeared in the film Fred Claus with Vince
Vaughn and Paul Giamatti. Gorman's other film credits include Layer Cake (directed by Matthew Vaughn), Penelope (with Christina Ricci and Reese Witherspoon), The Best Man, Colour Me Kubrick, Love is Not Enough, and the short films The Bully Boys and Runners. Gorman appeared in the BAFTA winning BBC One adaptation of Charles Dickens' Bleak House as William Guppy, and appeared in the BAFTA nominated political thriller Low Winter Sun (Tiger Aspect/Channel 4) the same year. Other television includes, Funland (BBC Three), A Good Thief (Granada), Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC One), Casualty, Merseybeat (TV series) and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (BBC). He played a guest role in EastEnders on 9 March 2007 as Jed. His theatre credits include Ladybird (Royal Court), Flush (Soho Theatre), The Green Man and Gong Donkeys (Bush Theatre), of which Michael Billington of The Guardian wrote "Burn Gorman proves that he is one of the best young actors in Britain."[1] Gorman has also worked with acclaimed actress and director Kathryn
Hunter, Marcello Magni of Theatre Complicite, Mike Hodges (of Get
Carter and Croupier fame), Artistic Director of NT of Scotland Vicky
Featherstone, Mark Ravenhill, Frantic Assembly, and with the English
National Opera ("Morning To Midnight" with Richard Jones).
He has also performed many readings, workshops and development work
with the National Theatre Studio, Young Vic, Royal Court, Oxford Stage
Company, Paines Plough, and Soho Theatre. Outside of London, Gorman has worked with the Nottingham Playhouse, Plymouth Theatre Royal, and Manchester's Royal Exchange Studio andLibrary and Contact Theatre, where he was nominated for a Manchester Evening News Best Newcomer Award. As a musician, Gorman has played in clubs and on stages all over the world, appearing alongside Neneh Cherry, Rodney P and Groove Armada amongst others, and has worked on videos and visuals with The Streets. He was also BBC 1Xtra Human Beatbox Champion.
TORCHWOOD Day One (22 October 2006) - Owen Harper
Before Torchwood The Curse of Steptoe (2008) (TV) .... Ray
Galton
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