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February 03 2015 8:00 AM EST. The most fascinating gay villain on television is Downton Abbeyâs scheming under-butler Thomas Barrow, played with smoldering menace by the darkly handsome Rob James-Collier. Unlike many characters on the wildly popular British series, Barrow is a mass of contradictions.
Photo: Getty Images. Lesley Nicol, the actress who plays Downton Abbeyâs often-harried cook Mrs. Patmore, said she pestered series creator Julian Fellowes like he was Daisy about giving her character a man. After months of nudging, he relented. âHe was probably thinking, Oh, shut up already! I had asked so many times,â she laughed.