Sam Heughan

Actor

Born: April 30, 1980 (45 years old)

Place of birth: New Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK

Biography

Sam graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2003. He was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Award (Most Promising Performance) for Outlying Islands at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs. Sam has appeared in various TV programmes including: A Very British Sex Scandal (Channel 4), Any Human Heart (Film4), Midsomer Murders (ITV) and as a regular character in BBC Soaps River City and Doctors. His film leads include: Young Alexander The Great (Ilya Salkind Company) and Emulsion (White Lantern Films), while theatre credits include: Plague Over England (Duchess, West End), MacBeth (Nottingham, Edinburgh Lyceum), Romeo And Juliet (Dundee Rep) and Hamlet (Citizens Glasgow).

Filmography (20)

• Island at War (2004, ★ 7.7)
• Outlander (2014, ★ 8.2)
• A Princess for Christmas (2011, ★ 7)
• The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018, ★ 6.4)
• Bloodshot (2020, ★ 6.7)
• To Olivia (2021, ★ 6.9)
• Love Again (2023, ★ 6.7)
• One World: Together at Home (2020, ★ 7.1)
• Midsomer Murders (1997, ★ 7.5)
• Party Animals (2007, ★ 6.9)
• Rebus (2000, ★ 6.9)
• Any Human Heart (2010, ★ 6.4)
• First Light (2010, ★ 5.3)
• A Very British Sex Scandal (2007, ★ 5.8)
• Heart of Lightness (2014, ★ 5.6)
• Emulsion (2014, ★ 5.4)
• SAS: Red Notice (2021, ★ 5.8)
• The Couple Next Door (2023, ★ 5.8)
• Suspect (2022, ★ 6)
• When the Starlight Ends (2016, ★ 4.6)