Sam Heughan
b. 1980 (age 46)
New Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK
Actor
Writer
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).
Known For
Filmography
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Embassy
2026 Actor
Connor Wright
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Clinging by a Claw
2025 Actor
Narrator
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★ 5.9
Love Again
2023 Actor
Rob Burns
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★ 5.9
The Couple Next Door
2023 Actor
Danny
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★ 5.6
Suspect
2022 Actor
Ryan
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★ 5.3
SAS: Rise of the Black Swan
2021 Actor
Tom Buckingham
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★ 8.4
Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham
2021 Self
Writer
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★ 5.0
The Critics' Choice Super Awards
2021 Self
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★ 5.7
Bloodshot
2020 Actor
Jimmy Dalton
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★ 6.1
The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018 Actor
Sebastian
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★ 5.6
When the Starlight Ends
2016 Actor
Jacob
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★ 9.8
From Scotland to Paris: A Behind the Scenes Journey with Outlander
2016 Self
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★ 8.3
Outlander
2014 Actor
Jamie Fraser
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★ 5.9
Emulsion
2014 Actor
Ronny Maze
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★ 6.2
Heart of Lightness
2014 Actor
Lyngstrand
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★ 6.4
A Princess for Christmas
2011 Actor
Ashton Prince of Castlebury
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★ 7.0
First Light
2010 Actor
Geoffrey 'Boy' Wellum
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★ 7.1
Breaking the Mould
2009 Actor
Charles Fletcher
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★ 7.5
A Very British Sex Scandal
2007 Actor
Edward McNally
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★ 6.6
Small Moments
2001 Actor
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Days Gone
Actor
Deacon St. John
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Everest
Actor
George Finch