Sam Heughan
Sam Roland Heughan
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Who is this?
Sam Roland Heughan (; born 30 April 1980) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for his starring role as Jamie Fraser in the Starz drama series Outlander (2014–present) for which he has won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor and the Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television, and received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series. Heughan has also starred in films such as the spy comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018) and the superhero action film Bloodshot (2020). He was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Performer for his performance in Outlying Islands performed at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs. Heughan and his Outlander co-star Graham McTavish co-wrote Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other which reached number one on the New York Times' Best Seller List for hardcover nonfiction, and combined print and e-book nonfiction in November 2020. The same year Heughan launched his own whisky brand, The Sassenach (named after his Outlander character's nickname for his wife, Claire), winning consecutive double golds in the 2020 and 2021 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
Career
- 1980Born
- Won Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Balmaclellan
- •Citizenship: United Kingdom
- •Known as: actor, stage actor, film actor, television actor
What happened recently
Sam Heughan jokes he won't give up the day job as he gest set to DJ at the Commonwealth Games
OUTLANDER TO ‘OUT-OUT’: Sam Heughan lands his next major role as DJ at the Commonwealth Games - with an attempt to remix Flower of Scotland
Sam Heughan Details Intense ‘Outlander’ Audition With Caitriona Balfe in New Memoir (Exclusive)
‘Outlander’ Stars Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan on Saying Goodbye ‘The Right Way’ After Eight Seasons: This ‘Is Our Legacy’
Sam Heughan Shares His Theory About What Happened to Jamie in the ‘Outlander’ Finale
Outlander's Sam Heughan And Caitríona Balfe Take Us Inside The Series Finale's Mystical Last Moment
'Inside Outlander' Aftershow: Sam Heughan on 'Interpretation' of Last Jamie & Claire Scene in Finale (VIDEO)
‘Outlander’ Stars Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan Bid an Emotional Farewell to the Series
Sam Heughan on whether Jamie and Claire are alive in the 'Outlander' finale (Exclusive)
‘Outlander’ Stars Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan on Her Directorial Debut and Their Plans for a Finale Watch Party
Sam Heughan Just Shared Emotional Career News—and ‘Outlander’ Fans Say It's "Well Deserved"
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