Life and career

Heughan was born in New Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on 30 April 1980. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) in Glasgow. In 2009, Heughan landed a recurring role as Scott Nielson, the boyfriend of Nurse Cherry Malone and secret drug dealer in the BBC soap opera Doctors. In 2011, he played Prince Ashton in the Hallmark Channel film A Princess for Christmas.

In 2011 he starred in BBC drama First Light, and 2012, he starred as Batman in the touring stage show Batman Live. During this time he made the news for his assistance in a real-life citizen's arrest.

In 2013, Heughan was cast as Jamie Fraser on the Starz period drama series Outlander. He was the first cast member officially announced, to great praise by the author of the series, Diana Gabaldon, who said, "Oh. My. God. That man is a Scot to the bone and Jamie Fraser to the heart. Having seen Sam Heughan not just act, but be Jamie, I feel immensely grateful to the production team for their painstaking attention to the soul of the story and characters."

Heughan attributes much of his early success to his participation in youth theatre, and in August 2014 became patron for YTAS (Youth Theatre Arts Scotland). He supports the charitable organisation's mission, 'to transform lives through youth theatre by providing inspiring participatory opportunities for young people in Scotland.'

Personal life

Heughan is fan of science fiction like Alien and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Small Moments	N/A	Short film
2010	Young Alexander the Great	Alexander
2013	Emulsion	Ronny Maze
2014	Heart of Lightness	Lyngstrand

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Island at War	Philip Dorr	Miniseries; 5 episodes
2005	River City	Andrew Murray	3 episodes
2006	Wild West, TheThe Wild West	John Tunstall	Miniseries; episode: "Billy the Kid"
2007	Midsomer Murders	Ian King	Episode: "King's Crystal"
2007	Party Animals	Adrian Chapple	2 episodes
2007	Rebus	Peter Carr	Episode: "Knots and Crosses"
2007	Very British Sex Scandal, AA Very British Sex Scandal	Edward McNally	Television film
2009	Breaking the Mould: The Story of Penicillin	Dr Charles Fletcher	Television film
2009	Doctors	Scott Nielson	21 episodes
2010	First Light	Geoffrey 'Boy' Wellum	Television film
2010	Any Human Heart	Lieutenant McStay	Episode 2
2011	Princess for Christmas, AA Princess for Christmas	Prince Ashton of Castlebury	Television film
2014-present	Outlander	Jamie Fraser	Main cast Gold Derby Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Theatre	Notes
2002	Outlying Islands	John	Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London	Nominated - Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Performer
2005	Knives in Hens	Pony William	TAG Theatre Company, Glasgow
2007	Vortex, TheThe Vortex	Tom Veryan	Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
2007	Hamlet	Guildenstern, Fortinbras	Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
2007	Pearlfisher, TheThe Pearlfisher	Roderick, Eddie the Gaffer	Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
2008	Romeo and Juliet	Paris	Dundee Repertory Theatre
2008	Macbeth	Malcolm, murderer	Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
2009	Plague Over England	Gregory	Duchess Theatre, West End
2011-12	Batman Live	Batman	Touring show
2012	King John	King John	Oran Mor theatre

Awards and Nominations

Year	Nominated Work	Award and Category	Result
2015		The Anglophile Channel Award Favorite British Artist of the Year	Won
2015	Outlander	The Anglophile Channel Award Best Actor in a Television Series	Won
2014	Outlander	Saturn Award Best Supporting Actor Television	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]