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name: "Sam Heughan"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 April 1980"
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updated: "2026-09-18T10:27:00.436574+00:00"
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# Sam Heughan

Actor. Born 30 April 1980 in New Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 April 1980, New Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK
- **Also known as:** Сэм Хьюэн, Sam Roland Heughan, سم هیوین, سام هیوین
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Heughan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5804278, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1537825/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/209326

## Biography

Sam Heughan is a Scottish actor. He was born on 30 April 1980 and graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2003. While still a student he appeared in the play *Outlying Islands* at the Royal Court Theatre, for which he received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Most Promising Performance.

His early television work includes appearances in *Party Animals* (2007) as Adrian Chapple, *Midsomer Murders* (2007) and *Doctors* (2009). He is best known for playing Jamie Fraser in the series *Outlander* (2014–). Film roles include *Bloodshot* (2020), *The Spy Who Dumped Me* (2018) and *Love Again* (2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, unitedagents.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Party Animals* (2007), Fi1m 63, as Adrian Chapple — [page](https://film.one/tv/party-animals.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Couple Next Door* (2023), series, as Danny Whitwell
- *Love Again* (2023), as Rob Burns
- *Suspect* (2022), series, as Ryan
- *SAS: Red Notice* (2021), as Tom Buckingham
- *To Olivia* (2021), as Paul Newman
- *Bloodshot* (2020), as Jimmy Dalton
- *The Spy Who Dumped Me* (2018), as Sebastian
- *When the Starlight Ends* (2016), as Jacob
- *Emulsion* (2014), as Ronny Maze
- *Outlander* (2014), series, as Jamie Fraser, Producer, Executive Producer
- *Heart of Lightness* (2014), as Lyngstrand
- *A Princess for Christmas* (2011), as Ashton Prince of Castlebury
- *Young Alexander the Great* (2010), as Alexander
- *Any Human Heart* (2010), series, as Lieutenant McStay
- *First Light* (2010), as Geoffrey 'Boy' Wellum
- *Breaking the Mould* (2009), as Charles Fletcher
- *A Very British Sex Scandal* (2007), as Edward McNally
- *The Wild West* (2007), series, as John Tunstall
- *Party Animals* (2007), series, as Adrian Chapple — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-animals.md)
- *Island at War* (2004), series, as Philip Dorr
- *Small Moments* (2001), as Boyfriend
- *Rebus* (2000), series, as Peter Carr
- *Doctors* (2000), series, as Scott Neilson
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Ian King
- *Embassy*, series, as Connor Wright

## Gallery

- ![Sam Heughan](https://film.one/media/person/182387/gallery-dd7cbfb5729a.jpg) Sam Heughan — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Sam_Heughan_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/1280px-Sam_Heughan_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actors Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe at 92nd Street Y for the New York premiere of the first season of the TV series Outlander. The season is based on Diana G (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/182387/gallery-3e71e610789d.png) Actors Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe at 92nd Street Y for the New York premiere of the first season of the TV series Outlander. The season is based on Diana G (2014) — Christine Ring, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Outlander_premiere_episode_screening_at_92nd_Street_Y_in_New_York_06.png/1280px-Outlander_premiere_episode_screening_at_92nd_Street_Y_in_New_York_06.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actors Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe at 92nd Street Y for the New York premiere of the first season of the TV series Outlander. The season is based on Diana G (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/182387/gallery-3025ea18c702.png) Actors Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe at 92nd Street Y for the New York premiere of the first season of the TV series Outlander. The season is based on Diana G (2014) — Christine Ring, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Outlander_premiere_episode_screening_at_92nd_Street_Y_in_New_York_06_%2814831716302%29.png/1280px-Outlander_premiere_episode_screening_at_92nd_Street_Y_in_New_York_06_%2814831716302%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actors Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe at 92nd Street Y for the New York premiere of the first season of the TV series Outlander. The season is based on Diana G (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/182387/gallery-74c83c2779ee.png) Actors Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe at 92nd Street Y for the New York premiere of the first season of the TV series Outlander. The season is based on Diana G (2014) — Christine Ring, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Outlander_premiere_episode_screening_at_92nd_Street_Y_in_New_York_07.png/1280px-Outlander_premiere_episode_screening_at_92nd_Street_Y_in_New_York_07.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sam Heughan](https://film.one/media/person/182387/gallery-e7b5b6cd202e.jpg) Sam Heughan — Image via TMDB
- ![Sam Heughan](https://film.one/media/person/182387/gallery-e56358da130c.jpg) Sam Heughan — Image via TMDB
- ![Sam Heughan](https://film.one/media/person/182387/gallery-ceae57ed2a00.jpg) Sam Heughan — Image via TMDB
- ![Actors Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe at 92nd Street Y for the New York premiere of the first season of the TV series Outlander. The season is based on Diana G (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/182387/gallery-c393028c2be8.png) Actors Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe at 92nd Street Y for the New York premiere of the first season of the TV series Outlander. The season is based on Diana G (2014) — Christine Ring, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Outlander_premiere_episode_screening_at_92nd_Street_Y_in_New_York_08.png/1280px-Outlander_premiere_episode_screening_at_92nd_Street_Y_in_New_York_08.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actor Sam Heughan at 92nd Street Y for the New York premiere of the first season of the TV series Outlander. The season is based on Diana Gabaldon's novel of th (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/182387/gallery-bc285d8ae0cc.jpg) Actor Sam Heughan at 92nd Street Y for the New York premiere of the first season of the TV series Outlander. The season is based on Diana Gabaldon's novel of th (2014) — Christine Ring, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Outlander_premiere_episode_screening_at_92nd_Street_Y_in_New_York_08_%28crop%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sam Heughan](https://film.one/media/person/182387/gallery-80b5543d218d.jpg) Sam Heughan — Image via TMDB
- ![Sam Heughan](https://film.one/media/person/182387/gallery-aaf7f9f42260.jpg) Sam Heughan — Image via TMDB
- ![Sam Heughan](https://film.one/media/person/182387/gallery-8c549d76d39b.jpg) Sam Heughan — Image via TMDB

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