Sam Heughan Biography
Sam Heughan is a Scottish actor who is a Laurence Olivier Award nominee and stage performer. He is Best familiarised for plying as Scott Nielson in the soap opera, Doctors of 2009, Jamie Fraser in the drama series, Outlander(2014-present).
Heughan received two nominations for the Saturn Awards for the same show. Additionally, he also garnered the Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Performer nomination in 2003.
Sam is also quite active with issues of politics and charity. He has supported the independence side in the Scottish Independence referendum.
He also owns a charity foundation that raises money for other charities as he also serves as president of the Scotland Bloodwise Charity.
Early Life And Education Of Sam Heughan
The actor was born as Sam Roland Heughan on April 30th, 1980, in New Galloway, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland to the Scottish parents under the birth sign Taurus to Chrissie Heughan. Heughan holds a Scottish nationality belonging to the white ethnicity.
Talking about his sibling, he has a brother named Cirdan Heughan.
Sam Heughan Education
Talking about his education, Sam initially attended Kells Primary School at the age of 12.
Later, he attended James Gillespie’s High School for a year and then moved to the Edinburgh Rudolph Steiner School till the end of the sixth year.
Sam Heughan
Eventually, he enrolled at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and graduated in 2003. He was interested in acting since his early childhood and used to participate in dramas.
Sam Heughan’s Career
Heughan made his career debut in a short film Small Moments in 2001. He has also been featured in many other movies like Young Alexander the Great of 2010, Emulsion (2013), Heart of Lightness (2014).
Besides his film career, he has shown his presence on the Television screen. His debut television series was Island at War of 2004. In 2005 he was featured in River City, as Andrew Murray. He made his powerful presence in Midsomer Murders (2007), Doctors (2009).
Heughan was presented in lead role in drama series, Outlander in 2013. The series was based on the historical time travel. He was cast alongside Catriona Balfe, Tobias Menzies, Graham McTavish, Lotte Verbeek, Duncan Lacroix, and Nell Hudson.
He is highly appreciated for his work in Outlander and for the outstanding performance he has been nominated for several awards, including three Saturn Awards, Two People’s Choice Awards, Critics’ Choice Television Awards, Gold Derby TV Awards, and Two The Anglophile Channel Awards.
Sam Heughan 2018
In 2018, Heughan co-starred as MI-6 agent Sebastian in Lionsgate’s comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me, opposite Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon, which he filmed during an Outlander hiatus.
That same year, in his first voice acting project, Heughan appeared in the Warner Brother’s Interactive Entertainment video game Lego DC Super-Villains as the Mirror Master.
In May of that year, Heughan was a guest on BBC Two Scotland’s special The Adventure Show, alongside Cameron Mceish, in an episode entitled “Take A Hike” that focused on Scotland’s passion for walking.
It was also announced that Heughan would portray Corporal Harlan Shifflet in Bloodshot, an adaptation of the best selling comic book from the Valiant universe, opposite Vin Diesel and Michael Sheen.
In November 2018, Heughan was cast as Tom Buckingham, the lead role in SAS: Red Notice, a film based on the novel of the same name by Andy McNab.
Charitable Works
Heughan is also involved in several charitable works. He was a supporter of Scottish independence during the Scottish independence referendum in 2014.
Similarly, he became a patron for Youth Theatre Arts Scottland and supports its mission, “to transform lives through youth theatre by providing inspiring participatory opportunities for young people in Scotland”.
He also supports Bloodwise since 2011 and took part in the Great North Run to raise the funds for the organization in 2016. He was named Barbour’s first Global Brand Ambassador since 2016. Heughan also has his charitable foundation named My Peak Challenge.
Sam Heughan Filmography
Films
|
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 | |
| 2016 | When the Starlight Ends | Jacob | Independent film |
| 2018 | The Spy Who Dumped Me | Sebastian Henshaw | |
| 2020 | SAS: Red Notice | Tom Buckingham | In Post-production |
| 2020 | Bloodshot | Corporal Harlan ‘So Long’ Shifflet |
In Post-production |
Television
|
Year |
Title |
Character |
Production |
Notes |
| 2004 | Island at War | Philip Dorr | PBS | Miniseries, 5 episodes |
| 2005 | River City | Andrew Murray | BBC One | 4 episodes |
| 2006 | The Wild West | John Tunstall | BBC/PBS | Miniseries, episode “Billy the Kid” |
| 2007 | Midsomer Murders | Ian King | ITV | Episode “King’s Crystal” |
| Party Animals | Adrian Chapple | BBC | 2 episodes | |
| A Very British Sex Scandal | Edward McNally | Channel 4 | Television film | |
| Rebus | Peter Carr | ITV | Episode: “Knots and Crosses” | |
| 2009 | Breaking the Mould: The Story of Penicillin | Dr Charles Fletcher | BBC Four | Television film |
| Doctors | Scott Nielson | BBC One | Recurring role, 21 episodes | |
| 2010 | First Light | Geoffrey ‘Boy’ Wellum | BBC Two | Television film |
| Any Human Heart | Lieutenant McStay | Channel 4 | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| 2011 | A Princess for Christmas | Prince Ashton of Castlebury | Hallmark Channel | Television film |
| 2014–present | Outlander | Jamie Fraser | Starz | Male lead |
| 2018 | The Adventure Show | Himself | BBC Two Scotland | Episode “Take A Hike” |
Sam Heughan Personal Life
He currently resides in Balmaclellan, Dumfries & Galloway.
Is Sam Heughan Relationship|Is he Married?
There are numerous stories about sam’s love life. However, we can confirm that he is still not married yet. He is linked to his Outlanders Co-star, Caitriona Balfe, to whom he has a steamy on-screen relationship with.
All the rumours about the two later were found to be false when Balfe got engaged to her boyfriend, Tony McGill.
Sam With Amy Shiels
Sam and Amy are said to have had a flirtatious relationship that has been expressed for more than a decade. Despite the previouys rumours, firm speculations of a possible relationship between the two a rose in 2014.
Sam Heughan’s Net Worth And Salary
Talkin about his net worth, Heughan has earned a huge amount of salary from his acting career. He has maintained a net worth of approximately $5 million.
Sam Heughan Twitter
March of the Peakers!!
From over 80+ countries@MyPeakChallenge #mpcgala2019 ? pic.twitter.com/PXl2HqnpxA— Sam Heughan (@SamHeughan) May 5, 2019