Sam Heughan

Sam Heughan
Heughan in 2014
Born
Sam Roland Heughan

(1980-04-30) 30 April 1980 (age 44)
Balmaclellan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Alma materRoyal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • author
  • entrepreneur
Years active2001–present

Sam Roland Heughan (/ˈhjuːən/; born 30 April 1980) is a Scottish actor, producer, author, and entrepreneur. 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.[1][2]

Heughan and his Outlander co-star Graham McTavish co-wrote Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other[3] 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.[4] The same year Heughan launched his own whisky brand, The Sassenach (named after his Outlander character's nickname for his wife, Claire[5]), winning consecutive double golds in the 2020 and 2021 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

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  4. ^ "Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction – Best Sellers – The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  5. ^ Erskine, Rosalind (12 August 2020). "Outlander star Sam Heughan reveals UK release date for Sassenach Whisky – here's when you can buy it". Scotsman Food and Drink. Retrieved 30 November 2020.