Biografia

Graduate of The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) in Glasgow.

Sam Heughan won the BBC Anglo Fan Favourite Man of the Year for 2014 with 61% of the votes over David Tennant.

Grand Marshall at the 2016 New York Tartan Day Parade, which was led in past years by other illustrious Scots, including Sean Connery, Alan Cumming, Brian Cox, Kevin McKidd, and Graham McTavish.

He is a natural blonde and dyes his hair for his role as James Fraser on Outlander.

Narrated the 8th instalment of author Cassandra Clare's "Shadowhunter Academy" series, "The Fiery Trial", which was released in September 2015.

I never once dreamed of sort of being able to be in an American TV series, you know? It was all about theater and touring and sort of being an actor around Scottish theater.

People forget actors can adapt and change their appearance. In this industry, people sometimes cast to type, or as close to type as possible, but actors are a lot more versatile than you think!

Working on 'Outlander' has been a delight, it really has. I had kind of forgotten what Scotland was like, and I'd turned into a bit of a Londoner.

You do have to learn how to wear a kilt, and it's certainly very liberating and very freeing, but surprisingly very comfortable to wear, to ride a horse in a kilt. I was surprised by that.

I auditioned for 'Game of Thrones' seven times! Loads of times.