Sam Heughan is a sought-after actor from Scotland who began his career in the arts by acting in the theater. Today, the artist is trying to combine work on the stage and in the cinema, on television.
Sam Heughan was born into a hippie family in 1980. The boy was born in a small rural settlement in Scotland. His birthday: April 30. Sam was the second child in this family, he has an older brother. However, both boys ended up growing up without a father, who divorced their mother when Sam was just three years old.
Sam Heughan Biography Facts
Sam's mother, named Christine, after the divorce was forced to take any job, only to feed herself and her two sons. However, she was very drawn to art, she was attracted to painting. Sam clearly inherited an interest in creativity from his mother, although he chose for himself not drawing, but acting.
Sam and his brother spent their early years in the Scottish village of Balmaclellan. In the first grade, the boy went to school, which was located in a small town called New Galloway. However, at the age of twelve, Heughan moved with his family to Edinburgh, where he went to study at the James Gillespie School. In this educational institution, the boy did not stay long. While his mother was taking painting courses, Sam was transferred to a school with alternative ways of teaching children.
Sam began to show interest in the performing arts especially during his teenage years. He studied in a drama circle, although the teachers believed that the boy did not have any special talent. Therefore, in school productions, Sam did not get the leading roles. By the time he graduated from school, the young man had already decided for himself that, in spite of everything, he would continue to receive an education in the field of art, and would also become a popular actor.
However, the first years after receiving his high school diploma, Sam Heughan traveled to European cities and even lived for some time in America. During this period of time, he took on any part-time job, but did not give up thoughts of an acting career.
Returning to his home country in 2000, Sam was able to pass all the selections, pass exams and enter the Royal High School of Drama and Performing Arts, which is located in Glasgow. In this educational institution, the teachers, like the teachers in the school theater group, did not distinguish Sam from the rest of the students. This despite the fact that Heughan was already a member of the Lyceum Youth Theater at the time. However, everything changed when in 2002 the young actor got the main role in the production of one of the leading theaters in the country. After the performance was a success, the teachers began to perceive Sam differently.
It is worth noting that Sam Heughan's acting career is actively developing not only in cinema, but also on the stage. Since 2001, the actor has worked in various theaters, was a member of various acting troupes and tried on a variety of images on stage. Among the performances in which Sam played, one can single out: "Whirlpool", "Hamlet", "Macbeth", "Amphibians", "Batman Alive", "King John".
Between 2010 and 2012, Sam Heughan appeared on television several times in commercials. He became the face of the Tennent's Lager brand, which produces light beer. The videos featuring the artist have won the Best Television Advertising nomination twice. And in 2013, the actor took part in the filming of a musician named Robbie Boyd. In the same year, Heughan took over the patronage of the Youth Theater Arts Scotland (a community of Scottish youth theaters).
Despite being busy in the arts, Sam is interested in charity work and sports. Since adolescence, the actor has been engaged in fencing, horse riding, triathlon and even mountaineering. He has repeatedly taken part in various sports marathons, including charity ones. In addition, Sam supports the Leukemia Foundation.
Film career
Sam's filmography now has more than twenty projects in film and television.
Heughan began his acting career with a small, very minor role in the short film Short Moments. It was released in 2001. This was followed by filming in a variety of TV series, including "Purely English Murders", "City on the River", "Wild West".
In 2007, the television drama "A Very British Sex Scandal" was released, in which Sam played the role of Edward McNally, and in 2009 another television movie was released with Heughan's participation - "Doing Things Differently."
In 2010, the already famous and sought-after actor played the role of Alexander the Great in the film Young Alexander the Great. This tape was the first feature film in which Sam Heughan took part.
In subsequent years, the artist's filmography was replenished with such projects as "First Light", "Princess for Christmas", "Heart of Light". Since 2014, the television series "Outlander" has been on the screens, in which Sam plays the role of a character named Jamie Fraser.
The latest project for Heughan to date is the movie The Spy Who Dumped Me. This tape was released in 2018. And in 2020, the premiere of the full-length film "Bloodshot" is planned, in which Sam Heughan is to play one of the leading roles.
Family, relationships and personal life
Sam does not like to talk about his romantic relationship, although he tells the press that he really dreams of starting a family and wants to become a father. At the moment, Heughan is rumored to be dating a girl named Amy Shiels, who also works in the cinema. However, young people are not husband and wife, they have no common children now.
