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Sam Heughan

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Sam Roland Heughan (; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sam Heughan is the 1,915th most popular actor (up from 7,073rd in 2019), the 2,043rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,101st in 2019) and the 257th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sam Heughan ranks 1,915 out of 13,578. Before him are Peggy Lipton, Jean Peters, Dean Norris, Jerry Orbach, Frank Vincent, and Ben McKenzie. After him are Dana Delany, Robert Blake, Folco Lulli, Werner Krauss, Tim Allen, and Norma Aleandro.

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Among people born in 1980, Sam Heughan ranks 24. Before him are Jenna Dewan, Chris Pine, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Dirk Kuyt, Channing Tatum, and Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. After him are Alan Smith, Martina Hingis, Gisele Bündchen, Florent Malouda, Cristian Chivu, and Marat Safin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sam Heughan ranks 2,043 out of 8,785. Before him are Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415), Ian Callaghan (1942), Edward Fortunatus (1565), Jeremy Thorpe (1929), Wat Tyler (1341), and John Hume (1937). After him are Edmund Gunter (1581), John Sykes (1959), Malcolm Arnold (1921), Sidney Paget (1860), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), and Arthur Sullivan (1842).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Sam Heughan ranks 257. Before him are Alan Bates (1934), Joanne Whalley (1961), Rachel Ward (1957), Lindsay Duncan (1950), John Hannah (1962), and Anthony Quayle (1913). After him are Jared Harris (1961), Frances de la Tour (1944), Ray Winstone (1957), Louis Tomlinson (1991), June Whitfield (1925), and James McAvoy (1979).

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