Sam Roland Heughan is a Scottish actor, producer, author, and entrepreneur, born on April 30, 1980. He is widely recognized for his starring role as Jamie Fraser in the Starz drama series Outlander, which began in 2014. For his performance in Outlander, Heughan has received the People's Choice Award for Favorite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor and the Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television, in addition to a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.