Sam graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2003. He was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Award (Most Promising Performance) for Outlying Islands at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs. Sam has appeared in various TV programmes including: A Very British Sex Scandal (Channel 4), Any Human Heart (Film4), Midsomer Murders (ITV) and as a regular character in BBC Soaps River City and Doctors. His film leads include: Young Alexander The Great (Ilya Salkind Company) and Emulsion (White Lantern Films), while theatre credits include: Plague Over England (Duchess, West End), MacBeth (Nottingham, Edinburgh Lyceum), Romeo And Juliet (Dundee Rep) and Hamlet (Citizens Glasgow).

Filmography

• 2023Love Again — Rob Burns
• The Couple Next Door — Danny Whitwell
• Suspect — Ryan
• Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham — Self, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2021SAS: Red Notice — Tom Buckingham
• 2021To Olivia — Paul Newman
• 2020Bloodshot — Jimmy Dalton
• 2018The Spy Who Dumped Me — Sebastian
• 2016When the Starlight Ends — Jacob
• 2014Emulsion — Ronny Maze
• 2014Heart of Lightness — Lyngstrand
• Outlander — Jamie Fraser, Producer, Executive Producer
• 2011A Princess for Christmas — Ashton Prince of Castlebury
• Any Human Heart — Lieutenant McStay
• 2010First Light — Geoffrey 'Boy' Wellum
• 2010Young Alexander the Great — Alexander
• 2009Breaking the Mould — Charles Fletcher
• 2007A Very British Sex Scandal — Edward McNally
• Party Animals — Adrian Chapple
• The Wild West — John Tunstall
• Island at War — Philip Dorr
• 2001Small Moments — Boyfriend
• Doctors — Scott Neilson
• Rebus — Peter Carr
• Midsomer Murders — Ian King
• Embassy — Connor Wright

Appearances as themselves (8)

• Snacked — Self
• 2020One World: Together at Home — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self, Self - Guest
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Jeopardy! — Self - Clue Presenter