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CAST BIOS CAITRIONA BALFE (Claire Randall) Caitriona Balfe was most recently seen in Escape Plan for Summit/Lionsgate, opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. Previous credits for the Irish-born actress include the Warner Brothers feature Now You See Me directed by Louis Letterrier, J.J. Abrams’ Paramount feature Super 8 as well as Bryan Singer and Jason Taylor’s limited digital series “H+.” Caitriona can next be seen in the Mary McGuckian directed Independent feature The Price of Desire. SAM HEUGHAN (Jamie Fraser) Sam Heughan is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. In 2003 he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Performance for his role in "Outlaying Islands" by David Greig at The Royal Court and Traverse Theatre. Sam originated the role of ‘Batman’ in the 2011 DC/Warner Brothers and Waterlane production of "Batman Live," an international tour which opened at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and went on tour to Las Vegas, South America and throughout the U.K and Europe. In 2010, Sam was nominated for a British Soap Award for “Villain of the Year” for his role as ‘Scott Neilson’ in the BBC soap opera "Doctors." He has also had roles in a range of television series including "River City," "Island at War," "The Wild West," "Party Animals," "Midsomer Murders," "Rebus" and most recently, "Any Human Heart" as ‘Lieutenant McStay.’ His TV movie credits include “Breaking the Mould” for BBC Television, “A Very British Sex Scandal” for Channel 4 and “First Light” for BBC2, an adaptation of the book, where he played the lead character ‘Geoffrey Wellum.’ He was nominated for a Grace Award for his performance as ‘Prince Ashton,’ the son of Sir Roger Moore, in “A Princess for Christmas” for Hallmark Channel. His film credits include the short film Small Moments, and the feature films Young Alexander the Great and Emulsion. He will also be seen in the upcoming film Heart of Lightness, which was filmed in Norway in the Arctic Circle. On stage, Sam has performed at a variety of theaters in the U.K. in various classical and new writing pieces, plus the London West End, including such productions as “King John,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “The Vortex,” “Hamlet,” “Macbeth,” “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” "Plague over England" and more. At the Royal Scottish Academy, Sam starred in productions including “Crime & Punishment,” “The Seagull” and “Prometheus Bound.” GRAHAM McTAVISH (Dougal MacKenzie) Scottish actor Graham McTavish most recently starred as ‘Dwalin’ in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. He will reprise his role in the last installment of the Peter Jackson trilogy The Hobbit: There and Back Again. Graham has starred in a number of film and television roles including opposite Sylvester Stallone in Rambo and as the Russian Diplomat ‘Mikhail Novakovich’ on the final season of “24.” He has had leading roles in the feature films Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground and The Wicker Tree. His other feature roles include Middle Men, Secretariat and Colombiana. Graham has served as the voice of ‘Dante Alighieri’ in the recent animated film and video game of the same name, “Dante’s Inferno,” and has also performed voices for Wolverine and The X-Men, Hulk Vs. and The Avengers. He has appeared in leading roles in prestigious UK theaters including the Royal Court, the National in London and the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh. GARY LEWIS (Colum MacKenzie) Gary Lewis has become internationally known for such high profile roles as the troubled father in Billy Elliot and the volatile ‘McGloin’ in Gangs of New York. The Scottish actor has appeared in many critically acclaimed films, including My Name Is Jo, the Oscar® nominated Joyeux Noel, Glasgow Girls and Catch Me Daddy for Timber Films. He won Best Actor award at Gijon Film Festival for his role in Peter Mullan’s Orphans. His work on flagship television shows such as “Prime Suspect” attracted praise and he was BAFTA® nominated for his role in “Mo” alongside Julie Walters. His most recent work includes Libertador, a film about the life of Simon Bolivar and The Boundary Man, about the last years of Wilhelm Reich. Gary also starred in the acclaimed BBC One drama “Case Histories.” He continues to work on short films such as The Terms, directed by Jason LaMotte. TOBIAS MENZIES (Frank Randall/ Jonathan “Black Jack” Randall) British actor Tobias Menzies was most recently seen in HBO’s “Game of Thrones” as heir of Riverrun, ‘Edmure Tully.’ Internationally, he is best known for his role as ‘Brutus’ in HBO’s “Rome.” His other television credits include “The Shadow Line” alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor and Stephen Rea, Charlie Brooker's “Black Mirror,” the political satire “The Thick of It,” and he will soon be appearing with Maggie Gyllenhaal in the upcoming mini-series “The Honourable Woman” created by Hugo Blick. Tobias scored a significant film role aside Dame Judy Dench in the 2006 reboot of the James Bond franchise, Casino Royale, and further film credits include Atonement, The Duel and Finding Neverland. He has also worked extensively on stage, starring at London's Donmar Warehouse and The Royal National Theatre in “The Recruiting Officer” and “The History Boys” respectively, as well as playing Edgar to Pete Postlethwaites's “King Lear,” Kiera Knightley's fiancé in “The Children’s Hour,” and “Hamlet” directed by Rupert Goold. He is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. LOTTE VERBEEK (Geillis Duncan) Dutch actress Lotte Verbeek, who is in this summer’s The Fault in our Stars, got her professional training at the Amsterdam Academy of Dramatic Arts, as well as at the Amsterdam Academy of Jazz/Musical Theatre and Dance. While in school, she was cast as the lead in the television drama series, “Moes.” In 2009, she earned a European Academy Award Best Actress nomination for her performance in Nothing Personal, a performance for which she was named one of Europe’s Shooting Stars and won the Best Actress Award at the International Film Festivals of Locarno and Marrakech, and nominated for the National Dutch Film Award, Golden Calf, for Best Actress. She also won the Best Actress Award at the Monte Carlo TV Film Festival for her work in Italian mini-series “The Queens of Swing.” In 2007, she won her first leading role in a feature film, Left, in which she played five different characters. Lotte starred opposite Jeremy Irons in Showtime’s “The Borgias” and was also in Mike Figgis’ psychological thriller, Suspension of Disbelief, playing dual roles. Later this year, she will next be seen in Marco Van Geffen’s In Your Name and S.A. Halewood’s thriller Division 19. DUNCAN LACROIX (Murtagh Fitzgibbons) Duncan Lacroix played the part of a Saxon noble ‘Ealderman Werferth’ in season two of “Vikings” which filmed in Ireland. The British-born actor’s other notable screen credits include HBO's “Game of Thrones,” CW’s “Reign,” Sky Television's science fiction drama series “Primevil,” Season 2, Tile Films’ “A Terrible Beauty” and RTE Television’s “Cromwell In Ireland.” Having always been passionate about his theater acting, Duncan has performed with renowned Dublin based theater company AC Productions’ as ‘Malvolio’ in their staging of Shakespeare's “Twelfth Night” at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin’s Temple Bar. This followed from his earlier work on their award-winning production of “Pinter x 4” at Dublin's Pearse Centre. Some of Duncan’s other theater credits include “The Merry Wives of Windsor” at Du Players in Trinity College, Dublin, “Macbeth,” ‘the ‘Librarian’ in “Underneath the Lintel,” ‘Ben’ in “The Dumb Waiter,” ‘James’ in “The Morning after Optimism” and ‘Max Schimmelfenig’ in “The Ones Who Kill Shooting Stars.” STEPHEN WALTERS (Angus Mhor) Stephen Walters is best known for his role in the film Batman Begins. He also starred in Layer Cake and Mean Machine. Stephen’s other notable film credits include Kelly + Victor, Powder, Age of Heroes, Splintered, Franklyn, Hannibal Rising, Revolver and Kiss Kiss (Bang, Bang). Stephen was also seen in the TV film “Hillsborough” as real-life victim Ian Glover, a role with a personal connection for the English-born actor. His most notable television appearances include roles in HBO’s award-winning “Band of Brothers,” NBC’s “Dracula” and the UK drama “Skins.” His other television credits include: “Brookside,” “Touching Evil,” “Plunkett and Macleane,” “Nice Guy Eddie,” “Buried,” “Silent Witness,” “Murder City,” “The Visit,” “Wire in the Blood,” “Great Night Out” and “The Village.” In October 2013, Stephen was nominated by the RTS (Royal Television Society) for Best Actor for his performance in Sky Arts’ “Ragged.” GRANT O’ROURKE (Rupert MacKenzie) Grant O’Rourke trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. A critically acclaimed stage actor, he is a well-known face in Scottish theater and has appeared on every main stage around his native country. From playing ‘Richard III’ and ‘Hamlet’ to debuting new writing, Grant has worked for companies such as The Royal Lyceum, The Citizens, The Traverse, Pitlochry Festival Theatre and many more. Recent theater includes “The Lieutenant of Inishmore,” “Midsummer Night's Dream,” “Takin' over the Asylum” and a UK tour of one man show “The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,” which was shortlisted for the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award, and for which Grant was nominated for a Critics' Award for Best Actor. Grant’s film/TV credits include Crying with Laughter, “Up There,” Still Game, “Taggart,” “How Not to Live Your Life,” “M.I. High,” “Bob Servant,” “Scot Squad,” “High Times,” and several programs for BBC Education.