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One of the greatest contemporary actor

Sam Heughan: A Comprehensive Biography

Early Life and Education
Sam Roland Heughan was born on April 30, 1980, in Balmaclellan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. His parents were part of a London-based hippie community called Gandalf’s Garden, inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s works, which influenced their choice of names for Sam and his brother. Raised by his mother, Chrissie Heughan, an artist and papermaker, after his father left, Sam moved to New Galloway at age five, living in converted stables on the grounds of Kenmure Castle. He attended Kells Primary School, then moved to Edinburgh at twelve, attending James Gillespie’s High School and later the Edinburgh Rudolf Steiner School. In 1999, he joined the Lyceum Youth Theatre and was accepted into the Ro…

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