Sam Heughan has become a huge star with an army of adoring fans thanks to the global success of time travelling historic drama Outlander.
In the television series former Second World War military nurse Claire Randall (played by Caitríona Balfe) travels back from 1945 to 1743 where she encounters, falls in love with, and marries a Heughan’s Highland warrior character Jamie Fraser who becomes embroiled in the Jacobite rising.
With a huge 75 episodes already in the can, and another 16-episode seventh season still to be completed, it’s been a time-consuming project for cast and crew.
But Sam Heughan has still managed to add to his CV in between series - as well as having started his career in more modest television roles.
Along with 11 films and a number of documentaries, including the popular Men in Kilts, the actor has acted in 10 television series.
Here they are.
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5. Party Animals (2007)
Party Animals was a television series following the lives of several young adults whose lives intertwine with their jobs in the British Parliment. It had a single season of eight episodes in 2007 and featured future stars Matt Smith and Andrea Riseborough. Sam Heughan appeared in the last two episodes as character Adrian Chapple. Photo: Contributed
6. Rebus (2007)
2007 was a busy year for Sam Heughan, with him also making an appearance in Rebus - a crime series based on the popular Ian Rankin books featuring Ken Stott as the dysfunctional Edinburgh detective. Heughan was in the Knotts and Crosses episode, playing Peter Carr - a character found dead alongside his drug dealer brother Daniel who was about to be charged with murder. Photo: Contributed
7. Doctors (2009)
Sam Heughan appeared in a total of 21 episodes of BBC medical soap Doctors in 2009. He portrayed Scott Neilson, the boyfriend of nurse Cherry Malone, played by Sophie Abelson. The initially romantic character soon revealed a dark side and was later revealed to be a drug dealer. Photo: BBC
8. Any Human Heart (2010)
Sam Heughan acted alongside Jim Broadbent, Matthew Macfadyen, Sam Claflin and Hayley Atwell in the four-part miniseries Any Human Heart. It follows a novelist's life from 1920s Paris to '50s New York and '80s London, including encounters with Ernest Hemingway, Ian Fleming and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Heughan had a small part as Lieutenant McStay, a colleague of Matthew Macfadyen's character, in the second episode. Photo: Contributed