OLS2 Cast Biographies - Starz

CAST BIOGRAPHIES

CAITRIONA BALFE (Claire Randall Fraser)

Irish born actress Caitriona Balfe will next be seen in Money Monster, TriStar's thriller being directed by Jodie Foster. Balfe will star alongside George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Jack O'Connell, and play the Chief Communications Officer for the company whose stock bottomed, causing the life's savings of O'Connell's character to be wiped out. Balfe was most recently seen in Escape Plan for Summit/Lionsgate, opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. Previous credits include the Warner Bros. feature Now You See Me directed by Louis Leterrier, J.J. Abrams' Paramount feature Super 8 as well as Bryan Singer and Jason Taylor's limited digital series "H+."

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 "Outlying Islands" by David Greig at The Royal Court and Traverse Theatre.

Heughan originated the role of Batman in the 2011 DC/Warner Bros. 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.

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 films Heart of Lightness - filmed in Norway in the Arctic Circle - and playing the lead role in When The Starlight Ends, an Independent movie shot in Los Angeles for Intellectual Films.

On stage, Heughan 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, Heughan starred in productions including "Crime & Punishment," "The Seagull" and "Prometheus Bound."

Since starring in "Outlander," Heughan has received numerous fan-generated accolades, including the BBC America Anglophenia Man of the Year (2014), E! Online Alpha Male (2015), Entertainment Weekly's EW-wy Best Actor ? Drama (2015) and Radio Times TV Champion (2015). Additionally, "Outlander" took home the award for Favorite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show at the 2015 People's Choice Awards.

Sam created My Peak Challenge, a charity fitness event and brand. In collaboration with Leukemia Lymphoma Research, Bear Strength Clothing and Fight Camp Glasgow, they have raised thousands for charity.

TOBIAS MENZIES (Frank Randall/ Captain Black Jack Randall)

British actor Tobias Menzies received a Golden Globe? nomination this year in the Best Supporting Actor category for his work on "Outlander." He will also be seen in the upcoming Season Six of HBO's "Game of Thrones" as heir of Riverrun, `Edmure Tully.' He came to international fame with his role as `Brutus' in HBO's acclaimed historical epic "Rome" and since then has been in demand on TV, stage and the big screen. His latest TV role is in an all-star cast in the BBC's prestige adaptation of the John Le Carre bestseller "The Night Manager" and was recently seen in the hit comedy "Catastrophe" with Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney. 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 opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal in the mini-series "The Honourable Woman" created by Hugo Blick. On the big screen he will shortly be seen in Underworld: Next Generation opposite Kate Beckinsale and Charles Dance. His first notable film role came opposite Dame Judi Dench in the 2006 reboot of the James Bond franchise, Casino Royale, and further film credits include Atonement, The Duel and Finding Neverland. He is about to begin a run in Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" at the Almeida Theatre in London. He has also worked at London's Donmar Warehouse in "The Recruiting Officer" and The Royal National Theatre in "The History Boys" in which he played the pivotal role of the troubled young teacher `Irwin.' RADA-trained actor Menzies has also played `Edgar' in Pete Postlethwaites's "King Lear," Kiera Knightley's fianc? in "The Children's Hour," "Hamlet" directed by Rupert Goold and starred in Wallace Shawn's dramatic monologue "The Fever" directed by Robert Icke for the Almeida.

DUNCAN LACROIX (Murtagh)

Duncan Lacroix played the part of a Saxon noble `Ealdorman Werferth' in season two of "Vikings" which filmed in Ireland. The British-born actor's other notable television 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" with the 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 Schimmelfennig in "The Ones Who Kill Shooting Stars."

CLAIRE SERMONNE (Louise De Rohan)

Claire Sermonne, who is of French and Russian ancestry has made her name as an actress on stage and television in both France and Russia. A graduate in both the Conservatory of the Dramatic Arts in Paris and the Moscow Art Theatre, where she trained in theatre, song and dance. Sermonne's significant performances include roles in the Russian TV series "The Rights and Laws," and in the short film Echo, directed by Elie Wajeman.

ROSIE DAY (Mary Hawkins)

The Winchester-born British actress Rosie Day began acting on stage aged just five years and has appeared in productions including Nicholas Hytner's "The Winter's Tale" and Trevor Nunn's "Summerfolk" both at the National Theatre. Her most recent credits include Caroline Steinbeis' "Pussy Riot" at the Royal Court and Blythe Stewart's "Velocity" at the Finborough Theatre. Day's many TV roles include ITV Studios' "Homefront," E4'S "Misfits" and the BBC's "Siblings." Day starred as the orphaned deaf mute `Angel' in Paul Hyett's horror film The Seasoning House, winning the Best Actress prize at Screamfest in 2013. The same year she was selected as one of Screen International's UK Stars of Tomorrow. Her further feature work includes the romantic comedy All Roads Lead to Rome, with Sarah Jessica Parker, Paz Vega and Claudia Cardinale, Jan Verdoen's Heart of Lightness, Jonathan English's Ironclad: Battle for Blood for Mythic International Entertainment, and Paul Hyett's horror title Howl. Day is now filming Tiger Aspect Productions' crime drama "Cuffs" for BBC One.

STANLEY WEBER (Le Comte St Germain)

Stanley Weber is classically trained from the Conservatoire Nationale in Paris. He has played the title role in France 2's "Louis XV" and appeared in the critically acclaimed The First Day of the Rest of Your Life. Other credits include Oliver Hirschbiegel's "Borgia" for Canal+, Iain Softley's Trap for Cinderella, Claude Miller's "Therese Desqueyroux" with Audrey Tatou and Thea Sharrock's "Henry V" for the BBC. Stanley has most recently been seen in theaters playing the lead role in the independent feature, Not Another Happy Ending which closed the Edinburgh Film Festival. Weber has just completed filming the lead role in Sword of Vengeance directed by Jim Weedon.

ANDREW GOWER (Prince Charles Stuart)

Fresh from graduating from the Oxford School of Drama in 2010, Liverpool-born Andrew Gower won the role of Dr. Andrew Mullery in Mammoth Media's medical drama "Monroe" for ITV Studios. He has also starred as Nick Cutler, the vampire solicitor in season four of Touchpaper TV's cult comedy "Being Human," and as Gilbert in Company Pictures' "The Village" for the BBC. Gower also played the lead role of Victor Frankenstein in BBC Three's live musical production of "Frankenstein's Wedding," broadcast live from Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds. In the cinema, Gower appeared in Jon Stewart's feature debut Rosewater. Gower's stage credits include `Seiffert' in "The Conquest of the South Pole" at the Arcola Theatre (touring to the Rose Theatre in Kingston). Most recently, Gower played `Caligula' in NBC's mini-series "A.D. The Bible Continues."

LIONEL LINGELSER (King Louis XV)

Lionel Lingelser is a rising star of French stage and screen. A graduate of the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Paris, Lingelser stars in Jean Emmanuel Godart's forthcoming feature Big House with G?rard Depardieu. This follows roles in Fran?ois Desagnat and Thomas Sorriaux's comedy Daddy Cool, with Daniel Auteuil, and Jean-Michel Ribes' Mus?e Haut, Mus?e Bas with Victoria Abril and Michel Blanc. Lingelser's extensive stage work includes the

lead in Moliere's "Les Fourberies de Scapin" directed by Omar Porras, and Marie-Aude Murail's "Oh Boy," directed by Olivier Letellier. The Alsace-born actor also runs his own theatre company, the Munstrum Theatre in Mulhouse.

ROMANN BERRUX (Fergus)

Romann Berrux already has a prolific career considering his age. His first experience as an actor started with Marc Esposito's feature film le Coeur des Hommes 2. He has appeared several times on television, and has embodied the son of Philippe Lefebvre in the French TV series "Detectives" for several years. He also performed the voice of `Kirikou' in the animated film Kirikou Et Les Hommes et Les Femmes and appeared in French theatre with "Kramer Contre Kramer."

DOMINIQUE PINON (Master Raymond)

Born in France, actor Dominique Pinon is renowned for his work with French auteurs and frequent collaborators Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With Caro and Jeunet, Pinon made the post-apocalyptic dark comedy Delicatessen (1991), to be followed by The City of Lost Children (1995). He then made Alien: Resurrection (1997), Am?lie (2001), A Very Long Engagement (2004), Micmacs (2009), and The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013) with Jeunet. Early on in his career, Pinon appeared in Jean-Jacques Beineix's Diva (1981) and Daniel Vigne's The Return of Martin Guerre (1982), for which he received a Cesar? nomination for most promising actor, and later starred in Claude Lelouch's acclaimed Roman de Gare (2007). Pinon's recent feature work includes prominent roles in Israel Horovitz's English-language My Old Lady, Jean-Michel Ribes' Br?ves de Comptoir, Guillaume Lubrano's Reality Check and Roman Prygunov's Downshifter. Pinon is also a prolific presence in the theatre, winning the Moliere for best actor in 2004. His recent stage work includes roles in Christophe Lidon's "La Tempete" and Laurent Frechuret's adaptation of "Richard III."

FRANCES DE LA TOUR (Mother Hildegarde)

British actress Frances de la Tour boasts a hugely successful career spanning 50 years in theatre, television and film. A regular at the National Theatre, the RSC and on London's West End, her celebrated stage performances include `Helena' in Peter Brook's iconic production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (RSC), the title roles in "St Joan" (NT) and "Hamlet" (Half Moon ) and "Les Parents Terribles"(NT), a role which garnered her an Olivier? award nomination for Best Actress) and "The History Boys" ( a role she reprised on Broadway for which she won a Tony Award?). De la Tour won the Evening Standard and Olivier? awards for Best Actress for "Duet For One," the Variety Club Best Actress prize for Noel Coward's "Fallen Angels," the Olivier award for Best Supporting Actress for "When She Danced," and the Olivier award for Best Actress for Eugene O'Neill's "A Moon For The Misbegotten," (Hammersmith Studios). Her television roles include a BAFTA Best Actress nominated performance in "Duet For One," Aunt Western in "Tom Jones," (BBC) Kudos Productions' "Vicious" for which she was nominated for a BAFTA? Best Actress Award, as well as the BBC comedy series "Big School." On film, `Miss Jones' in Rising Damp for which she won an Evening Standard Best Actress Film Award, De La Tour also appeared in Alan Bennett/Nicholas Hytner film of The History Boys for which she was nominated for a BAFTA? Best Actress Award. She has also appeared in Martin Scorsese's Hugo, Michael Newell's Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire and David Yates' Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1, Albert and Allen Hughes' The Book Of Eli, Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland and James Bobin's Alice Through The Looking Glass, `Sally' in Survivor, and more recently in Nicholas Hytner's The Lady In The Van with Maggie Smith, and in Mr Holmes with Ian McKellen.

LAURENCE DOBIESZ

(Alexander Randall)

Laurence Dobiesz is a rising British actor of Polish origins who trained at the Oxford School of Drama and has since worked at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Chichester Theatre and with new young directors including Blanche McIntyre in "When Did You Last See My Mother?" on stage and London's Trafalgar Studios, and in "Mad Forest" for director Caroline Steinbeis. On television, Dobiesz has appeared in "Obsession: Dark Desires" for October Films, "The Riots: In Their Own Words" for the BBC, and "The Bill" for ITV Studios. He played `Prince Harry' in Be Nice! Pictures' Distinguished Ladies. Dobiesz's feature credits include Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, James Kent's Testament of Youth and Oliver Parker's Dad's Army. Since it's radio debut in 2010, Dobiesz has appeared weekly in BBC Radio 4's "What the Papers Say."

GRAHAM McTAVISH (Dougal MacKenzie)

Graham McTavish can currently be seen opposite Oscar?-nominee Sylvester Stallone in Creed, the smash-hit Rocky reboot starring Michael B. Jordan. He will also star opposite Star Trek's Christopher Pine in the upcoming rugged nautical adventure Finest Hours.

His role as Dwalin, the brave warrior dwarf in Peter Jackson's trilogy The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and most recently The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies made him a firm favorite with fantasy fans. He is also a fixture in the Marvel Universe as the voice of Loki for the TV series "Wolverine" and the "X-Men," "Hulk Vs. Thor" and "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes."

McTavish began his career in London, appearing in such diverse projects as the cult hit Red Dwarf, Brian Blessed's King Lear and the miniseries "Empire" as well as leading theatre roles at the Royal Court and the National Theatres in London and the Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh.

One week after arriving in Los Angeles, he landed a leading role in Rambo. Since then, McTavish has worked nonstop in a diverse array of roles on television and film, including the nefarious Russian Diplomat `Mikhail Novakovich' on the final season of "24" and `Earl Jansen' in Secretariat with Diane Lane. Graham can also be seen in Middle Men, with James Caan and Giovanni Ribisi and in the Olivier Megaton feature Columbiana, opposite Zoe Saldana.

McTavish also developed quite a fan base with his voice performance as Dante Aligheri in the animated film and video game of Dante's Inferno.

GARY LEWIS (Colum MacKenzie)

Gary Lewis's role as `Colum MacKenzie' is the latest in a long line of characters that has made him an international name.

Lewis is equally at home in high profile film roles such as the troubled father in Billy Elliot and the volatile `McGloin' in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York as he is in critically-acclaimed independent films such as My Name Is Joe, the Oscar? nominated Joyeux Noel, and the award-winning Glasgow Girls.

Lewis won a Best Actor award for his role in Peter Mullan's Orphans. He and Mullan were recently re-united on screen in the BBC two-part crime drama Stonemouth. Gary is due to film another BBC crime series "One of Us" this year continuing a body work in acclaimed television drama's which includes "Prime Suspect", "Case Histories" and "Silent Witness."

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