About

Scottish-born stage and screen actor who played Scott Nielson on the BBC series, Doctors, and acted on stage in Outlying Islands and Hamlet. His fame skyrocketed as a result of his role on Outlander alongside Caitriona Balfe.

Before Fame

He trained in Glasgow at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Trivia

He earned a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award nomination for his performance in a 2002 Royal Court Theatre production of Outlying Islands.

Family Life

He was born in New Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Scotland and grew up alongside his brother Cirdan. He has been dating actress Amy Shiels since mid-2018.

Associated With

He plays Jamie Fraser in the Starz Outlander series, a show based on a book series of the same title by author Diana Gabaldon.

Joanne Froggatt (born 23 August 1980) is an English actress. From 2010 to 2015, she portrayed Anna Bates in the ITV period drama series Downton Abbey. For this role, she received three Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2014. From 2017, she has starred in the ITV drama series Liar.

Froggatt's early television appearances include Coronation Street (1997–1998), Bad Girls (1999), Dinnerladies (1999), and A Touch of Frost (2001). She went on to star in the television films Danielle Cable: Eyewitness (2003), See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006), and Murder in the Outback (2007), before winning the British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her leading role in the 2010 film In Our Name.

毕业于英国皇家戏剧艺术学院的劳伦斯·福克斯来自于演艺世家，父亲是演员詹姆斯·福克斯（James Fox），而爱德华·福克斯（ Edward Fox）、罗伯特·福克斯（Robert Fox）、丹尼尔·柴特（Daniel Chatto）则是他的叔伯们；乔安娜·大卫是他的伯母，而艾米丽雅·福克斯则是他的堂姐。劳伦斯是英国的一颗冉冉升起的新星：无论在电影、戏剧还是电视上，都有可圈可点的表现。

天生反叛的个性使劳伦斯在Harrow School和皇家戏剧艺术学院过得并不如意。他第一次出现在大银幕上是2001年的恐怖片《鬼地方》，随后又出现在《高斯福庄园》中。在扮演了很多个德国和英国士兵后，他在《科尔迪兹要塞》（2005）中的表现获得了好评，这次成功使他获邀主演《Lewis》，这部剧集在2006-2008年制作了两季。

和比莉·派佩的婚礼劳伦斯还扮演过《爱就是一切》（2005）中的威尔士亲王查尔斯；《成为简·奥斯汀》（2007）中爱慕奥斯汀的维斯雷；《辉煌年代》（2007）中的大法官克里斯多夫·海顿爵士；还是2007年，劳伦斯还出现在根据E.M.福斯特（E.M. Forster）的小说改编的《看得见风景的房间》中的塞西尔·维斯。

劳伦斯也活跃在舞台上，出演过萧伯纳的《华伦夫人的职业》（2002）、约翰·福特的《她是个妓女》（2005）、克里斯多夫·汉普顿的《Treats》（2006-2007）。而在出演《Treats》时，他结识了女演员比莉·派佩，两人相爱并于2007年12月31日结婚。第二年10月21日，派佩生下了儿子温斯顿·詹姆斯·福克斯。值得一提的是，派佩也曾经出演过简·奥斯汀的作品，那是2007的《曼斯菲尔德庄园》，她出演女主角范妮·普莱斯。