He has appeared in the movies Young Alexander the Great, Emulsion, Heart of Lightness, and When the Starlight Ends. Heughan has also acted in stage productions of Outlying Islands, The Vortex, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Plague Over England, and King John. From 2011 to 2012 he starred as Batman in the touring show Batman Live. In 2017 he won a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor.