Christopher D. Fulton (born 27 November 1988) is a Scottish actor.

Early life

Fulton grew up in

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. His parents David and Pauline run the King's Arms Hotel. Fulton trained at the

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, graduating in 2012 with a

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in Acting.

Career

Fulton began his career with roles as Ferg in the 2015 adaptation of '' Stonemouth'' and Jay in the 2016 miniseries '' One of Us'', both on

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. He then played banker Charlie Lamont-Smith, Phoebe's ( Ella-Rae Smith) love interest, in the first series of the 2017

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''. The following year, Fulton made his feature film debut as Euan Bruce in the

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medieval epic ''

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'', starring Chris Pine as

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. He had his second film role as Danny in the 2019 comedy-drama ''

Our Ladies ''Our Ladies'' is a 2019 Scottish coming-of-age comedy-drama film produced and directed by Michael Caton-Jones, who co-wrote the screenplay with Alan Sharp, based on Alan Warner's 1998 novel ''The Sopranos''. The film stars Tallulah Greive, ...

''. In 2020, Fulton began playing Sir Philip Crane in the

period drama ''

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'', an adaptation of the

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novels by

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. The following year, Fulton appeared in the second season of the

fantasy series ''

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'' as the villain Rience. In August 2022, Fulton exited ''The Witcher'' ahead of its third season, and the role of Rience was taken over by Sam Woolf. Later in 2022, Fulton joined the cast of the

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series '' Outlander'' for its seventh season as Rob Cameron, which aired in 2023. He also had a small role as Karl in the Sky series '' The Lazarus Project''. Fulton has an upcoming role in the romance film ''Falling Into Place'' opposite Aylin Tezel.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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