‘Outlander: Blood Of My Blood’ Finds Its Young Murtagh, MacKenzie Brothers, & Ned Gowan

Four more actors have been welcomed in to Clan Fraser for the Starz prequel series Outlander: Blood of My Blood.

Joining the family tree as a young Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser is Rory Alexander (Inland), a role originated by Duncan LaCroix. Sam Retford (The Bolelyns: A Scandalous Family) takes on the role of the headstrong Dougal MacKenzie, Séamus McLean Ross (Payback) as his shrewd older brother Colum MacKenzie, and serving as their faithful advisor and voice of reason is Conor MacNeill (Industry) as a young Ned Gowan. The roles were originated by Graham McTavish, Gary Lewis and Bill Paterson respectively.

The newest cast members join previously confirmed cast members Jeremy Irvine, Hermione Corfield, Jamie Roy, Harriet Slater, and Tony Curran. 

Blood of My Blood will explore the lives and relationships of Jamie’s parents, Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy) and Claire’s parents, Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine). The 10-episode series will center on the two parallel love stories set in two different time periods, with Jamie’s parents in the early 18th century Scottish Highlands and Claire’s parents in WWI England.  

“We are thrilled to expand our season one cast with some well-known characters from the ‘Outlander’ universe. We’re so excited to welcome Rory, Sam, Séamus and Conor to the MacKenzie and Fraser clans and to explore the young journeys of these fan-favorite characters,” says Matthew B. Roberts, showrunner and executive producer on Outlander: Blood of My Blood.

Outlander, which will celebrate its 10th anniversary this summer, will be airing the back eight episodes of its seventh season later this year and has been confirmed for a 10-episode eighth season, which will begin production shortly in Scotland.