Richard Rankin

Rankin was born as Richard Harris on 4 January 1983{{cite news|last=Watson|first=Fay|title=Outlander: How much older is Roger than Brianna in Outlander?|work=The Daily Express|date=8 January 2021|accessdate=4 January 2024|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1381466/Outlander-age-difference-Roger-MacKenzie-Brianna-Fraser-older-evg}} in Rutherglen, Scotland,{{cite news|last=Christie|first=Janet|title=Interview: Richard Rankin on The Syndicate|work=The Scotsman|date=30 May 2015|accessdate=4 January 2024|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/interview-richard-rankin-on-the-syndicate-1503685}} and spent part of his childhood in the East End of Glasgow. He moved to King's Park when he was ten, eventually attending Stonelaw High School.{{cite web|title=Stonelaw's class of 1994-2000 all set to return to Rutherglen for a big school reunion|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/stonelaws-class-1994-2000-set-7207229|work=Daily Record / Rutherglen Reformer|date=22 January 2016|accessdate=17 March 2018}}{{cite web|title=Outlander star Richard Rankin on playing Roger Wakefield, his Glasgow childhood and swapping IT for acting|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/15510851._Anything_dangerous_seemed_to_attract_my_attention______Outlander_star_Richard_Rankin_on_his_Glasgow_childhood/|work=The Herald|date=2 September 2017|accessdate=17 March 2018}} One of four boys born to a father on the police force and a mother in the hotel industry, he originally planned a career in the sciences or Information Technology.

Rankin initially attended Glasgow Caledonian University as an IT major, but changed course after a chance encounter at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel during a holiday in Los Angeles. A local film producer told the then 22-year-old that he had the look of an actor, and upon his return to Glasgow, Rankin auditioned for Langside College with his brother Colin Harris.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/tv-radio/crimson-field-star-richard-rankin-3290814|title=The Crimson Field star Richard Rankin: I went from big budget production to filming in a pal's mum's house in Balornock |first=Paul|last=English|date=27 March 2014|work=Daily Record}} Both graduated and went on to a career in acting, but when Rankin, who was then known by his birth name of Richard Harris, applied for his Equity card he began using his mother's maiden name (Rankin) to prevent confusion with Irish actor Richard Harris.{{cite web|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/12788277.Colin_has_a_ball_as_Scots_soccer_ace_in_Clough_film/|title=Colin has a ball as Scots soccer ace in Clough film|date=26 February 2009|work=Evening Times|accessdate=17 March 2018}}

Rankin began his professional career in 2006 by starring alongside Robert Florence in VideoGaiden, a Scottish video game show originally aired on BBC Two Scotland.{{Cite news |url=http://www.ibtimes.com.au/outlander-season-2-casting-update-richard-rankin-play-roger-wakefield-1492959|title='Outlander' Season 2 casting update: Richard Rankin to play Roger Wakefield|date=2015-12-15|work=International Business Times AU|access-date=2018-07-24|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/mar/03/videogaiden-return-video-gaming-tv-rab-florence-ryan-macleod-scotland|title=VideoGaiden – the return of video gaming's greatest TV show|last=Virtue|first=Graeme|date=2016-03-03|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-07-24}} Between 2007 and 2010 he made appearances on episodic Scottish television programs Legit (2007) and The Old Guys (2009) for the BBC and Taggart (2010) for STV.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2015/07/22/profile-richard-rankin/#|title=Profile: Richard Rankin {{!}} Wonderland Magazine|date=2015-07-22|work=Wonderland|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en-US}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/outlander/news/a777231/silent-witnesss-richard-rankin-joins-the-cast-of-outlander-as-the-grown-up-roger/|title=Outlander casts its grown-up Roger|date=2015-12-14|work=Digital Spy|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en}} The Scottish sketch comedy series Burnistoun, which premiered in 2009 and ran for three series on BBC Two Scotland, featured Rankin in various roles.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/ryjkw/burnistoun--s3-e3-burnistoun/|title=Burnistoun - S3 - Episode 3|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=2018-07-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/burnistoun/videos/4235/excalibur/|title=Excalibur - Burnistoun - British Comedy Guide|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-07-24}}

Two years later Rankin was cast as lovelorn Army Captain Thomas Gillan, alongside Kevin Doyle and Oona Chaplin, in the WWI based mini-series The Crimson Field .{{Cite news|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-04-20/the-crimson-fields-richard-rankin-on-thomas-and-kittys-romance-and-hopes-for-a-second-series/|title=The Crimson Field's Richard Rankin on Thomas and Kitty's romance and hopes for a second series|work=Radio Times|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en}}{{cite web|url=http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/professor-helps-recreate-1915-field-hospital-for-bbc-drama-the-crimson-field/|title=Professor helps recreate 1915 field hospital for BBC drama The Crimson Field|publisher=Manchester University}} The program aired on BBC One in April 2014, but only ran for one series.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01tlxzb|title=The Crimson Field - BBC One|publisher=}} He joined the cast of BBC One's crime drama series Silent Witness in January 2015, starring as Detective Inspector Luke Nelson in series eighteen's two-part story "Falling Angels".{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/ddg8sk/silent-witness--s18-e3-falling-angels---part-one/|title=Silent Witness - S18 - Episode 3: Falling Angels - Part One|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=2018-07-25}} The episode focused on a series of murders on the London Underground, the investigation of which brought up mysterious childhood memories of his father's murder.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/ddjb7s/silent-witness--s18-e4-falling-angels---part-two/|title=Silent Witness - S18 - Episode 4: Falling Angels - Part Two|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=2019-01-07}} Rankin went on to guest star in two episodes of NBC's conspiracy thriller American Odyssey as corporate hit man Haney, though the series was cancelled after season one.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/american-odyssey/cast/|title=American Odyssey|last=TV.com|website=TV.com|access-date=2018-07-25}}{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/american-odyssey-cancelled-nbc-season-2-1201524230/|title=NBC Cancels ‘American Odyssey’ After One Season|last=Wagmeister|first=Elizabeth|date=2015-07-01|work=Variety|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en-US}}

File:Richard Rankin (and Sophie Skelton) at the Sasnak City Outlander Convention 18 November 2018.jpg (R) answer fan questions during a group panel at the Sasnak City Outlander convention on 18 November 2018.]]Writer Kay Mellor tailored the role of Sean McGary for Rankin, changing the character from a Northerner to a Scot, in 2015's third series of her anthology drama The Syndicate.{{Cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/interviews/a649991/richard-rankin-on-the-syndicate-and-his-fans-i-love-them-to-bits/|title=The Syndicate returns for series 3|date=2015-06-01|work=Digital Spy|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en}} The series followed a group of colleagues who win the lottery, with Rankin portraying the gamekeeper of struggling English manor Hazelwood.{{Cite news|url=http://ew.com/article/2016/07/06/outlander-richard-rankin/|title='Outlander': 3 shows to help with your new Richard Rankin obsession|work=EW.com|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en}} That same year, BBC One's four part crime drama From Darkness saw Rankin portray Norrie Duncan, husband to Anne-Marie Duff's ex-Manchester cop Claire Church.{{Cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a671854/richard-rankin-from-darkness-is-a-fresh-approach-to-the-crime-genre/|title=Richard Rankin: From Darkness is fresh crime drama|date=2015-10-04|work=Digital Spy|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en}}

December 2015 brought the announcement that Rankin had been cast as adult Roger Wakefield in Starz's time-traveling drama series Outlander, which is based upon Diana Gabaldon's best-selling book series.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/outlander-roger-actor-richard-rankin-cast-season-2-1201661368/|title='Outlander' Season 2 Finds its Roger Wakefield in Scottish Actor Richard Rankin|website=Variety|language=en-US|accessdate=2015-12-21}} Appearing first in the 2016 season two finale and then again in several episodes of season three, Rankin's character is the love interest of Brianna Fraser.{{Cite news|url=https://parade.com/607672/paulettecohn/outlanders-new-star-richard-rankin-on-working-with-sophie-skelton-and-what-he-has-learned/|title=Outlander's New Star Richard Rankin on Working with Sophie Skelton and What He Has Learned|last=Cohn|first=Paulette|work=Parade|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://ew.com/article/2016/07/06/outlander-richard-rankin/|title='Outlander': 3 shows to help with your new Richard Rankin obsession|work=EW.com|access-date=2018-07-24|language=en}} He returned in seasons four and five, which premiered 4 November 2018 and 14 February 2020 respectively, with an expanded and recurring role in the series.{{Cite news|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/outlander-season-4-details|title=Everything We Know About 'Outlander' Season 4 So Far|last=Moeslein|first=Anna|work=Glamour|access-date=2018-10-22|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Cohn|first=Paulette|date=2020-02-14|title=The Outlander Premiere Dropped Early! Plus Everything Else You Need to Know About Season 5|url=https://parade.com/957799/paulettecohn/outlander-season-5/|access-date=2021-12-12|website=Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays|language=en}} Later in 2016, Rankin appeared as Detective Inspector Elliott Carne on the BBC's crime drama Thirteen. The series centered on Ivy Moxam (Jodie Comer), a young girl kidnapped and held for thirteen years, as she attempted to reconnect with the life she once had.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2016/06/23/missing-girls-return-throws-family-into-turmoil-in-bbc-americas-riveting-series/|title=Missing girl’s return throws family into turmoil in BBC America’s riveting series|date=2016-06-23|website=Boston Herald|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-04}}

Rankin had roles in two BBC productions in 2017. First was the dramatic miniseries The Replacement, which revolved around Ellen (Morven Christie), who was dealing with maternity leave and the effects it was having on her career. Rankin played her psychiatrist husband in the three-part series.{{Cite news|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2018-07-20/meet-the-cast-of-the-replacement/|title=Meet the cast of The Replacement|work=Radio Times|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en}} The second was a two-episode stint as Father Hrothweard in BBC Two's historical drama The Last Kingdom, which was based upon Bernard Cornwell's series of novels entitled The Saxon Stories.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/mar/16/the-last-kingdom-recap-series-two-episode-one-back-to-wild-wild-wessex|title=The Last Kingdom recap: series two, episode one – back to wild wild Wessex|last=Hughes|first=Sarah|date=2017-03-16|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-07-25}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2018-07-25/the-last-kingdom-season-3-netflix/|title=The Last Kingdom series 3 confirmed – historical drama to air exclusively on Netflix|work=Radio Times|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en}}

Series twenty of ITV's long-running crime drama Midsomer Murders, which premiered in the United States in 2018 prior to its release in the UK, featured Rankin in episode four as rugby star Danny Wickham.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/britbox-midsomer-murders-1202664951/|title=BritBox Scoops Up All 20 Seasons of ‘Midsomer Murders’|last=Clarke|first=Stewart|date=2018-01-16|work=Variety|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en-US}} In 2019 Rankin starred in series two of BBC One's drama Trust Me as neurologist Dr. Alex Kiernan.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/09/alfred-enoch-trust-me-1202465674/|title=‘How To Get Away With Murder’ Star Alfred Enoch To Replace Jodie Whittaker In BBC Drama ‘Trust Me’|last=White|first=Peter|date=2018-09-17|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-10-22|language=en-US}} The second series, which began filming in Glasgow, Scotland in September 2018, featured a complete recasting from series one, with Rankin joining Alfred Enoch, Ashley Jensen, and John Hannah in the medical thriller.{{Cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a866327/jodie-whittaker-series-2-bbc-one-trust-me-replaced-alfred-enoch/|title=BBC's Trust Me replaces Jodie Whittaker with new lead|date=2018-09-17|work=Digital Spy|access-date=2018-10-22|language=en}}

In July 2020, Rankin starred in an episode of the National Theatre of Scotland/BBC Scotland's Scenes for Survival, a series of short theatrical productions that were filmed in quarantine, which was created in response to a worldwide outbreak of COVID-19. The episode, entitled The Longest Summer, features Rankin as a man remembering his childhood summers and includes a title song written by Noisemaker and performed by Rankin. The song was later released as a single to raise funds for the Scenes for Survival Hardship Fund, which assists artists hardest hit by the pandemic.{{Cite web|last=McStay|first=Kirsten|date=2020-07-28|title=Outlander actor stars in new production to fundraise for Scenes for Survival|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/outlander-actor-richard-rankin-stars-22428290|access-date=2020-08-04|website=dailyrecord}}{{Cite web|author=BWW News Desk|title=National Theatre Of Scotland Announces New Scenes For Survival Films, First BBC Scotland Broadcasts and iPlayer Releases|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/scotland/article/National-Theatre-Of-Scotland-Announces-New-Scenes-For-Survival-Films-First-BBC-Scotland-Broadcasts-and-iPlayer-Releases-20200730|access-date=2020-08-04|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en}}

In 2023 it was revealed that Rankin had been cast in the lead role of Detective Sergeant John Rebus, in a rebooted series based on the crime novels of author Ian Rankin, called Rebus.{{cite news |first=Max |last=Goldbart |title=Viaplay Finds Its Inspector Rebus|url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/rebus-reboot-viaplay-finds-outlander-star-richard-rankin-1235300326/ |access-date=March 17, 2023|work=Deadline Hollywood |date=March 16, 2023}}

Rankin starred in his first film role with 2011's short Dead Ringer, directed by Carter Ferguson.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagoshakes.com/plays_and_events/blackwatch2011/Richard_Rankin|title=Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Black Watch|website=www.chicagoshakes.com|access-date=2019-01-07}} Conceived, written, and filmed in a forty-eight hour period, the film won several awards, including Best Director and Best Actor for Rankin, at the Glasgow 48 Hour Film Project.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fightdirector.com/single-post/2015/12/10/48-HOUR-FILM-PROJECT-How-we-won-big-twice-|title=48 HOUR FILM PROJECT {{!}} How we won big (twice) ... {{!}} fightdirector|website=fightdirector|language=en|access-date=2018-07-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://filmfreeway.com/473146|title=Crime|website=FilmFreeway|language=en|access-date=2018-07-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/richard-rankin/bio/813999|title=Richard Rankin {{!}} TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-07}} He would go on to star in an ultra low-budget horror film, House of Him, which was released during the Glasgow Film Festival, in February 2014. The film had a budget of approximately £900 and starred many of his Burnistoun colleagues, including Kirsty Strain and Louise Stewart.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/movie-review-house-him-4569827|title=Movie review: The House of Him|last=McConnachie|first=Garry|date=2014-11-05|work=dailyrecord|access-date=2018-07-25}}{{Cite news|url=https://film.list.co.uk/article/58900-the-house-of-him/|title=The House of Him|date=2014-02-24|work=The List|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en-GB}} The next year Rankin was cast in John Well's film Burnt, alongside Bradley Cooper.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2015/12/outlander-cast-richard-rankin-roger-wakefield-season-2-1201666857/|title=‘Outlander’ Casts Richard Rankin As Roger Wakefield|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=2015-12-14|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-07-25|language=en-US}} Returning to short films in 2016, Rankin starred as Vance in Chloë Wicks' The Wyrd, the story of a young couple in seventh century pagan England dealing with the introduction of Christianity.{{Cite web|url=http://www.norwichfilmfestival.co.uk/2017-the-wyrd|title=2017 – The Wyrd|website=www.norwichfilmfestival.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-07-25}}{{Citation|last=TheVideoWhisperer|title=Behind the Scenes on The Wyrd with Richard Rankin|date=2016-10-12|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9-C0b9Ui58|access-date=2018-07-25}} It was announced in 2021 that Rankin would star in the short film Hello, Muscles, alongside Game of Thrones alumna Kate Dickie, as part of a campaign to raise awareness for young carers (caregivers).{{Cite web|last=Clark|first=Alasdair|title=Game of Thrones and Outlander stars filming in Dundee this weekend|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/2265577/outlander-star-richard-rankin-filming-new-short-film-in-dundee-this-weekend/|access-date=2021-07-06|website=The Courier|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|last=McLaren|first=Jennifer|title=Dundee newsagent becomes film set for Game of Thrones star|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/2284384/dundee-newsagent-becomes-film-set-for-game-of-thrones-star/|access-date=2021-07-06|website=The Courier|language=en-GB}}

In 2008, while still in school at Langside College, Rankin portrayed Bothwell in Liz Lochhead's play Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off at the Citizen's Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland. The next year he was cast, opposite his brother Colin Harris, in the dark comedy The Pillowman for XLC Productions. The production, which originally ran in March 2009, was invited to return to the Citizen's Theatre for a second run in September of that year. 2010 saw Rankin star as Donny in Martin McDonagh's Irish paramilitary play The Lieutenant of Inishmore before joining the National Theatre of Scotland's production of Gregory Burke's military play Black Watch. The play chronicled the experiences of members of Scotland's senior infantry regiment during the war in Iraq and was the first from National Theatre of Scotland to tour internationally, performing in locations such as Belfast, New York City, Washington D.C., and San Francisco.{{Cite web|title=Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Black Watch|url=https://www.chicagoshakes.com/plays_and_events/blackwatch2011/Richard_Rankin|access-date=2020-10-26|website=www.chicagoshakes.com}}

Over the next two years Rankin would work with the Traverse Theatre, first in David Harrower's short play Good With People, which was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2012), and then in Irish playwright David Ireland's comedy Most Favoured (2013).{{Cite web|title=Most Favoured (PPP), Traverse Theatre, Review {{!}} Edinburgh Guide|url=https://www.edinburghguide.com/node/12101|access-date=2020-10-26|website=www.edinburghguide.com}} In 2014 he would headline in Kieran Hurley's play Bruises, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Unusual Unions series, as one of two brothers with diametrically opposing views meeting after a long absence.{{Cite web|title=Unusual Unions|url=https://royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/unusual-unions/|access-date=2020-10-26|website=Royal Court|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=mag9l|date=2014-03-12|title=Review: Unusual Unions, Royal Court|url=https://www.oughttobeclowns.com/2014/03/review-unusual-unions-royal-court.html/|access-date=2020-10-26|website=There Ought To Be Clowns|language=en-US}} In late 2021 Rankin returned to the stage, at London's Almeida Theatre, in award winning director Yaël Farber's production of Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth.{{Cite web|last=Wild|first=Stephi|title=Full Cast Announced For THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH at Almeida Theatre|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/-Full-Cast-Announced-For-THE-TRAGEDY-OF-MACBETH-at-Almeida-Theatre-20210818|access-date=2021-09-21|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Full cast joining Saoirse Ronan and James McArdle in Macbeth revealed {{!}} WhatsOnStage|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/fulll-cast-saoirse-ronan-mcardle-macbeth_54723.html|access-date=2021-09-21|website=www.whatsonstage.com|language=en-GB}} He was nominated for a WhatsOnStage Award in the category of Best Supporting Performer in a Male Identifying Role for his turn as Ross in the production.{{Cite web|title=Nominees for 22nd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards announced {{!}} WhatsOnStage|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/nominees-for-22nd-annual-whatsonstage-awards_55507.html|access-date=2021-12-10|website=www.whatsonstage.com|language=en-GB}}

Rankin appeared as Jack in BBC Radio Scotland's four-part Saddled in early 2019, a comedy which revolved around the adventures of The Easy Rider Cycling Club's members.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003sj0|title=BBC Radio Scotland - Saddled, On Your Bike|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/saddled/episodes/|title=Saddled episode guide|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-02}}

Summer 2021 saw production Company The Big Light, in collaboration with musical theatre partner Noisemaker, produce an eight-part musical podcast entitled "Atlantic: A Scottish Tale".{{Cite web|title=Final islanders on St Kilda set to inspire new Scottish podcast musical|url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/final-islanders-on-st-kilda-set-to-inspire-new-scottish-podcast-musical-3254255|access-date=2021-07-05|website=www.scotsman.com|language=en}} The series focused on the final settlers of the remote Scottish island St. Kilda, with Rankin featuring as Sloane Sinclaire.{{Cite web|last=Murphy|first=Sean|date=2021-06-16|title=Outlander's Richard Rankin to star in musical podcast about remote Scots island|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/outlanders-richard-rankin-feature-new-24334514|access-date=2021-07-05|website=Daily Record|language=en}}

In addition to his acting credits, Rankin is an avid photographer. In March 2019 he hosted a one-night solo photography exhibition, entitled "His Mind’s Eye", at the Littlefield Gallery NYC in Brooklyn, New York.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwart/article/Art-Exhibition-By-OUTLANDERs-Richard-Rankin-Opens-March-27-For-One-Day-Only-20190307|title=Art Exhibition By OUTLANDER's Richard Rankin Opens March 27 For One-Day Only|author=BWW News Desk|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a26973082/outlander-richard-rankin-nyc-photography-show/|title=Outlander's Richard Rankin Just Revealed His Secret Talent|last=Hallemann|first=Caroline|date=2019-03-28|website=Town & Country|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/outlander-star-richard-rankin-talks-new-new-photography-exhibit-and-teases-the-series-upcoming-fifth-season|title='Outlander' star Richard Rankin teases upcoming fifth season, talks his new photography exhibit|last=Napoli|first=Jessica|date=2019-03-26|website=Fox News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-25}}

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