Charles Vandervaart: Last News

Outlander producers have cast the role of Jamie Fraser's son for season seven and he's as handsome as his on-screen father.Charles Vandervaart, 21, will star as the highlander's secret son, William Ransom.Fans of the show will remember how Sam Heughan's feisty Scot fathered a son in season three during the period Jamie and Claire, played by Caitriona Balfe, were separated by time. The secret is out:Outlander producers have cast the role of Jamie Fraser's son for season seven.

The seventh season of the popular Starz historical drama, Outlander, concluded recently, much to the sadness of its fans. The season featured an extended run of 16 episodes, drawing from Diana Gabaldon's novels A Breath of Snow and Ashes and An Echo in the Bone.

Outlander had to come out at some point—and boy did it ever , when Jamie’s son discovered that Lord John Grey was not his father after all.“It’s going to be a full-on identity crisis,” , who plays William, tells Glamour. “His entire life has revolved around him being a lord and these virtues of protecting king and country and that all falls apart in a moment. He discovers that’s all a lie.

Outlander season seven is back on Starz and MGM+ and the drama has been following William Ransom, the secret illegitimate son of Geneva Dunsany (Hannah James) and Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan).

Outlander’s seventh season is after 15 long months. It was back in August 2023 when we last saw Jamie and Claire return to Scotland with Young Ian (who left Rollo with Rachel), and Roger and Buck travel back in time to find Jem.If you haven’t already, I recommend rewatching the first half of Outlander season seven (or 7A, as they’re calling it) before Friday night’s premiere (or you can ).

Starz revealed the official trailer for Outlander Season 7, Part 2 at New York Comic Con.

The eighth season of Outlander is currently filming and fans have been debating over an apparent change that's been made to a pivotal character in the Fraser saga.

Filming for the final season of Outlander has officially begun!

Droughtlander is nearing its end at last!

Outlander fans are in for a treat – a brand new teaser just dropped for season seven!

As part of the “World Outlander Day” celebration, Starz has set the premiere for the second half of Outlander Season 7 for Friday, November 22. New episodes will drop weekly on Fridays at midnight ET on the Starz app, Starz streaming and on-demand. On linear, new episodes will debut at 8 PM ET/PT on Starz in the U.S.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The second half of “Outlander” Season 7 has set its premiere date at Starz. The final eight episodes of the season will premiere on Nov. 22.

Outlander bosses have shared a never before seen clip of Outlander author and creator Diana Gabaldon on the season 7 set earlier this year.

Outlander's season seven has paved the way for America's Revolutionary War and on each side are Jamie Fraser and his son William.

Sharareh Drury SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from “A Most Uncomfortable Woman,” Season 7, Episode 4 of “Outlander,” now streaming on Starz. As the American Revolution revs up on “Outlander,” a battle over a new lass may also have begun for two of the series’ most handsome bachelors — Ian (John Bell) and William Ransom (Charles Vandervaart).  In the fourth episode of Outlander’s seventh season, Ian discovers Ransom severely injured in the woods after being bucked off his horse while on a covert mission for the British army. The two come upon Quaker siblings Denzell Hunter (Joey Phillips) and Rachel Murray (Izzy Meikle-Small) while in search of medical aid for Ransom. Hunter is luckily medically skilled, planning to serve as a Continental Army surgeon.

The final season of “Outlander” is almost here and the cast are placing their bets on how it all ends.

Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe hit the red carpet together for the season 7 premiere of Outlander!

Droughtlander is nearly over as Starz sets the premiere date for Outlander‘s seventh season for Friday, June 16 at midnight ET via streaming, and internationally on the Lionsgate+ premium streaming platform in the U.K. For linear viewers, the show premieres on the same day at 8 p.m. ET/PT in the U.S. New episodes will be released weekly on Fridays.

Terrific news for fans of Outlander: Several favorites from seasons past will rejoin the action in the seventh season of the Starz drama that’s now filming in Scotland. Graham McTavish — who’s on HBO’s House of the Dragon — will reprise his role as Jamie’s uncle Dougal MacKenzie. Also returning is Nell Hudson as Laoghaire Fraser; Steven Cree as Old Ian Murray; Andrew Whipp as Brian Fraser, Jamie’s father; Layla Burns as Joan MacKimmie, Marsali’s sister and Jamie’s stepdaughter; and Lotte Verbeek as Geillis Duncan, Claire’s former friend-turned-enemy and a fellow time traveler. Several new actors will be joining the cast too, including Gloria Obianyo (Dune) as Mercy Woodcock, a free Black woman navigating the hardships of life in Colonial America; Rod Hallett (The Last Kingdom) as Benedict Arnold, the notorious Revolutionary soldier turned traitor; Chris Fulton (Bridgerton) as Rob Cameron, a new acquaintance of Roger and Brianna; Diarmaid Murtagh (Vikings) as Buck MacKenzie, the illegitimate son of Dougal MacKenzie and Geillis Duncan, and Roger’s ancestor, a role previously played by Graham McTavish in season five, and Kristin Atherton (Shakespeare & Hathaway) as Jenny Murray, Jamie’s sister and Young Ian’s mother, a role originated by Laura Donnelly in seasons one through three. Previously announced additions include Charles Vandervaart as William Ransom; Izzy Meikle-Small as Rachel Hunter and Joey Phillips as Denzell Hunter.

Outlander fans have been given a glimpse of two of the new actors who will be joining the cast this season – and a little bit more about the actors they will be playing. Much to the delight of fans of the books, siblings the Hunters will be crossing paths with our Outlander favourites and actors Izzy Meikle-Small and Joey Phillips were announced earlier on this year to play them.

Big news for Outlander fans was the recent adult casting of William Ransom for season 7, with Canadian actor Charles Vandervaart set to play Jamie Fraser's (Sam Heughan) 'secret' son in the hit show.

Two new cast members have been announced for season 7 of Outlander and it appears the much-anticipated arrival of two characters from the books is on its way.