Captain Charles Cunningham

Captain Charles Cunningham holds a rank and a uniform, and in a story built on the collision between empire and clan, that alone tells you where he stands. He arrives as an officer doing an officer's job — giving orders, expecting them obeyed — inside a world where obedience is never simple.

Kieran Bew has a gift for making authority feel lived-in rather than performed, and Outlander is a show that thrives on officers who could tip either way, decent or dangerous, depending on the room. A face like his keeps you watching to see which one this is.