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Jason Morgan Donoghue (born 14 October 1977) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Shane Swanson in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, Dominic Pearce in the science fiction series Outlanders and DI Toby Lawrence in the crime thriller miniseries Murder Incorporated.

Early life
Donoghue was born in Shrewsbury to parents John and Suzanne (née Whitelaw). When he was three months old they moved to the London Borough of Islington, where he was brought up alongside his sisters Louise (born 1974) and Emma (born 1980). Donoghue attended Ashmount Primary School and Central Foundation Boys' School and initially aspired to join the Royal Navy. After landing a bit part in a pantomime when he was fourteen he chose to become an actor. At sixteen he left school after getting a training placement at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Television work
Donoghue's first role was guest starring in two episodes of the police procedural drama The Bill. However, it was his second screen role that turned him into a household name when he was cast as bad boy Shane Swanson in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, signing a four-year contract to the show. He appeared from 1996 until 2000, when he quit to pursue new roles.

Having become an accomplished television star, Donoghue appeared in various television shows including Queer as Folk, Casualty, Coronation Street, Cutting It and Doctor Who, along with several performances in stage productions.

Following another sixteen–month stint as Shane Swanson on Hollyoaks (2005–07), which ended in January 2007 after Donoghue was axed, he was cast in the role of Dominic Pearce in the science fiction television series Outlanders, making his first appearance as one of the six original protagonists in the series in the pilot episode. Donoghue garnered much critical success and acclaim for his role, and as one of the cast was nominated for several BAFTA Awards. The role remains his most successful to date. However, following the conclusion of the third series in 2009 Donoghue announced he was quitting and that he would depart after the next series. Donoghue departed the show at the conclusion of the fourth series, with his character being killed off.

Shortly after departing Outlanders in November 2010 Donoghue announced that he would be returning to Hollyoaks in the new year in his third stint on the show. After appearing in three episodes of Misfits, Donoghue filmed his first scenes back on Hollyoaks in December 2010, making his return to the series on 12 January 2011. In January 2012 Donoghue took a break from Hollyoaks to film several cameo appearances for his character of Dominic in Outlanders and his scenes for the film Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, and returned to the soap opera on 13 July 2012. In September 2013 Donoghue took a second break from Hollyoaks to perform in a Royal National Theatre production of Hamlet. He returned to the show on 25 December 2013.

Awards
As a member of the cast of Outlanders Donoghue has won a total of four British Academy Television Awards for Best Drama Series. He has also twice been nominated for the British Academy Television Award. At the British Soap Awards in 2000, 2011, and 2013 Donoghue was nominated for "Sexiest Male", and in 2012 for "Best Actor". At the Inside Soap Awards in 2006 and 2013 he was nominated for "Best Bad Boy", and won the award at the 2011 Inside Soap Awards.

Filmography
Donoghue made his first film appearance in the 2002 film Once Upon a Time in the Midlands, and he has gone on to make appearances in a further four films, The Football Factory (2004), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Attack the Block (2011) and Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013).