Steven Robertson

Known for ActingBorn 1980-01-01 (age 46)Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK

Steven Robertson (born 1 January 1977, in Vidlin, Shetland Islands, Scotland) is a Scottish actor who overcame severe dyslexia to be named Student of the Year at Fife College in Kirkcaldy, before becoming the first Shetlander accepted to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In 2004 he was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award for his role in Chekhov's The Seagull, and his first major film role came that same year opposite James McAvoy in Inside I'm Dancing (as Michael Connolly, a young man with cerebral palsy). His most notable film credits include an Angelic Priest in Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Jonathan in Joyeux Noël (2005), Sir Francis Throckmorton in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007, directed by Shekhar Kapur), Minister Davit Kezerashvili in 5 Days of War (2011), Junior Technician Pinnock in The Tourist (2010, with Johnny Depp), Francis Begbie's lawyer in T2 Trainspotting (2017), and Jim in Tell It to the Bees (2018). On television he is best known as Detective Constable Sandy Wilson in Shetland (2013–present, 62 episodes, BBC One), Dominic Rook in Being Human (2008–2013, 7 episodes, BBC Three), Robert Oswald in Harlots (2017, with Heather Graham), Richard Pritchard in Doctor Who (2015), Sergeant Bob Fraser in Red Riding (2009), Cuthbert Clare in Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008), Mark Bradwell in The Bay (2019, ITV, 6 episodes), and Ian in Channel Zero (2018, 6 episodes), with additional credits in Luther (2011), Ripper Street (2012), In the Flesh (2014), Utopia (2014), Vera (2018), Auggie (2021), and Survivor (2015).Read more

Movies & web series

The Race

Utopia

Luther

Ashes to Ashes

The Bletchley Circle

Hustle

Tell It to the Bees

Doctor Who

Shetland

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Shameless

Ripper Street

Vera

Inside I'm Dancing

Einstein's Big Idea

Joyeux Noel

Red Riding

Being Human

Channel Zero

Kingdom of Heaven

T2 Trainspotting

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

NOVA

Neds

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

The Bay

True North

The Boys Are Back

The Tourist

Auggie

Survivor

Brighton Rock

5 Days of War

Sugarhouse

Straightheads

Scrubber

He Kills Coppers

The Comedian

The Somnambulists

A Gentle Creature