Steven Robertson

Steven Robertson (born 1 January 1980) is a Scottish theatre and film actor best known for his role as a young man with cerebral palsy in Inside I'm Dancing. He has had roles in numerous television programs including Being Human as Dominic Rook and Shetland as Constable Sandy Wilson. Robertson has even won an Ian Charleson award for his role in Chekhov's 'The Seagull'. He battled and overcame severe dyslexia as a child and went on to be named Fife College's student of the year.

Personal life

Steven Robertson was born as the younger brother of two sisters. Before pursuing an acting career, Robertson worked as an odd-job man in his village. He was the first Shetlander to be accepted into Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Whilst there he met his wife, the actress Charlotte Allam.^{[1] [2]}

Career

Robertson's first major film role came in 2004 when he starred alongside fellow Scotish actor James McAvoy in Inside I'm Dancing.^[3] The film received a mixed response with Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 5.8 out of 10.^[4]

He then went on to play a small part in the 2005 film Kingdom of Heaven as an Angelic Priest. Following this, he had a big role in the 2005 French war film Joyeux Noel in which he played Jonathan, a young man who's brother was shot dead during WW1.^[5] Robertson then went onto play characters in numerous TV dramas, including Luther where he played both of the Millberry twins, a murderous duo who decided their victim's fate on the role of a dice.^[6]

Robertson then went onto play one of his most notable roles as Dominic Rook, a government leader who's department protects the world from supernaturals, in series 5 of the British supernatural drama Being Human. He then returned to his home in Shetland to film the TV series Shetland (TV series) along with Douglas Henshall. The series was criticised for it's lack of Shetland accents, however it attracted over 6 million viewers and will return with a second series starring Brian Cox and Julie Graham.^[7]

Education

• Vidlin Primary School
• Brae High School
• Anderson High School, Lerwick
• Fife College (Drama), Kirkcaldy (named Student of the Year)^[8]
• Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London

Filmography

• Inside I'm Dancing (2004) (also released under the title Rory O'Shea Was Here) as Michael Connolly
• Kingdom of Heaven (2005) as the Angelic Priest^[9]
• Joyeux Noël (2005) as Jonathan
• True North (2006) as The Cook
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) as Francis Throckmorton
• Neds (2010) as Mr Bonetti
• 5 Days of War (2011) as Davit Kezerashvili
• The Somnambulists (2012) as Man 12

TV work

• E=mc² (2005) as Michael Faraday
• Tess of the d'Urbervilles (2008) as Cuthbert Clare
• Shameless (2009) as Padraig Maguire, deceased father of Paddy Maguire seen in a nightmare
• Red Riding (2009) as Sergeant Bob Fraser
• Ashes to Ashes (2010) as Paul Thordy
• Luther (2011) as Robert/Nicholas Millberry
• Parade's End as Colonel Bill Williams, CO (2012)^[10]
• Being Human (2012-Guest, 2013-Regular) as Mr. Rook
• The Bletchley Circle (2012) as Crawley
• Shetland (2013) as Police Constable Sandy Wilson
• New Tricks (2013) as Tim Belgrade

Stage

• King Lear (2002) as Kent (Royal Shakespeare Company Academy)
• The Seagull (2003) as Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplyov (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
• Antony and Cleopatra as Octavian (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
• The Tempest (2007) as Ariel (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
• Ghosts (2009) as Oswald Alving (Citizens Theatre)

References

External links

• Steven Robertson at the Internet Movie Database
• Shetlopedia.com – Steven Robertson Page