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12 Facts About Steven Robertson

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Steven Robertson was born on 1 January 1977 and is a Scottish actor who stars as Detective Sandy Wilson in the BBC One adaptation of Ann Cleeves's Shetland, filmed near where Robertson was born and brought up.

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Steven Robertson portrayed Michael Connelly, a young man with cerebral palsy, in Inside I'm Dancing, and played Dominic Rook in the popular BBC Three comedy-drama series Being Human.

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Steven Robertson has had roles in numerous television programmes including Luther and The Bletchley Circle.

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Steven Robertson stated that she was the trigger for him pursuing a career in performing by telling him old Shetland tales.

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Steven Robertson is a member of Aya Theatre and has starred in their adaptation of George Orwell's Burmese Days as Flory.

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Steven Robertson then went on to play a small part in the 2005 film Kingdom of Heaven as an Angelic Priest.

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Steven Robertson then went on to 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 roll of a dice.

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Steven Robertson then played Dominic Rook, a government leader whose department protects the world from supernaturals in series 5 of the British supernatural drama Being Human.

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Steven Robertson later worked on series 2 of Utopia, a British conspiracy thriller for Channel 4 where he played the role of Terrence.

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Steven Robertson returned to his home in Shetland to film the TV series of the same name, where he starred as Constable Sandy Wilson in the BBC One adaptation of the popular Ann Cleeves book series.

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Steven Robertson stated to Digital Spy that his portrayal of Wilson was a "nice break from playing killers and creeps".

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Steven Robertson returned as DC Wilson for the fourth series, which was broadcast in early 2018, the fifth series, broadcast in early 2019, the sixth in 2021 and the seventh in 2022.