Steven Robertson (born 1 January 1977) is a Scottish actor who stars as Detective Sandy Wilson in the
BBC One
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adaptation of
Ann Cleeves's ''
Shetland
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom.
The islands lie about to the ...
'', filmed near where Robertson was born and brought up. He portrayed Michael Connelly, a young man with
cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, spasticity, stiff muscles, Paresis, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be p ...
, in ''
Inside I'm Dancing'', and played Dominic Rook in the popular
BBC Three
BBC Three is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, cov ...
comedy-drama series ''
Being Human''. He has had roles in numerous television programs including ''
Luther'' and ''
The Bletchley Circle''.
Personal life
Robertson grew up in the small village of
Vidlin in the
Shetland Islands
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom.
The islands lie about to the n ...
of
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th ...
, with his two sisters. In his childhood, Robertson battled and overcame severe