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Iain Robertson is a Scottish actor who was born in Glasgow. He had no thoughts on becoming an actor until he read a report from his primary school teacher Mr O’Kane which read ‘this boy has a special aptitude for the dramatic arts’ . Iain wasted no time in joining local amateur theatre companies such as Govan And Paisley theatre co and Toonspeak, appearing in various productions around Glasgow. He was soon looking for more exciting and professional experience, and began to buy ‘The Stage’, the entertainers newspaper. Soon he discovered that ‘The Stage’ were offering scholarships to a certain London Theatre School …
Having won a scholarship to the Sylvia Young Theatre School at the age of thirteen Iain trained for three years in music and dramatic arts at the highly acclaimed school. Before long he was awarded a BAFTA for his performance as Lex in Gillies and Billy Mackinnon’s ‘Small Faces’. He had also guest starred in shows such as ‘Kavanagh QC’, ‘Rebus’, ‘Rab C. Nesbitt’, ‘Silent Witness’ and ‘A Mugs Game’. Also, not forgetting ‘Band of Brothers for Steven Spielberg’s company Dreamworks.
By the age of seventeen he co-starred alongside Billy Connolly in ‘The Debt Collector’. Iain received rave reviews for his character Flipper. He then turned his hand to theatre. Now he was working with Bill Bryden’s Cottesloe Company on the millennium production of ‘The Mysteries’ and ‘The Good Hope’. He also appeared in Nick Hyntners production of ‘The Winters Tale’ alongside Phil Daniels at the Olivier Theatre. As well as playing Trinculo the clown opposite Derek Jacobi’s Prospero at the Old Vic, in Michael Grandage’s production of ‘The Tempest’. He returned to Scottish theatre appearing as Spanky in the Traverse theatres successful revival of John Byrne’s ‘The Slab Boys’ trilogy alongside Una MacLean and Paul Hickey.
Iain Robertson finished two years starring in BBC Scotland’s hit paranormal series ‘Sea of Souls’. He played Craig Stevenson alongside Bill Paterson and Dawn Steele. Then he featured in the Glasgow Citizens Theatre ‘Love will tear us Apart’ spring season. Here he was Romeo in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and Leonardo in ‘Blood Wedding’. He then completed filming on his next feature ‘The Shooter’ with Wesley Snipes, Charles Dance, Ralph Brown and Lena Heady. In which he played Scotland Yard detective Adam Cramston.
2017 saw Iain join the cast of BBC Scotland’s River City, taking over the role of Stevie O’Hara a part a character in the series since 2003 and a part Iain still plays today.
The West Highland Way was one of Iain’s next projects. In 2021 BBC Scotland released “Iain Robertson Rambles”. This was a two part documentary following Iain as he tackled the ninety six mile walk from Milngavie in Glasgow to Fort William in the Scottish Highlands. A second series saw Iain tackle the Southern Upland Way and the Speyside Way.
Iain is a superb after dinner speaker and has considerable experience in Burns nights. He also plays the ukulele.
