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==Early life==
==Early life==
Originally from [[Govan]] in [[Glasgow]], Robertson grew up part of a family of seven in a two-bedroom tenement. He had no thoughts of becoming an actor until he received a report from his primary school teacher Mr O'Kane saying, 'this boy has a special aptitude for drama'. He joined a local dramatic arts group at the age of 11 and quickly set about producing producing his own play, co-written and directed by his friends, Leah Beattie, Kelly Mitchell and John Rennie. He soon looked around for further opportunities and noticed an advertisement offering scholarships to the Sylvia Young Theatre School. He was among 2,000 children to audition.
Originally from [[Govan]] in [[Glasgow]], Robertson grew up part of a family of seven in a two-bedroom tenement. He had no thoughts of becoming an actor until he received a report from his primary school teacher Mr O'Kane saying, 'this boy has a special aptitude for drama'. He joined a local dramatic arts group at the age of 11 and quickly set about producing his own play, co-written and directed by his friends, Leah Beattie, Kelly Mitchell and John Rennie. He soon looked around for further opportunities and noticed an advertisement offering scholarships to the Sylvia Young Theatre School. He was among 2,000 children to audition.


After winning the scholarship to the [[Sylvia Young Theatre School]] at the age of 12, he went to work appearing in what are now regarded as classic dramas such as ''[[Kavanagh Q.C.]]'', ''Silent Witness'' and ''[[Bramwell]]'' for example.
After winning the scholarship to the [[Sylvia Young Theatre School]] at the age of 12, he went to work appearing in what are now regarded as classic dramas such as ''[[Kavanagh Q.C.]]'', ''Silent Witness'' and ''[[Bramwell]]'' for example.

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Iain Robertson

Iain Robertson (born 27 May 1981) is a BAFTA winning Scottish actor. He was once described by Barry Norman as "the best thing to come out of Scotland since whisky".[1]

Star of the cult Glasgow gang film Small Faces, he is best known for his work in 'The Debt Collector' alongside Billy Connolly, Sea of Souls with Bill Paterson and Dawn Steele, Steven Spielberg's Band of Brothers and more recently as Gash in the cult British comedy Rab C. Nesbitt.

Robertson's talent was described by Billy Connolly as 'Immense', having shared the same secondary school in Govan as Connolly, 'St Gerard's'. Robertson described growing up in Govan thus, "growing up in Govan put fire in my belly, made me push harder and also appreciate the things that have come my way".

Early life

Originally from Govan in Glasgow, Robertson grew up part of a family of seven in a two-bedroom tenement. He had no thoughts of becoming an actor until he received a report from his primary school teacher Mr O'Kane saying, 'this boy has a special aptitude for drama'. He joined a local dramatic arts group at the age of 11 and quickly set about producing his own play, co-written and directed by his friends, Leah Beattie, Kelly Mitchell and John Rennie. He soon looked around for further opportunities and noticed an advertisement offering scholarships to the Sylvia Young Theatre School. He was among 2,000 children to audition.

After winning the scholarship to the Sylvia Young Theatre School at the age of 12, he went to work appearing in what are now regarded as classic dramas such as Kavanagh Q.C., Silent Witness and Bramwell for example.

Gillies Mackinnon wasted no time in casting him as the lead in the feature film Small Faces (film) alongside Kevin McKidd, Laura Fraser and Claire Higgins which received world wide critical success and earned Iain a Best Performance BAFTA.

Career

He is probably best known for his role as Craig Stevenson in the paranormal drama series Sea of Souls, in its second and third series in 2005 and 2006. Robertson also appeared in a film role in the big screen sequel Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction, alongside Hollywood superstar Sharon Stone.

He has worked extensively in British theatre, most notably the Millennium production of Bill Bryden's The Mysteries at The Royal National Theatre and alongside Derek Jacobi in Michael Grandage's production of The Tempest at the Old Vic. More recently he appeared as Spanky in the revival of John Byrne's Slab Boys trilogy and as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet at the Citizens' Theatre.

Robertson recently starred as Gil Martin in the production of "Confessions of a Justified Sinner" at the Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh. During the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2010 Robertson played a leading role in D C Jackson's "My Romantic History".

He has also joined the cast of the new series of "Rab C. Nesbitt" returning to the streets of his youth replacing Andrew Farlie as Nesbitt's son Gash. Currently he is shooting a feature length film with Simon Callow and Harry Enfield titled 'Act's of Godfrey', an unusual British comedy written entirely in verse.

Personal life

Robertson divorced his wife Judith in 2009, after three years of marriage. They have no children.

In 2006 Robertson was accused of assault against a photographer in Stirling. Appearing in his defence was Dougray Scott, star of stage and screen - most notably for 'Twin Town' and Mission Impossible 2. Scott was quoted as saying "Iain Robertson was in front of me. I was taken aback slightly by the presence of this photographer being flanked by a police officer. He was to my mind being very aggressive in his attempts to take pictures of either myself or Iain. In my experience of paparazzi, and I've had lots of it, they usually say 'do you mind if I take your photograph, Mr Scott?'. I say 'go ahead', because they're going to anyway. All I saw when I left the shop was this camera thrust forward. Iain took his hat off to put in front of the lens, understandably. The photographer hadn't been polite about asking and Iain, my good friend, puts his hat in front of the lens to stop the rudeness. It lasted a couple of seconds and then Iain got into the van. He added: It would take an extraordinary imagination to call what I saw a punch.Clenching his fist, he said: A punch is a punch and a fist is this.Iain was upset, not angry.. Robertson was found innocent and the officer who brought the affair to court was dismissed for a different matter the following year.[2]

Before teaming up with Dawn Steele on Sea of Souls, they previously appeared together in The Slab Boys. He also worked with Bill Paterson on feature film 'The Match' prior to Sea of Souls.

Filmography

Selected theatre credits

Selected radio credits

Awards

References

  1. ^ http://www.sunnygovan.com/GF/R-Z/IainRobertson.html
  2. ^ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/DOUGRAY+GETS+HIS+MISSION+ACCOMPLISHED%3B+Pal+in+the+clear+after+star...-a0113011990

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