Background
Robertson was born in Dundee, Scotland.
Robertson was born in Dundee, Scotland.
He studied Drama and English at the University of Manchester, but dropped out at 18 to focus on his role as Adam Barlow in Coronation Street.
He is a keen follower of his local football team, Dundee Football Club. In 2005 and 2006, he took part in the second and third series of Sky One"s The Match. In 2009, Sam joined the British Broadcasting Corporation Scotland soap opera River City as new character Innes Maitland.
Sam played "Flynn" in the E4 series, Beaver Falls, which aired in July 2011 in Britain.
When he was eighteen, he played the part of Adam Barlow in Coronation Street. As of January 2013, Robertson was a housemate in Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom. He was the second evictee of the series.