Robin Laing

Robin Laing is a Scottish actor who began performing as a child. He grew up in Dundee and joined the Angus Children's Theatre and the Carnoustie Theatre Club, and while still at school he took his first professional part at Dundee Repertory Theatre as Young Steerforth in David Copperfield. After leaving school he went on to study drama, at Fife College and in Dundee. His first adult role came in 1996, as Renton in the UK tour of Trainspotting, and he later played that part in the West End, where John Byrne saw him and cast him as Phil McCann in The Slab Boys. He played Edward Heffron in the 2001 HBO series Band of Brothers, was DCI Craig Donald in River City from 2012 to 2017, had a recurring role in Waterloo Road, and appeared as Major Donald MacDonald in two seasons of Outlander. His films include Filth (2013) and Outlaw King (2018).