Steven Hartley

Steven Hartley is an English actor whose work spans television, film, theater and video games. Born in Shipley and raised in Yorkshire, he trained at drama school in London from 1981 to 1984 and went on to a long list of television credits, among them Happy Valley, Trial & Retribution, Merlin and Ripper Street. He played Tom Chandler in The Bill for two and a half years and had regular parts in EastEnders and Doctors. His films include Split Second (1992), Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992), A Dog of Flanders (1999), The Walker (2007), Robocroc (2013), Jet Stream (2013), Allies (2014) and Kesari Chapter 2 (2025). On stage he played Bill Sikes in Oliver!, cast by Sam Mendes in 1996 and again in the West End in 2009 and 2010, which earned him a Broadway World award nomination. He has also voiced characters in games including The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.