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Inside Coronation Street Adam star's life from famous ex to why he almost quit ITV soap

Coronation Street's Adam Barlow has been played by actor Sam Robertson since 2004, and the actor has a very different life away from the cobbles

[Sam Robertson]

Sam Robertson plays Adam Barlow

Popular Coronation Street actor Sam Robertson's life couldn't be more different from his character Adam Barlow.

The Scots actor joined the ITV soap in 2004 when he was just 18, and now the 40-year-old has established himself as one of the cobbles' most important characters.

Although he left in 2007, Sam returned nine years later and, playing the tearaway son of Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs), he has since featured in several dramatic storylines.

Away from the screen, though, Sam's life is actually a lot less dramatic. But which reality show has he appeared on? Who is his famous ex? And why did he consider quitting Corrie? Heres everything we know about the Scottish stars life, reports the Mirror.

What else has Sam been in?

[Corrie]

Sam has been a staple on Corrie for years

Sams early TV credits include E4s Beaver Falls as Flynn, Sky One's The Match, Push, Sky's Bedlam and BBC Scotland's River City.

Sam also had a go at modelling before finding his feet on Coronation Street, with the jobs leading to his acting career. He was studying English and Drama at the University of Manchester and was doing a modelling job part-time to help fund his studies.

Halfway through, he was asked to audition for Coronation Street and the rest is history, making his name as Adam Barlow.

Sams romance with TV star

[Alex Scott]

The actor went on a date with Alex Scott(Image: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

In September 2020, Corrie star Sam was spotted with another famous face enjoying a champagne dinner date with former footballer and pundit Alex Scott.

The couple drank bubbles at Londons Dean Street Townhouse as they chatted and flirted, with one onlooker saying: "There was clearly a spark." It didn't go any further than dating as Alex revealed things got off to a "bad start" when rumours began swirling.

Speaking about the date, she said: "My one date in ages was going out with Sam [Robertson], who is lovely."

She added: "The next morning, our pictures were all over the press because someone in the restaurant had taken a photo. It wasn't exactly a great start!"

Sams reality show stint

[The actor appeared on Big Brother in 2013]

Sam appeared on Big Brother in 2013(Image: 2013 Mike Marsland)

During his time away from Coronation Street, Sam starred on Channel 4's Big Brother but didn't get off to the best start and was the second person to be evicted.

Sam and Ryan Moloney were both put up for eviction and were made to stand in front of their fellow housemates and make a speech as to why they should be saved.

When it came to eviction night, the audience outside were heard chanting: "Get Sam Out, Get Sam Out," over and over again.

The Big Brother host at the time, Brian Dowling, revealed only 10 percent of the votes separated Sam from rival housemate Ryan for eviction.

In his interview after the show, Sam confessed: "I'm delighted to be out. Honestly, man, it's fun but I've had enough. There's nothing to do. No music, no computer, no books.

"It was so much more boring than I thought it would be and so much more challenging mentally."

Sam on almost quitting soap

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Sam considered quitting the ITV soap(Image: ITV)

In 2019, Sam revealed he considered quitting his role as Adam over the pressure of being recognised by fans of the soap.

He explained: "I don't know why but I was in a bit of a strange head space because obviously this job, for the actors, it kind of overtakes your life in a lot of ways.

You can't really leave the job at the door when you leave on a Friday night, and that was kind of getting to me.

I was not really enjoying that aspect of it, the intrusion and all that sort of thing so I just needed a bit of a fresh perspective to to decide whether I wanted this long term.

I think if I never had that break my mindset would have been completely different."

Coronation Street airs Monday to Friday at 8:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX

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