Background
He was born as Steven Roberts in Troed-y-rhiw, a village in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and studied drama at Loughborough University.
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He was born as Steven Roberts in Troed-y-rhiw, a village in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and studied drama at Loughborough University.
Loughborough University.
Since graduating from university, Speirs has played Sloan in Eragon, Andy Fellows in Making Waves and the "pathetic loser" Dullard alongside Ricky Gervais in Extras, as well as having small parts in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (Captain Tarpals) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manitoba"s Chest. He appears in Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire, a comedy fantasy series in which he plays Loquasto, an oafish servant, "who belongs to a race of pig-like creatures known as Grobble". He wrote his first film, Caught in the Acting, in 2008 and starred in it as the lead character.
Based on his memories of growing up in South Wales, it was filmed in the Merthyr Tydfil area.
Speirs often goes by the name of "Dullard" in honour of his role in Extras, as he considers the character a mirror of himself. Speirs also appeared in the Gervais and Stephen Merchant film Cemetery Junction, released in 2010, a part which Speirs claims was written particularly for him.
Speirs also starred as the bouncer at Mother McOakley"s Tavern in Burke and Hare, a British black comedy directed by John Landis and released (in the United Kingdom) in October 2010. Other roles which Spiers is known for include his portrayal of Bernard Bresslaw in Cor, Blimey!, Big Alan Williams in Stella and Colour Sergeant Wormwood in Sharpe"s Peril.
In 2013, Steve played Personal Computer McClintock in the Christmas television film Gangsta Granny, an adaptation of the book written by David Walliams.
He played the role of Dad in the 2014 television film The Boy in the Dress, also written by Walliams. In 2015 he appeared in the television spin off The Bad Education Movie playing Don alongside the main cast of Bad Education (television series) as well as many other guests in the movie.