Steve Speirs
Born: 1965-02-22 in Troedyrhiw, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Steven Roberts, better known as Steve Speirs, is a Welsh actor. 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 Man'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". 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 was written particularly for Speirs. 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 Stellaand Colour Sergeant Wormwood in Sharpe's Peril. Speirs played depressed geography teacher and caretaker Mr Gareth Barber in the BBC One sitcom Big School for two series in 2013 and 2014. In 2013, Steve played PC McClintock in the Christmas TV film Gangsta Granny, an adaptation of the book written by David Walliams. He played the role of Dad in the 2014 TV film The Boy in the Dress, also written by Walliams.
Filmography
2026
- ViQueens as King Erik (voice)
2023
- One Night Only as Morian
- How to Fix a Railway as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
- Gangsta Granny Strikes Again as PC McClintock
2020
- Concrete Plans as Bob
- The Tuckers
2019
- Denmark as Harry the Horse
2018
- Love Therapy ... (Director)
- On the Edge as Steve
2017
- Decline and Fall as Davis
2016
- Upstart Crow as Burbage
- Rovers as Tel
2015
- The Bad Education Movie as Don
2014
- Inside No. 9 as Mitch
- The Boy in the Dress as Peter Sims
- Set Fire to the Stars
2013
- Gangsta Granny as PC McClintock
- Big School as Mr Barber
2012
- Cuckoo as Barman
- A Young Doctor's Notebook as Syphilitic Mikhail
2011
- Hunky Dory as Mr. Cafferty
2010
- Burke & Hare as McMartin's Doorman
- Cemetery Junction as Sgt. Wyn Davies
2009
2008
- Inkheart as Flatnose
- Sharpe's Peril as Wormwood
- Caught in the Act as Eric Jenkins
2006
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Quartermaster/Edinburgh
- Eragon as Sloan
- Not Going Out as Johnny Lucas
- The Last Drop as Gustav Hansfeld
2005
- Doctor Who
- Extras as Dullard
- Icon as Viktor Akopov (as Steven Speirs)
2004
- The Baby Juice Express as Mystery Man
- Making Waves
- Benefit to Mankind as Caradoc
2003
- The Planman as Darren Westcoate
2001
- The Musketeer as Porthos
2000
- Cor, Blimey! as Bernard Bresslaw
- Rancid Aluminium as BMW Man (as Steven Speirs)
1999
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Captain Tarpals
- Topsy-Turvy as Mr Kent
- Tube Tales as Tweed Suit (segment "Rosebud")
1998
- A Knight in Camelot as Chief Armorer
- The Very Thought of You as Taxi Driver
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Keith Carter
- Jonathan Creek as Herbie Bryant
- House of America as The Head
- Keeping Mum as Leonard
1996
- Dalziel & Pascoe as Arthur Evans
1993
- The Detectives as Bruce
- Goodnight Sweetheart
- Tender Loving Care as Porter
1992
- The Old Devils as Gareth's Fan in Pub
1991
- Murder Most Horrid as DI Hooper