Steve Speirs
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Midsomer Murders
Keith Carter
1997
Series
Doctor Who
2005
Series
Doctor Who
Commissioner Strickland / Sip Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen
2005
Film
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Quartermaster / Edinburgh
2006
Series
Inside No. 9
Mitch
2014
Film
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Captain Tarpals
1999
Series
Extras
Dullard
2005
Series
Not Going Out
Johnny Lucas
2006
Series
Sharpe
Wormwood
1993
Series
Dalziel and Pascoe
Arthur Evans
1996
Series
Cuckoo
Barman
2012
Series
Jonathan Creek
Herbie Bryant
1997
Series
Murder Most Horrid
DI Hooper
1991
Series
The Detectives
Bruce
1993
Film
Inkheart
Flatnose
2008
Film
Eragon
Sloan
2006
Series
Goodnight Sweetheart
Phil
1993
Series
Upstart Crow
Burbage
2016
Series
A Young Doctor's Notebook
Syphilitic Mikhail
2012
Series
Big School
Mr Barber
2013
Series
On the Edge
Steve
2018
Film
The Musketeer
Porthos
2001
Film
Burke & Hare
McMartin's Doorman
2010
Film
Topsy-Turvy
Mr Kent
1999
Series
Decline and Fall
Davis
2017
Series
Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
2009
Film
Cemetery Junction
Sgt. Wyn Davies
2010
Film
ViQueens
King Erik (voice)
2026
Film
Tube Tales
Tweed Suit (segment "Rosebud")
1999
Series
Making Waves
CCMEA Andy Fellows
2004
Film
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Piotr
2009
Film
The Very Thought of You
Taxi Driver
1998
Film
Madfabulous
Morris Price
2026
Film
The Last Drop
Gustav Hansfeld
2006
Film
Gangsta Granny
PC McClintock
2013
Film
A Knight in Camelot
Chief Armorer
1998
Film
Icon
Viktor Akopov (as Steven Speirs)
2005
Film
The Baker
Bryn
2007
Film
Caught in the Act
Eric Jenkins
2008
Film
The Bad Education Movie
Don
2015
Series
Keeping Mum
Leonard
1997
Series
Rovers
Tel
2016
Film
Concrete Plans
Bob
2020
Film
The Boy in the Dress
Peter Sims
2014
Film
Set Fire to the Stars
2014
Film
Tender Loving Care
Porter
1993
Film
Hunky Dory
Mr. Cafferty
2011
Film
The Baby Juice Express
Mystery Man
2004
Film
A Child's Christmases in Wales
Uncle Huw
2009
Film
Denmark
Harry the Horse
2019
Film
House of America
The Head
1997
Film
Sharpe's Peril
Wormwood
2008
Better Later
Clive
Film
Rancid Aluminium
BMW Man (as Steven Speirs)
2000
Film
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
PC McClintock
2022
Series
The Tuckers
2020
Film
Dolphins
Social worker
2007
Film
Cor, Blimey!
Bernard Bresslaw
2000
Film
The Planman
Darren Westcoate
2003
Film
The Old Devils
Gareth's Fan in Pub
1992
Film
Benefit to Mankind
Caradoc
2004
Film
One Night Only
Morian
2023
Go Away!
Film
How to Fix a Railway
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023