1. Steve Speirs was born as Steven Roberts in Troed-y-rhiw, a village now in the borough of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, and went to school at Afon Taf High School where he found a taste for drama.
18 Facts About Steve Speirs
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Steve Speirs joined the National Youth Theatre of Wales and studied drama at Loughborough University.
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Steve Speirs says he took his stage name, Speirs, from the surname of a lecturer at college.
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Steve Speirs appears in Krod Mandoon 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".
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Steve Speirs wrote his first film, Caught in the Act, in 2008 and starred in it as the lead character.
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Steve Speirs often goes by the name of "Dullard" in honour of his role in Extras, as he considers the character a mirror of himself.
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Steve Speirs appeared in the Gervais and Stephen Merchant film Cemetery Junction released in 2010, a part which was written particularly for him.
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Steve Speirs starred as the bouncer at Mother McOakley's Tavern in Burke and Hare, a British black comedy directed by John Landis and released in October 2010.
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Steve Speirs starred in a CBBC show called Sadie J where he portrayed Sadie's dad, a mechanic.
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Steve Speirs appears as a postman on the last episode of Miranda season 3.
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Steve Speirs played depressed geography teacher and caretaker Mr Gareth Barber in the BBC One sitcom Big School for two series in 2013 and 2014.
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Steve Speirs played the role of Dad in the 2014 TV film The Boy in the Dress, written by Walliams.
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Steve Speirs has continued in this role for three series with two Christmas spin-offs in 2017 and 2018 and in the London West End in Elton's stage version of the show titled The Upstart Crow.
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Steve Speirs has created, written and starred in The Tuckers for BBC Wales and BBC iPlayer.
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Steve Speirs lived in Brighton, East Sussex, but now resides in Cardiff, South Wales.
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Steve Speirs has two sons, Jack and Lewes with his first wife.
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Steve Speirs remarried, had his son, Max and had a daughter, Amelie with his second wife Joanna.
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Steve Speirs is a cousin of comedy actor Ben Miller.