Steve Speirs

Steve Speirs (born Steven Roberts, 22 February 1965), sometimes spelled 'Spiers', is a Welsh actor. --- He was born in Troed-y-rhiw, a village in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and studied drama at Loughborough University. Since graduating, he 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. 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. Two other roles in which Spiers is known for is his portrayal of Bernard Bresslaw in Cor, Blimey! and Colour Sergeant Wormwood in Sharpe's Peril.