Merthyr-born Hollywood actor and comedy writer, Steve Speirs, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the University of South Wales (USW) for his contribution to the TV and Film industry. Born Steven Roberts in Troed-y-Rhiw in 1965, Steve attended Afon Taf High School where he acquired a taste for drama. After joining the National Theatre […]

Merthyr-born Hollywood actor and comedy writer, Steve Speirs, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the University of South Wales (USW) for his contribution to the TV and Film industry.

Born Steven Roberts in Troed-y-Rhiw in 1965, Steve attended Afon Taf High School where he acquired a taste for drama.

After joining the National Theatre of Wales, he studied drama at Loughborough University, and took his stage name, Speirs, from the surname of one of his lecturers.