Simon Weir
Birthday
1973/05/05 (52 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Also know as
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Biography
Simon is best known for playing bad boy mechanic Paul Lafferty in STV's HIGH ROAD from 1995 until 2003. He has also appeared in 6 episodes of BBC Scotland's RIVER CITY as gangster Graham MacLaverty, including the Christmas Special in 2008. He has appeared in 2 Irvine Welsh Feature Films, THE ACID HOUSE and T2 TRAINSPOTTING. Trained at the Dorothy Paul Studio from 1986 and Motherwell College, his stage work includes UK tours of KIDNAPPED as Alan Breck and SINGIN IM NO A BILLY HES A TIM as Tim. He won 'Best Acting' at the 48 Hour Film Festival in 2014.
Acting
(2021) Sardar Udham
as King George VI
(2010) A Spanking in Paradise
as Rab
(2023) Choose Irvine Welsh.
as Self
(2022) 1815
as Iain Macleod
(2022) Bad Beans
as Tammy Ness
(2019) A Friendly Man
as Doctor Ness
(2025) The Draw
as Bryan
Trace
as Daniel
(2020) The Leaf Blower
as Sexy Canadian Intelligence
(1998) The Acid House
as Tambo
(2017) T2 Trainspotting
as Jailhouse
(2014) Wigilia
as Mark
(2018) Super November
as Soldier
(1998) Postmortem
as Beverly’s Boyfriend
(2019) Connect
as Stevie Sparkles
Remnants
as Adrian
(2004) Instant Credit
as ---
(2000) Monarch of the Glen
as ---
(1983) Taggart
as ---
(2018) Patrick Melrose
as Angus
(2021) Crime
as Miles Combe
(2020) Blood of the Clans
as Archibald Campbell
(2008) How Not to Live Your Life
as Waiter
(2019) Guilt
as Davie
(2011) Case Histories
as Paul Bradley