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Home/People/Simon Weir
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Born
May 5, 1973
Age 52
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

23
Movies
9
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Simon Weir

Acting

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.
Up/Down poster

Up/Down

as Father Arthur Wilson
2025
The Draw poster

The Draw

as Bryan
2025
Here Comes the Nun poster

Here Comes the Nun

Cast
2025
Psycho Sex Dolls poster

Psycho Sex Dolls

as Damien
2025
Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh poster

Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh

as Self
2023
1815 poster

1815

as Iain Macleod
2022
Bad Beans poster

Bad Beans

as Tammy Ness
2022
Sardar Udham poster

Sardar Udham

as King George VI
2021
The Leaf Blower poster

The Leaf Blower

as Sexy Canadian Intelligence
2020
A Friendly Man poster

A Friendly Man

as Doctor Ness
2019
Connect poster

Connect

as Stevie Sparkles
2019
Super November poster

Super November

as Soldier
2018
T2 Trainspotting poster

T2 Trainspotting

as Jailhouse
2017
Wigilia poster

Wigilia

as Mark
2014
A Spanking in Paradise poster

A Spanking in Paradise

as Rab
2010
Instant Credit poster

Instant Credit

Cast
2004
The Acid House poster

The Acid House

as Tambo
1998
Postmortem poster

Postmortem

as Beverly’s Boyfriend
1998
33-1 Before the Off poster

33-1 Before the Off

Cast
1997
Trace poster

Trace

as Daniel
TBA