
Simon Weir
Acting
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.
Known For

1983
Taggart
1983 · tv

2025
Outlander: Blood of My Blood
2025 · tv

2000
Monarch of the Glen
2000 · tv

2018
Patrick Melrose
2018 · tv

2019
Guilt
2019 · tv

2011
Case Histories
2011 · tv

2021
Crime
2021 · tv

2017
T2 Trainspotting
2017 · movie

2008
How Not to Live Your Life
2008 · tv

2021
Sardar Udham
2021 · movie

1998
The Acid House
1998 · movie

2020
Blood of the Clans
2020 · tv

1998
Postmortem
1998 · movie

2025
The Draw
2025 · movie

2023
Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh
2023 · movie

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Remnants
— · movie

2018
Super November
2018 · movie

2019
Connect
2019 · movie

2025
Psycho Sex Dolls
2025 · movie

2022
1815
2022 · movie

2010
A Spanking in Paradise
2010 · movie

2025
Here Comes the Nun
2025 · movie

2019
A Friendly Man
2019 · movie

2022
Bad Beans
2022 · movie

2020
The Leaf Blower
2020 · movie

2025
Up/Down
2025 · movie

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Piece in Dal Riata
— · movie

2014
Wigilia
2014 · movie