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Simon Weir
ActingBORN: 1973-05-05Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
Top Filmography

6.9
T2 Trainspotting
2017 // MOVIE

7.5
Patrick Melrose
2018 // TV

6.2
The Acid House
1998 // MOVIE

7.1
Sardar Udham
2021 // MOVIE

8.5
Outlander: Blood of My Blood
2025 // TV

7.6
How Not to Live Your Life
2008 // TV

6.6
Guilt
2019 // TV

7.8
Case Histories
2011 // TV

6.3
Crime
2021 // TV

5.5
Postmortem
1998 // MOVIE

7.3
Monarch of the Glen
2000 // TV

6.3
Taggart
1983 // TV

5.5
Connect
2019 // MOVIE

7.5
Blood of the Clans
2020 // TV

5.0
A Spanking in Paradise
2010 // MOVIE