Simon Weir

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1973-05-05 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Simon Weir

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

2022

1815

as Iain Macleod

2022

Bad Beans

as Tammy Ness

2019

A Friendly Man

as Doctor Ness

2025

The Draw

as Bryan

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Trace

as Daniel

2020

The Leaf Blower

as Sexy Canadian Intelligence

1998

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

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Remnants

as Adrian

2025

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