Simon Weir

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

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Gender

Male

Birthday

05-May-1973

Age

(53 years old)

Place of Birth

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Also Known As
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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.


Credits

Wigilia Wigilia (2014) Character: Mark
A traditional Polish feast on Christmas Eve, Wigilia includes an extra place at the table should an unknown wandering pilgrim arrive.
Instant Credit Instant Credit (2004) Character: N/A
Downtrodden Frankie is given an opportunity that is too good to refuse when a chance encounter gives him 24 hours to get his life back on track and revive his romance.
Buried Buried (2025) Character: Chris
In a classic bonding exercise, city boy Alisdair and his estranged father Chris search the forest near their Scottish Highlands hometown for a fabled set of elk antlers.
A Spanking in Paradise A Spanking in Paradise (2010) Character: Rab
Lawyer Justin visits his family in Scotland where they run an illegal brothel.
A Friendly Man A Friendly Man (2019) Character: Doctor Ness
Billy struggles with life as a pushover
Here Comes the Nun Here Comes the Nun (2025) Character: N/A
A Glaswegian bouncer attempts to perform a sham exorcism for some fast cash.
33-1 Before the Off 33-1 Before the Off (1997) Character: Ronnie Baxter
A portrait of gambling obsession
Bad Beans Bad Beans (2022) Character: Tammy Ness
trouble in a coffee shop
Original Night Original Night (2026) Character: The Animal Trainer
Told in two semi-fictional acts, this 16mm film serves as an elegy for Europe’s last wallabies — a marsupial animal from Australia, introduced in Scotland in the 1940s. Reflecting on humanity’s enduring urge to record animals, from prehistoric cave art to early cinema, Alasdair Asmussen Doyle links the extinction of species with the evolution of image-making.
The Leaf Blower The Leaf Blower (2020) Character: Sexy Canadian Intelligence
A metal detectorist stumbles upon a conspiracy.
Super November Super November (2018) Character: Soldier
An overly romantic librarian believes she's found the one after just three dates, but her friends are more concerned with political turmoil, which leads to a right wing coup.
Psycho Sex Dolls Psycho Sex Dolls (2025) Character: Damien
A filmmaker hires AI Sex Dolls to save his disrupted porn biz, but his fantasy of porn mogul dreams, soon turns into his worst nightmare.
Postmortem Postmortem (1998) Character: Beverly’s Boyfriend
The only thing James wants is to remain away from Scotland. One day, however, he receives a fax, a printout of an unknown person's obituary. The next day, he is charged and arrested for the murder of this person.
Connect Connect (2019) Character: Stevie Sparkles
In a small town in Scotland, a young man must overcome his depression and the voice that haunts him daily. From a cliff top, a man in a hoody leaps to his death.
The Acid House The Acid House (1998) Character: Tambo
A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of the chemical generation, casting a dark and unholy light into the hidden corners of the human psyche.
The Draw The Draw (2025) Character: Bryan
In an oppressive world, where free will is becoming a thing of the past, all analogue imagery is restricted and replaced by a new technology called ‘The EyeLight’. Alec and Jade must try to fight the system and the ever present show ‘The Draw’ which soon infiltrates their lives to pose a very real danger.
Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh (2023) Character: Self
After his pivotal novel Trainspotting was published in 1993, the debut work of Irvine Welsh quickly took the world by storm, spawning theatre productions, the iconic film by Danny Boyle, sequels and even an acclaimed stage musical.
सरदार उधम सरदार उधम (2021) Character: King George VI
A young Sardar Udham Singh left deeply scarred by the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, escaped into the mountains of Afghanistan, reaching London in 1933-34. Carrying an unhealed wound for 21 years, the revolutionary assassinated Michael O’Dwyer on 13th March, 1940, the man at the helm of affairs in Punjab, April 1919 to avenge the lost lives of his beloved brethren.
T2 Trainspotting T2 Trainspotting (2017) Character: Jailhouse
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
Up/Down Up/Down (2025) Character: Father Arthur Wilson
When the jury's out, which way will the pendulum swing? Life moves too fast. Will you let it slip away?
1815 1815 (2022) Character: Iain Macleod
During the Highland Clearances, a stubborn old tenant farmer and a young Waterloo veteran strike up a reluctant and uneasy bond in a relentless search through highlands; glimpsing the human cost of the clearances as they go.



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