Acting credits
28
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Simon Weir
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.5
Moderate attention
TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.
Movies: 19Series: 9
TMDB ID: 1037682
IMDb ID: nm0918631
Known for: Acting
Born: May 5, 1973
Age: 52
Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1983 - 2025
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 7.01
Wikidata: Q7520008
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Simon Weir.
Up/Down
as Father Arthur Wilson
2025 Movie
The Draw
as Bryan
2025 Movie
Here Comes the Nun
2025 Movie
10.0
Psycho Sex Dolls
as Damien
2025 Movie
Choose Irvine Welsh.
as Self
2023 Movie
1815
as Iain Macleod
2022 Movie
Bad Beans
as Tammy Ness
2022 Movie
7.1
Sardar Udham
as King George VI
2021 Movie
The Leaf Blower
as Sexy Canadian Intelligence
2020 Movie
A Friendly Man
as Doctor Ness
2019 Movie
5.5
Connect
as Stevie Sparkles
2019 Movie
Super November
as Soldier
2018 Movie
6.9
T2 Trainspotting
as Jailhouse
2017 Movie
Wigilia
as Mark
2014 Movie
5.0
A Spanking in Paradise
as Rab
2010 Movie
6.3
The Acid House
as Tambo
1998 Movie
5.5
Postmortem
as Beverly’s Boyfriend
1998 Movie
Remnants
as Adrian
Movie
Piece in Dal Riata
as King Tammy
Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Simon Weir.
8.6
Outlander: Blood of My Blood
as Minister • 2 eps
2025 Series
6.5
Crime
as Miles Combe • 2 eps
2021 Series
7.5
Blood of the Clans
as Archibald Campbell • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.6
Guilt
as Davie • 2 eps
2019 Series
7.6
Patrick Melrose
as Angus • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.8
Case Histories
as Paul Bradley • 2 eps
2011 Series
7.7
How Not to Live Your Life
as Waiter • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.3
Monarch of the Glen
as Stuart Macintosh • 2 eps
2000 Series
6.3
Taggart
1 eps
1983 Series