Simon Weir

Acting

Simon Weir

Born 1973-05-05 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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 credits

T2 Trainspotting poster
6.9

After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.

T2 Trainspotting

2017

The Acid House poster
6.2

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 Acid House

1998

Lélek poster
NR

An encounter with a woman from another timeline awakens buried memories within a grief-stricken man who, after losing his family during the witch trials, entered a supernatural bargain that changed the course of his existence forever.

Lélek

Up/Down poster
NR

When the jury's out, which way will the pendulum swing? Life moves too fast. Will you let it slip away?

Up/Down

2025

Original Night poster
NR

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.

Original Night

2026

No artwork available
8.0

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.

Instant Credit

2004

Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh poster
NR

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.

Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh

2023

Postmortem poster
5.5

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.

Postmortem

1998

Sardar Udham poster
7.2

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.

Sardar Udham

2021

Remnants poster
NR

A self-absorbed lecturer returns to a remote part of the English countryside in the hope of burying an affair with a young asylum seeker. But an uncanny presence has other ideas.

Remnants

No artwork available
NR

A visitor seeks shelter at remote Wuthering Heights, where Catherine's vengeful ghost haunts the halls. Her obsessed lover Heathcliff obeys her dark will, turning murderous. Lockwood must flee before the spirit claims him too.

Wuthering Heights: The House of the Damned

Buried poster
NR

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.

Buried

2025

No artwork available
NR

A retired investigator for a memory dealing mob is coerced into returning to the punk streets of London in order to solve a string of killings with his estranged daughter's help.

Trace

33-1 Before the Off poster
NR

A portrait of gambling obsession

33-1 Before the Off

1997

The Draw poster
3.5

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.

The Draw

2025

Wigilia poster
NR

A traditional Polish feast on Christmas Eve, Wigilia includes an extra place at the table should an unknown wandering pilgrim arrive.

Wigilia

2014

The Leaf Blower poster
NR

A metal detectorist stumbles upon a conspiracy.

The Leaf Blower

2020

Psycho Sex Dolls poster
10.0

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.

Psycho Sex Dolls

2025

Piece in Dal Riata poster
NR

An accidental invention by twins, Bobby and Bonnie, changes the kingdom of Dal Riata and the world as we know it.

Piece in Dal Riata

Super November poster
NR

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.

Super November

2018

A Spanking in Paradise poster
5.0

Lawyer Justin visits his family in Scotland where they run an illegal brothel.

A Spanking in Paradise

2010

Connect poster
5.5

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.

Connect

2019

1815 poster
NR

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.

1815

2022

Here Comes the Nun poster
NR

A Glaswegian bouncer attempts to perform a sham exorcism for some fast cash.

Here Comes the Nun

2025