Biography
Simon Weir is a Scottish actor. He is known for playing Paul Lafferty in the STV series Take the High Road from 1995 to 2003 and Graham MacLaverty in six episodes of the BBC Scotland series River City, including the 2008 Christmas special. He appeared as Tambo in the 1998 film The Acid House and as Jailhouse in T2 Trainspotting (2017).
Weir trained at the Dorothy Paul Studio from 1986 and at Motherwell College. His stage work includes UK tours of Kidnapped as Alan Breck and Singin' I'm No A Billy, He's A Tim as Tim. He won Best Acting at the 48 Hour Film Festival in 2014. Other credits include Stuart Macintosh in Monarch of the Glen (2001) and King George VI in Sardar Udham (2021).
