Simon Weir is a Scottish actor. He is best known as Paul McLafferty in Take the High Road

Take the High Road

Take the High Road was a Scottish soap opera produced by Scottish Television, and set in the fictional village of Glendarroch , and claims to have about 2 million fans, including the Queen Mother...

and for his role as a gangster in River City

River City

River City is a Scottish television soap opera, first broadcast in Scotland on BBC Scotland on 24 September 2002. River City storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional district of Shieldinch in Glasgow...

. He also appeared in the short-film The Acid House

The Acid House

The Acid House is a 1994 book by Irvine Welsh, later made into a film. It is a collection of short stories, with each story featuring a new set of characters and scenarios.-Stories:...

as Tambo

Tambo

- People :* Adelaide Tambo , South African anti-apartheid activist* Oliver Tambo , South African anti-apartheid activist- Geographical features :In Australia:* Tambo River * Tambo, Queensland...

. Simon also recently took up the role of CS Carlisle in the independent movie Night is Day (film).

Outside of acting, Weir is part of a group aimed at reviving defunct Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 football club Third Lanark.

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