Tuesday 6 September 2016
Biography
Award-winning Scottish actor Simon Weir is best known for playing series regular Paul Lafferty in STV's HIGH ROAD from 1995 - 2003 and as Graham MacLaverty in BBC Scotland's RIVER CITY. Other notable television appearances include MONARCH OF THE GLEN, HOPE SPRINGS, TAGGART, CASE HISTORIES and WATERLOO ROAD. His film work includes playing Tambo in Irvine Welsh's THE ACID HOUSE, as well as POSTMORTEM with Charlie Sheen, FAST ROMANCE, A SPANKING IN PARADISE and THE FOOTBALL FACTORY. He has over 50 short films under his belt and wrote & directed GET SHIRTY for the Virgin Media Awards. He will next be on our screens as Charlie Tallis in the hotly-anticipated MUNCIE in December 2016.
Monday 5 September 2016
August 2016 - The Diary
A lovely start to August with a brilliant day's filming on MUNCIE with World Productions and filmed in the old Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow's southside. Great to finally work with Martin Compston as we were previously team mates in the 2008 Scotland v England Pro-Celeb game at Wembley. Lots of familiar faces on the crew and a brilliant cast, directed by "Line Of Duty's John Strickland.
Interestingly our costumes were used previously in PORRIDGE and were authentic to the period. Again really pleased to be a part of this show and to be playing another real-life character, that of Charlie Tallis, a well-known villain in Scotland's underworld in the 1950s. He has been a rather fascinating figure to research of late and featured heavily in the Peter Manuel trial in May 1958.
Other 'real' characters I have been fortunate to play in my career have included James Stewart (Earl Of Moray), Alan Breck Stewart, Sir Henry Morgan, Benjamin Pritchard, Albert Morrison, Rev Jenks, Unterscharführer Hans Fleischer, William Wallace and Andrew Carnegie and it is a part of the job I love, investigating these people's lives and trying to morph myself into them as best I can. And there is always an added responsibility to get it right!
Interestingly our costumes were used previously in PORRIDGE and were authentic to the period. Again really pleased to be a part of this show and to be playing another real-life character, that of Charlie Tallis, a well-known villain in Scotland's underworld in the 1950s. He has been a rather fascinating figure to research of late and featured heavily in the Peter Manuel trial in May 1958.
Other 'real' characters I have been fortunate to play in my career have included James Stewart (Earl Of Moray), Alan Breck Stewart, Sir Henry Morgan, Benjamin Pritchard, Albert Morrison, Rev Jenks, Unterscharführer Hans Fleischer, William Wallace and Andrew Carnegie and it is a part of the job I love, investigating these people's lives and trying to morph myself into them as best I can. And there is always an added responsibility to get it right!
Next it was back to radio work and voice overs for Borders Radio and Westsound for THOMPSON SOLICITORS. Another couple of self-tape auditions for television and an audition for another web-series in London. Delighted also this month to get more headshots done by the lovely Sonja Blietschau in sunny Falkirk at the excellent Studio Q.
Back on the audition trail again with self - tapes for 2 US television series and a trip to London to audition for a football - themed tv pilot and now the waiting game begins! More voice-overs for radio commercials followed, sealing an industrious month!
Back on the audition trail again with self - tapes for 2 US television series and a trip to London to audition for a football - themed tv pilot and now the waiting game begins! More voice-overs for radio commercials followed, sealing an industrious month!
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