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.

Filmography

• 2026Original Night — The Animal Trainer
• 2026Piece in Dal Riata — King Tammy
• 2026Wuthering Heights: The House of the Damned — Mr. Earnshaw
• 2025Buried — Chris
• 2025Here Comes the Nun
• Outlander: Blood of My Blood — Minister
• 2025Psycho Sex Dolls — Damien
• 2025The Draw — Bryan
• 2025Up/Down — Father Arthur Wilson
• 20221815 — Iain Macleod
• 2022Bad Beans — Tammy Ness
• Crime — Miles Combe
• 2021Sardar Udham — King George VI
• Blood of the Clans — Archibald Campbell
• 2020The Leaf Blower — Sexy Canadian Intelligence
• 2019A Friendly Man — Doctor Ness
• 2019Connect — Stevie Sparkles
• Guilt — Davie
• Patrick Melrose — Angus
• 2018Super November — Soldier
• 2017T2 Trainspotting — Jailhouse
• 2014Wigilia — Mark
• Case Histories — Paul Bradley
• 2010A Spanking in Paradise — Rab
• How Not to Live Your Life — Waiter
• 2004Instant Credit
• Monarch of the Glen — Stuart Macintosh
• 1998Postmortem — Beverly’s Boyfriend
• 1998The Acid House — Tambo
• 199733-1 Before the Off — Ronnie Baxter
• Taggart
• Lélek — Shop Owner
• Remnants — Adrian
• Trace — Daniel

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2023Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh — Self