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Simon Weir is a Scottish actor. He is known as Paul Lafferty in Take the High Road and for his role as a gangster in River City . [1] He also appeared in the short-film The Acid House as Tambo. [2] Simon also recently took up the role of CS Carlisle in the independent movie Night is Day (film). [3] He also played Stuart MacIntosh on the television series Monarch of the Glen . In November 2019, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Steve Jones.

Outside of acting, Weir is part of a group aimed at reviving defunct Scottish football club Third Lanark [4] and restoring their Cathkin Park ground. [5]

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  5. Meet the man aiming to make Cathkin Park 'the best amateur football stadium in the world', Isaac Callan, Glasgow Live, 18 January 2019