Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson

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antihero con artist fictional character heroin addict

Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson is a charming, amoral, and manipulative heroin addict and con artist who serves as one of the central antiheroes in Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting.

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Label Occurrences
Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson canonical 5
Simon Sick Boy Williamson 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf antihero ⓘ
con artist ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
heroin addict ⓘ
alias Sick Boy ⓘ
appearsIn Porno (novel) ⓘ
Skagboys (novel) ⓘ
T2 Trainspotting ⓘ
surface form: T2 Trainspotting (2017 film)

Trainspotting (1996 film) ⓘ
Trainspotting (novel) ⓘ
authorCountryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
basedIn Edinburgh ⓘ
bookAuthor Irvine Welsh ⓘ
closeFriendOf Begbie ⓘ
Mark Renton ⓘ
Spud ⓘ
creator Irvine Welsh ⓘ
drugOfChoice heroin ⓘ
filmDirectorAssociated Danny Boyle ⓘ
firstAppearance Trainspotting (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Trainspotting (1993 novel)
fullName Simon Williamson ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre contemporary fiction ⓘ
hasChild Fiona ⓘ
languageOfCharacter English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
literarySeries Trainspotting (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Trainspotting series
medium film ⓘ
literature ⓘ
moralAlignment morally ambiguous ⓘ
narrativeRole central character in Trainspotting ⓘ
nationality Scottish ⓘ
notableTrait obsession with Sean Connery and James Bond ⓘ
occupation con artist ⓘ
drug dealer ⓘ
personalityTrait amoral ⓘ
charming ⓘ
manipulative ⓘ
portrayedBy Jonny Lee Miller ⓘ
setting late 20th century Scotland ⓘ
themeAssociation betrayal ⓘ
drug addiction ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
urban poverty ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trainspotting (novel) → character → Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson ⓘ
T2 Trainspotting → character → Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson ⓘ
Mark Renton → hasFriend → Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Simon Sick Boy Williamson
Daniel "Spud" Murphy → hasFriendGroup → Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson ⓘ
Porno (novel) → mainCharacter → Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson ⓘ
Francis Begbie → associatedWith → Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson ⓘ