Ewen Bremner
Acting
Born January 23, 1972 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Ewen Bremner (born January 23, 1972) is a Scottish character actor. His roles have included Julien in Julien Donkey-Boy and Daniel "Spud" Murphy in Trainspotting and its 2017 sequel T2 Trainspotting. Bremner was born in Edinburgh, the son of two art teachers. He attended Davidson's Mains Primary School and Portobello High School. He originally wanted to be a circus clown, but was offered a chance at screen acting by television director Richard D. Brooks. One of his first notable roles was as a Glasgow schoolboy in Charles Gormley's Heavenly Pursuits (1986). He also played the lead in the BBC Scotland feature-length adaptation of the William McIlvanney short story "Dreaming" (1990). Bremner portrayed Spud in Danny Boyle's film adaptation of Irvine Welsh's 1993 novel Trainspotting, and later Mullet, a street thug in Guy Ritchie's Snatch. In the 1994 stage version of Trainspotting, Bremner played the lead role of Mark Renton, the role played by Ewan McGregor in the 1996 film. He has played supporting roles in blockbusters such as Pearl Harbor and Black Hawk Down. In 2017 he produced the short film No Song to Sing. He has one daughter, with actress Marcia Rose, whom he met during the filming of Skin.
Films (79)
Odd Socks
2025
Freedom's Path
2023
Cavewoman
2022
American Sausage Standoff
2021
Creation Stories
2021
First Cow
2020
Etta's Mission
2017
Renegades
2017
Wonder Woman
2017
T2 Trainspotting
2017
Carousel
2016
Get Santa
2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
The Veil of Twilight
2014
A Poet in New York
2014
Salting the Battlefield
2014
Turks & Caicos
2014
Exchange and Mart
2014
Snowpiercer
2013
Drone
2013
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
Great Expectations
2012
Perfect Sense
2011
Page Eight
2011
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
One Night in Emergency
2010
Wide Open Spaces
2009
Faintheart
2009
Memories of "Trainspotting"
2008
Marvelous
2008
Fool's Gold
2008
Mediator
2008
Hallam Foe
2007
Death at a Funeral
2007
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
2007
Match Point
2005
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004
Around the World in 80 Days
2004
The Reckoning
2004
The Rundown
2003
16 Years of Alcohol
2003
Sweet Dreams
2003
Fancy Dancing
2002
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002
Black Hawk Down
2001
Making 'Snatch'
2001
Pearl Harbor
2001
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
2000
Paranoid
2000
Snatch
2000
The Secret World of Michael Fry
2000
Julien Donkey-Boy
1999
The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy
1999
Love Story
1999
The Acid House
1998
The Life of Stuff
1997
Mojo
1997
Deacon Brodie
1997
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997
Dead London
1996
Masculine Mescaline
1996
Trainspotting
1996
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
1995
Skin
1995
Ruffian Hearts
1995
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
1995
Judge Dredd
1995
Prince of Jutland
1994
Naked
1993
Bye Bye Baby
1992
As You Like It
1992
Dreaming
1991
The Fool
1990
Meat
1990
Forget About Me
1990
Conquest of the South Pole
1989
The Riveter
1988
Heavenly Pursuits
1986
A Girl Named Sooner
1975