
Ewen Bremner
Biography
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.
Acting (69 movies)

Snatch
2000

Black Hawk Down
2001

AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004

Trainspotting
1996

The Rundown
2003

Pearl Harbor
2001

Death at a Funeral
2007

Around the World in 80 Days
2004

Hallam Foe
2007

Naked
1993

Fool's Gold
2008

The Acid House
1998

Judge Dredd
1995

The Reckoning
2004

Paranoid
2000

Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014

Julien Donkey-Boy
1999

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010

Faintheart
2009

Jack the Giant Slayer
2013

Perfect Sense
2011

Page Eight
2011

Sweet Dreams
2003

Mojo
1997

The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
1995

Snowpiercer
2013

Freedom's Path
2023

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
1995

Heavenly Pursuits
1986

Dead London
1996

Skin
1995

As You Like It
1992

Match Point
2005

Turks & Caicos
2014

Salting the Battlefield
2014

A Poet in New York
2014

The Veil of Twilight
2014

Fancy Dancing
2002

Cavewoman
2022

Mediator
2008

One Night in Emergency
2010

T2 Trainspotting
2017

Etta's Mission
2017

Dreaming
1991

Love Story
1999

Wonder Woman
2017

Get Santa
2014

The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
2000

Exchange and Mart
2014

A Girl Named Sooner
1975

Marvelous
2008

Renegades
2017

Deacon Brodie
1997

The Life of Stuff
1997

Great Expectations
2012

Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002

Prince of Jutland
1994

16 Years of Alcohol
2003

Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
2007

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997

The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy
1999

Creation Stories
2021

First Cow
2020

American Sausage Standoff
2021

The Riveter
1988

Making 'Snatch'
2001

Odd Socks
2025

Masculine Mescaline
1996

Memories of "Trainspotting"
2008
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