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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