Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 23, 1972
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Credits
111 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Coldwater
Tommy
Odd Socks
Beng (voice)
Freedom's Path
Silas
Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting
Cavewoman
Brother
Our Flag Means Death
Buttons
American Sausage Standoff
Edward Hofler
Creation Stories
Alan McGee
First Cow
Lloyd
Etta's Mission
Charlie
Renegades
Jim Rainey
Will
Richard Topcliffe
Wonder Woman
Charlie
T2 Trainspotting
Spud
Houdini & Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Carousel
Banished
Reverend Johnson
Get Santa
PC Finkerton
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Expert
The Veil of Twilight
Rabbi Dunbar
A Poet in New York
John Malcolm Brinnin
Salting the Battlefield
Rollo Madeley
Turks & Caicos
Rollo Madeley
Exchange and Mart
Mike
Snowpiercer
Andrew
Drone
Drone Operator
Jack the Giant Slayer
Wicke
Great Expectations
Wemmick
Them From That Thing
Various
Blackout
Jerry Durrans
Perfect Sense
James
Page Eight
Rollo Maverley
Accused
Frank Best
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Henry Strangler
Dive
Stewart Wisley
One Night in Emergency
Wide Open Spaces
Austin
The Zero Sum
Leonard Paulson
Moving On
Adam
Faintheart
Julian
Memories of "Trainspotting"
Self
Marvelous
Lars
Fool's Gold
Alfonz
Mediator
Steven
Hallam Foe
Andy
Death at a Funeral
Justin
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
R.L. Stevenson
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Lost Room
Harold Stritzke
The Virgin Queen
Sir James Melville