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.
Filmography (110)
Odd Socks
2025
Coldwater
2025
Freedom's Path
2023
Off the Rails: The Making of βTrainspotting
2023
Cavewoman
2022
Our Flag Means Death
2022
Creation Stories
2021
American Sausage Standoff
2021
First Cow
2020
T2 Trainspotting
2017
Etta's Mission
2017
Wonder Woman
2017
Renegades
2017
Will
2017
Carousel
2016
Houdini & Doyle
2016
Banished
2015
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
Turks & Caicos
2014
Salting the Battlefield
2014
A Poet in New York
2014
The Veil of Twilight
2014
Get Santa
2014
Exchange and Mart
2014
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
Snowpiercer
2013
Drone
2013
Great Expectations
2012
Blackout
2012
Them From That Thing
2012
Perfect Sense
2011
Page Eight
2011
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
One Night in Emergency
2010
Dive
2010
Accused
2010
Faintheart
2009
Wide Open Spaces
2009
The Zero Sum
2009
Moving On
2009
Fool's Gold
2008
Mediator
2008
Marvelous
2008
Memories of "Trainspotting"
2008
Death at a Funeral
2007
Hallam Foe
2007
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Lost Room
2006
The Virgin Queen
2006
Match Point
2005
My Name Is Earl
2005
Elizabeth I
2005
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004
Around the World in 80 Days
2004
The Reckoning
2004
The Rundown
2003
Sweet Dreams
2003
16 Years of Alcohol
2003
Fancy Dancing
2002
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002
Spooks
2002
Black Hawk Down
2001
Pearl Harbor
2001
Making 'Snatch'
2001
Far from Las Vegas
2001
Snatch
2000
Paranoid
2000
The Secret World of Michael Fry
2000
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
2000
The Secret World of Michael Fry
2000
Julien Donkey-Boy
1999
Love Story
1999
The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy
1999
The Acid House
1998
Mojo
1997
Deacon Brodie
1997
The Life of Stuff
1997
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997
Trainspotting
1996
Dead London
1996
Masculine Mescaline
1996
Judge Dredd
1995
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
1995
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
1995
Skin
1995
Ruffian Hearts
1995
Prince of Jutland
1994
Harry Enfield and Chums
1994
Naked
1993
Shooting Stars
1993
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
As You Like It
1992
Bye Bye Baby
1992
A Touch of Frost
1992
Dreaming
1991
Meat
1990
The Fool
1990
Forget About Me
1990
Conquest of the South Pole
1989
The Riveter
1988
Heavenly Pursuits
1986
Screen Two
1985
Taggart
1983
An Audience with...
1978
A Girl Named Sooner
1975
As Deep as the Grave
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
Killa Bee
English
EspaΓ±ol
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