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