Ewen Bremner
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.
108 acting credits
Acting · 108
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Spooks
2002
My Name Is Earl
2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
A Touch of Frost
1992
Black Hawk Down
2001
Screen Two
1985
An Audience with...
1978
Wonder Woman
2017
Taggart
1983
Pearl Harbor
2001
Moving On
2009
Snatch
2000
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
Our Flag Means Death
2022
Snowpiercer
2013
Shooting Stars
1993
Trainspotting
1996
Accused
2010
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
Far from Las Vegas
2001
Judge Dredd
1995
Houdini & Doyle
2016
Match Point
2005
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004
The Lost Room
2006
Hallam Foe
2007
Banished
2015
Around the World in 80 Days
2004
The Rundown
2003
Will
2017
The Virgin Queen
2006
Fool's Gold
2008
Elizabeth I
2005
Harry Enfield and Chums
1994
Coldwater
2025
Naked
1993
T2 Trainspotting
2017
Death at a Funeral
2007
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
1993
Perfect Sense
2011
Great Expectations
2012
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
Renegades
2017
Dive
2010
The Reckoning
2004
Page Eight
2011
Blackout
2012
First Cow
2020
Them From That Thing
2012
Get Santa
2014
Creation Stories
2021
Salting the Battlefield
2014
Turks & Caicos
2014
Prince of Jutland
1994
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
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Paranoid
2000
Julien Donkey-Boy
1999
The Acid House
1998
The Secret World of Michael Fry
2000
Heavenly Pursuits
1986
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
2000
Mojo
1997
Making 'Snatch'
2001
16 Years of Alcohol
2003
The Fool
1990
American Sausage Standoff
2021
One Night in Emergency
2010
Sweet Dreams
2003
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002
Faintheart
2009
A Poet in New York
2014
Wide Open Spaces
2009
As Deep as the Grave
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Marvelous
2008
Deacon Brodie
1997
Freedom's Path
2023
Dreaming
1991
Mediator
2008
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
1995
The Life of Stuff
1997
Ruffian Hearts
1995
Etta's Mission
2017
As You Like It
1992
Cavewoman
2022
Bye Bye Baby
1992
The Secret World of Michael Fry
2000
Love Story
1999
Skin
1995
The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy
1999
Fancy Dancing
2002
A Girl Named Sooner
1975
Masculine Mescaline
1996
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
1995
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997
Conquest of the South Pole
1989
Memories of "Trainspotting"
2008
The Veil of Twilight
2014
Drone
2013
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
2007
Forget About Me
1990
The Riveter
1988
Exchange and Mart
2014
Carousel
2016
Meat
1990
Odd Socks
2025
Killa Bee
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Dead London
1996