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Ewen Bremner
Actor, ProducerBorn January 23, 1972 (53 years)
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.
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.
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| 2025 | Odd Socks · as Beng (voice) |
| 2022 | Freedom's Path · as Silas |
| 2022 | Our Flag Means Death (TV Series) · as Buttons |
| 2021 | Creation Stories · as Alan Mcgee |
| 2020 | Wonder Woman 1984 · as Charlie (photograph) |
| 2019 | American Sausage Standoff · as Edward Hofler |
| 2019 | First Cow · as Lloyd |
| 2017 | American Renegades · as Jim Rainey |
| 2017 | Will (TV Series) · as Richard Topcliffe |
| 2017 | Mary and the Witch's Flower · as Flanagan |
| 2017 | Wonder Woman · as Charlie |
| 2017 | T2 Trainspotting · as Spud |
| 2016 | Houdini & Doyle (TV Series) · as Sherlock Holmes |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Carousel · as Malcolm |
| 2015 | Banished (TV Series) · as Reverend Johnson |
| 2014 | Get Santa · as Pc Finkerton |
| 2014 | Exodus: Gods and Kings · as Expert |
| 2014 | The Veil of Twilight · as Rabbi Dunbar |
| 2014 | A Poet in New York · as John Malcolm Brinnin |
| 2014 | Salting the Battlefield · as Rollo Madeley |
| 2014 | Turks & Caicos · as Rollo Madeley |
| 2013 | Snowpiercer · as Andrew |
| 2013 | Drone · as Drone Operator |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer · as Wicke |
| 2013 | The Vatican · as Monsignor Alberico Iemma |
| 2012 | Great Expectations · as Wemmick |
| 2012 | Them From That Thing (TV Series) · as Various |
| 2012 | Blackout (2012) (TV Series) · as Jerry Durrans |
| 2011 | Page Eight · as Rollo Maverley |
| 2011 | Perfect Sense · as James |
| 2010 | Accused (TV Series) · as Frank Best |
| 2010 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger · as Henry Strangler |
| 2010 | Dive (TV Series) · as Stewart |
| 2010 | Strike Back (TV Series) · as Gerald Baxter |
| 2010 | Dive · as Stewart |
| 2009 | The Day of the Triffids (2009) (TV Series) · as Walter Strange |
| 2009 | Wide Open Spaces · as Austin |
| 2009 | The Zero Sum · as Leonard Paulson |
| 2009 | Jimmy McGovern's Moving On (TV Series) · as Adam |
| 2008 | Fool's Gold · as Alfonz |
| 2008 | Faintheart · as Julian |
| 2008 | Mediator · as Steven |
| 2007 | Hallam Foe · as Andy |
| 2007 | Death at a Funeral · as Justin |
| 2007 | Ian Rankin: Investigates Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde · as R.l. Stevenson |
| 2006 | The Lost Room (TV Series) · as Harold Stritzke |
| 2006 | Marvelous · as Lars |
| 2005 | The Virgin Queen (TV Series) · as Sir James Melville |
| 2005 | Match Point · as Inspector Dowd |
| 2005 | Elizabeth I (TV Series) · as King James Vi |
| 2005 | My Name Is Earl (TV Series) · as Raynard |
| 2004 | Alien vs. Predator · as Graeme Miller |
| 2004 | Around the World in 80 Days · as Inspector Fix |
| 2003 | The Rundown · as Declan |
| 2003 | Coming Up (TV Series) · as Johnny |
| 2003 | The Reckoning · as Simon Damian |
| 2003 | 16 Years of Alcohol · as Jake |
| 2003 | Skagerrak · as Gabriel |
| 2002 | Fancy Dancing · as Bernard Schiff |
| 2002 | Spooks (TV Series) · as Ryan Baisley |
| 2002 | Surrealissimo: The Scandalous Success of Salvador Dali · as Salvador Dali |
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down · as Spc Shawn Nelson |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor · as Red Winkle |
| 2001 | Langt fra Las Vegas (TV Series) · as John Twain D'wain |
| 2000 | Paranoid · as Gordon |
| 2000 | Snatch · as Mullet |
| 2000 | The Secret World of Michael Fry (TV Series) · as Michael Fry |
| 1999 | Julien Donkey-Boy · as Julien |
| 1999 | Love Story · as Nick |
| 1998 | The Acid House · as Coco Bryce |
| 1997 | Mojo · as Skinny |
| 1997 | The Life of Stuff · as Fraser |
| 1997 | Deacon Brodie · as Louis The Apprentice |
| 1997 | Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest · as Chaz |
| 1996 | Dead London · as Paul |
| 1996 | Trainspotting · as Spud |
| 1995 | The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet · as Joe |
| 1995 | Judge Dredd · as Junior Angel |
| 1994 | Harry Enfield and Chums (TV Series) · as Jockey |
| 1994 | Royal Deceit · as Frovin |
| 1993 | Naked · as Archie |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost (TV Series) · as Gordon Hicks |
| 1992 | As You Like It · as Silvius |
| 1990 | The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (TV Series) · as Walter Mcnabb |
| 1990 | |
| 1990 | Forget About Me · as Broke |
| 1989 | Conquest of the South Pole · as Penguin |
| 1986 | The Riveter · as Slim |
| 1986 | The Gospel According to Vic · as Stevie Deans |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Sammy Nelson |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) · as Paul Tovey |
| 1983 | Taggart (TV Series) |
| 1975 | A Girl Named Sooner · as Archie |