
Ewen Bremner
Born January 23, 1972 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

The Dog Stars

Black Hawk Down

Wonder Woman

Snatch

Snowpiercer

Pearl Harbor

Exodus: Gods and Kings

Jack the Giant Slayer

Trainspotting

Judge Dredd

T2 Trainspotting

The Rundown

Match Point

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

Fool's Gold

Around the World in 80 Days

Death at a Funeral

First Cow

Naked

Perfect Sense

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Hallam Foe
TV Shows

Spooks

A Touch of Frost

An Audience with...

Taggart

Moving On

Our Flag Means Death

Shooting Stars

Far from Las Vegas

Accused

Houdini & Doyle

Will

Harry Enfield and Chums

The Lost Room

The Virgin Queen

Banished

Elizabeth I

Coldwater

The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

Them From That Thing

The Secret World of Michael Fry

Dive

Blackout
More Movies

Renegades

Page Eight

Great Expectations

Get Santa

Turks & Caicos

Salting the Battlefield

The Reckoning

Creation Stories

A Poet in New York

Faintheart

As Deep As the Grave

16 Years of Alcohol

Julien Donkey-Boy

One Night in Emergency

The Acid House

Sweet Dreams

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest

Prince of Jutland

Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

The Life of Stuff

A Girl Named Sooner

As You Like It

Ruffian Hearts

Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life

Paranoid

Odd Socks

Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting”

Mojo

The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down'

American Sausage Standoff

Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

Dead London

Freedom's Path

The Name of This Film Is Dogme95

Fancy Dancing

Etta's Mission

The Zero Sum

The Veil of Twilight

The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet

Making 'Snatch'

Heavenly Pursuits

Masculine Mescaline

The Riveter

Marvelous

The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy

Memories of "Trainspotting"

Dreaming

Exchange and Mart

Love Story

Deacon Brodie

Carousel

Mediator

Skin




