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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1972-01-23
Place of birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Cast
Snatch
2000
7.81
Black Hawk Down
2001
7.39
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004
5.93
Trainspotting
1996
7.96
The Rundown
2003
6.45
Pearl Harbor
2001
6.94
Death at a Funeral
2007
6.90
Around the World in 80 Days
2004
5.94
Hallam Foe
2007
6.70
Naked
1993
7.28
Fool's Gold
2008
5.80
The Acid House
1998
6.30
Judge Dredd
1995
5.82
The Reckoning
2004
6.36
Paranoid
2000
3.70
Meat
1990
0.00
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
5.87
Julien Donkey-Boy
1999
6.99
Faintheart
2009
6.30
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
5.85
Perfect Sense
2011
6.87
Page Eight
2011
6.57
Sweet Dreams
2003
6.10
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
1995
4.80
Mojo
1997
4.80
Snowpiercer
2013
6.90
Freedom's Path
2023
7.90
Heavenly Pursuits
1986
7.20
Dead London
1996
0.00
Skin
1995
5.90
As You Like It
1992
5.50
Match Point
2005
7.36
Turks & Caicos
2014
6.30
Salting the Battlefield
2014
6.24
A Poet in New York
2014
5.30
The Secret World of Michael Fry
2000
0.00
The Veil of Twilight
2014
5.80
Fancy Dancing
2002
0.00
Cavewoman
2022
6.00
Mediator
2008
7.00
One Night in Emergency
2010
8.00
T2 Trainspotting
2017
6.95
Etta's Mission
2017
10.00
Dreaming
1991
0.00
Love Story
1999
0.00
Wonder Woman
2017
7.22
Get Santa
2014
6.00
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
2000
3.50
The Fool
1990
7.00
Exchange and Mart
2014
0.00
A Girl Named Sooner
1975
4.20
Marvelous
2008
0.00
Carousel
2016
0.00
Renegades
2017
5.60
Drone
2013
5.00
Ruffian Hearts
1995
0.00
Deacon Brodie
1997
0.00
The Life of Stuff
1997
0.00
Great Expectations
2012
6.40
Wide Open Spaces
2009
3.50
Prince of Jutland
1994
5.60
16 Years of Alcohol
2003
5.64
Forget About Me
1990
0.00
Conquest of the South Pole
1989
0.00
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997
0.00
Creation Stories
2021
5.85
First Cow
2020
7.10
American Sausage Standoff
2021
5.00
The Riveter
1988
0.00
Making 'Snatch'
2001
6.20
Bye Bye Baby
1992
1.00
Odd Socks
2025
0.00
Masculine Mescaline
1996
0.00