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.
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Wonder Woman
Charlie
Spooks
Ryan Baisley
Snatch
Mullet
Jack the Giant Slayer
Wicke
My Name Is Earl
Raynard
Snowpiercer
Andrew
Taggart
A Touch of Frost
Gordon Hicks
Black Hawk Down
SPC Shawn Nelson
Pearl Harbor
Red Winkle
Death at a Funeral
Justin
The Reckoning
Simon Damian
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Expert
Love Story
Nick
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Graeme Miller
Fancy Dancing
Bernard Schiff
Our Flag Means Death
Buttons
Trainspotting
Spud
Fool's Gold
Alfonz
Perfect Sense
James
Creation Stories
Alan McGee
Making 'Snatch'
Self
Coldwater
Tommy
16 Years of Alcohol
Jake
Judge Dredd
Junior Angel
Prince of Jutland
Frovin
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
Great Expectations
Wemmick
American Sausage Standoff
Edward Hofler
The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy
Self
Moving On
Adam
The Fool
Around the World in 80 Days
Inspector Fix
Hallam Foe
Andy
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Henry Strangler
Accused
Frank Best
The Rundown
Declan
The Lost Room
Harold Stritzke
First Cow
Lloyd
Shooting Stars
Self
Mediator
Steven
As You Like It
Silvius
Match Point
Inspector Dowd
The Secret World of Michael Fry
Michael Fry
Get Santa
PC Finkerton
T2 Trainspotting
Spud
The Acid House
Coco Bryce
Wide Open Spaces
Austin
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
Chaz
Renegades
Jim Rainey
Canyon of the Dead
Sylvanus G. Morley
Far from Las Vegas
John Twain D'Wain
Mojo
Skinny
Naked
Archie
Will
Richard Topcliffe
Elizabeth I
King James VI
The Virgin Queen
Sir James Melville
The Life of Stuff
Fraser
Freedom's Path
Silas
Julien Donkey-Boy
Julien
Banished
Reverend Johnson
Ruffian Hearts
Mick
Forget About Me
Broke
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
Self
Houdini & Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Page Eight
Rollo Maverley
Harry Enfield and Chums
Jockey
Harry Enfield and Chums
Jim / Jockey
Sweet Dreams
Gabriel
Bye Bye Baby
Galloway
Etta's Mission
Charlie
Paranoid
Gordon
Dead London
Paul
One Night in Emergency
Cavewoman
Brother
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
Walter McNabb
Conquest of the South Pole
Penguin
Blackout
Jerry Durrans
Marvelous
Lars
Masculine Mescaline
Steve Carlisle
Deacon Brodie
Louis the apprentice
Memories of "Trainspotting"
Self
A Girl Named Sooner
Archie
Drone
Drone Operator
Them From That Thing
Various
Dreaming
Sammy Nelson
Salting the Battlefield
Rollo Madeley
Dive
Stewart
Turks & Caicos
Rollo Madeley
Carousel
Skin
Billy Boy
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
Self
Odd Socks
Beng (voice)
Faintheart
Julian
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
Joe
A Poet in New York
John Malcolm Brinnin
Exchange and Mart
Mike
Heavenly Pursuits
Stevie Deans
The Secret World of Michael Fry
Michael Fry
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
R.L. Stevenson
Meat
The Riveter
Slim
The Veil of Twilight
Rabbi Dunbar
The Graham Norton Show
Self
An Audience with...
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