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Ewen Bremner

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.

Freedom's Path

2023

as Silas

Cavewoman

2022

as Brother

Our Flag Means Death

2022

as Buttons

American Sausage Standoff

2021

as Edward Hofler

Creation Stories

2021

as Alan McGee

First Cow

2020

as Lloyd

Etta's Mission

2017

as Charlie

Renegades

2017

as Jim Rainey

Will

2017

as Richard Topcliffe

Wonder Woman

2017

as Charlie

T2 Trainspotting

2017

as Spud

Houdini & Doyle

2016

as Sherlock Holmes

Carousel

2016

Banished

2015

as Reverend Johnson

Get Santa

2014

as PC Finkerton

Exodus: Gods and Kings

2014

as Expert

The Veil of Twilight

2014

as Rabbi Dunbar

A Poet in New York

2014

as John Malcolm Brinnin

Salting the Battlefield

2014

as Rollo Madeley

Turks & Caicos

2014

as Rollo Madeley

Exchange and Mart

2014

as Mike

Snowpiercer

2013

as Andrew

Drone

2013

as Drone Operator

Jack the Giant Slayer

2013

as Wicke

Great Expectations

2012

as Wemmick

Them From That Thing

2012

as Various

Blackout

2012

as Jerry Durrans

Perfect Sense

2011

as James

Page Eight

2011

as Rollo Maverley

Accused

2010

as Frank Best

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

2010

as Henry Strangler

Dive

2010

as Stewart

One Night in Emergency

2010

Wide Open Spaces

2009

as Austin

Moving On

2009

as Adam

Faintheart

2009

as Julian

Marvelous

2008

as Lars

Fool's Gold

2008

as Alfonz

Mediator

2008

as Steven

Death at a Funeral

2007

as Justin

Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

2007

as R.L. Stevenson

Hallam Foe

2007

as Andy

The Lost Room

2006

as Harold Stritzke

The Virgin Queen

2006

as Sir James Melville

Match Point

2005

as Inspector Dowd

Elizabeth I

2005

as King James VI

My Name Is Earl

2005

as Raynard

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

2004

as Graeme Miller

Around the World in 80 Days

2004

as Inspector Fix

The Reckoning

2004

as Simon Damian

The Rundown

2003

as Declan

16 Years of Alcohol

2003

as Jake

Sweet Dreams

2003

as Gabriel

Fancy Dancing

2002

as Bernard Schiff

Spooks

2002

as Ryan Baisley

Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali

2002

as Salvador Dali

Black Hawk Down

2001

as SPC Shawn Nelson

Making 'Snatch'

2001

as Self

Pearl Harbor

2001

as Red Winkle

Far from Las Vegas

2001

as John Twain D'Wain

The Name of This Film Is Dogme95

2000

as Self

Paranoid

2000

as Gordon

Snatch

2000

as Mullet

The Secret World of Michael Fry

2000

as Michael Fry

Julien Donkey-Boy

1999

as Julien

The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy

1999

as Self

Love Story

1999

as Nick

The Acid House

1998

as Coco Brice

The Life of Stuff

1997

as Fraser

Mojo

1997

as Skinny

Deacon Brodie

1997

as Louis the apprentice

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest

1997

as Chaz

Dead London

1996

as Paul

Trainspotting

1996

as Spud

The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet

1995

as Joe

Skin

1995

as Billy Boy

Ruffian Hearts

1995

as Mick

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

1995

Judge Dredd

1995

as Junior Angel

Royal Deceit

1994

as Frovin

Shooting Stars

1993

as Self

Naked

1993

as Archie

A Touch of Frost

1992

as Gordon Hicks

Bye Bye Baby

1992

as Galloway

As You Like It

1992

as Silvius

Dreaming

1991

The Fool

1990

Meat

1990

Forget About Me

1990

as Broke

Conquest of the South Pole

1989

as Penguin

The Riveter

1988

as Slim

Heavenly Pursuits

1986

as Stevie Deans

Taggart

1983

A Girl Named Sooner

1975

as Archie

Am I Irvine Welsh?

as Daniel 'Spud' Murphy (archive footage)

Canyon of the Dead

as Sylvanus G. Morley

Cold Water

as Tommy