Ewen Bremner
Acting • Born 1972-01-23
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.
Filmography
106 credits
Snatch
Movie • 2000
Mullet
Black Hawk Down
Movie • 2001
SPC Shawn Nelson
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Movie • 2004
Graeme Miller
Trainspotting
Movie • 1996
Spud
The Rundown
Movie • 2003
Declan
Pearl Harbor
Movie • 2001
Red Winkle
Death at a Funeral
Movie • 2007
Justin
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie • 2004
Inspector Fix
Hallam Foe
Movie • 2007
Andy
Naked
Movie • 1993
Archie
Fool's Gold
Movie • 2008
Alfonz
The Acid House
Movie • 1998
Coco Bryce
Judge Dredd
Movie • 1995
Junior Angel
The Reckoning
Movie • 2004
Simon Damian
Paranoid
Movie • 2000
Gordon
Meat
Movie • 1990
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Movie • 2014
Expert
Julien Donkey-Boy
Movie • 1999
Julien
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Movie • 2010
Henry Strangler
Faintheart
Movie • 2009
Julian
Jack the Giant Slayer
Movie • 2013
Wicke
Perfect Sense
Movie • 2011
James
Page Eight
Movie • 2011
Rollo Maverley
Sweet Dreams
Movie • 2003
Gabriel
Mojo
Movie • 1997
Skinny
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
Movie • 1995
Joe
Snowpiercer
Movie • 2013
Andrew
Freedom's Path
Movie • 2023
Silas
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
Movie • 1995
Heavenly Pursuits
Movie • 1986
Stevie Deans
Dead London
Movie • 1996
Paul
Skin
Movie • 1995
Billy Boy
As You Like It
Movie • 1992
Silvius
Match Point
Movie • 2005
Inspector Dowd
Turks & Caicos
Movie • 2014
Rollo Madeley
Salting the Battlefield
Movie • 2014
Rollo Madeley
A Poet in New York
Movie • 2014
John Malcolm Brinnin
The Secret World of Michael Fry
Movie • 2000
Michael Fry
The Veil of Twilight
Movie • 2014
Rabbi Dunbar
Fancy Dancing
Movie • 2002
Bernard Schiff
Cavewoman
Movie • 2022
Brother
Mediator
Movie • 2008
Steven
One Night in Emergency
Movie • 2010
T2 Trainspotting
Movie • 2017
Spud
Etta's Mission
Movie • 2017
Charlie
Dreaming
Movie • 1991
Sammy Nelson
Love Story
Movie • 1999
Nick
Wonder Woman
Movie • 2017
Charlie
Get Santa
Movie • 2014
PC Finkerton
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
Movie • 2000
Self
The Fool
Movie • 1990
Exchange and Mart
Movie • 2014
Mike
A Girl Named Sooner
Movie • 1975
Archie
Marvelous
Movie • 2008
Lars
Carousel
Movie • 2016
Renegades
Movie • 2017
Jim Rainey
Drone
Movie • 2013
Drone Operator
Ruffian Hearts
Movie • 1995
Mick
Deacon Brodie
Movie • 1997
Louis the apprentice
The Life of Stuff
Movie • 1997
Fraser
Great Expectations
Movie • 2012
Wemmick
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
Movie • 2002
Salvador Dali
Prince of Jutland
Movie • 1994
Frovin
Wide Open Spaces
Movie • 2009
Austin
16 Years of Alcohol
Movie • 2003
Jake
Forget About Me
Movie • 1990
Broke
Conquest of the South Pole
Movie • 1989
Penguin
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Movie • 2007
R.L. Stevenson
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
Movie • 1997
Chaz
The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy
Movie • 1999
Self
Creation Stories
Movie • 2021
Alan McGee
First Cow
Movie • 2020
Lloyd
American Sausage Standoff
Movie • 2021
Edward Hofler
The Riveter
Movie • 1988
Slim
Making 'Snatch'
Movie • 2001
Self
Canyon of the Dead
Movie
Sylvanus G. Morley
Bye Bye Baby
Movie • 1992
Galloway
Odd Socks
Movie • 2025
Beng (voice)
Masculine Mescaline
Movie • 1996
Steve Carlisle
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
Movie
Self
Memories of "Trainspotting"
Movie • 2008
Self
Shooting Stars
TV • 1993
Self
My Name Is Earl
TV • 2005
Raynard
Taggart
TV • 1983
A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992
Gordon Hicks
The Lost Room
TV • 2006
Harold Stritzke
The Virgin Queen
TV • 2006
Sir James Melville
Our Flag Means Death
TV • 2022
Buttons
Blackout
TV • 2012
Jerry Durrans
Moving On
TV • 2009
Adam
Banished
TV • 2015
Reverend Johnson
An Audience with...
TV • 1978
Self
Will
TV • 2017
Richard Topcliffe
Elizabeth I
TV • 2005
King James VI
Houdini & Doyle
TV • 2016
Sherlock Holmes
Dive
TV • 2010
Stewart Wisley
Them From That Thing
TV • 2012
Various
Spooks
TV • 2002
Ryan Baisley
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Far from Las Vegas
TV • 2001
John Twain D'Wain
Coldwater
TV • 2025
Tommy
Accused
TV • 2010
Frank Best
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
TV • 1993
Walter McNabb
Harry Enfield and Chums
TV • 1994
Jockey
Harry Enfield and Chums
TV • 1994
Jim / Jockey
The Secret World of Michael Fry
TV • 2000
Michael Fry