Ewen Bremner
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Ewen Bremner

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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.

Films Featuring Ewen Bremner

Snatch

20007.8

Black Hawk Down

20017.4

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

20046.0

Trainspotting

19968.0

The Rundown

20036.4

Pearl Harbor

20016.9

Death at a Funeral

20076.9

Around the World in 80 Days

20046.0

Hallam Foe

20076.7

Naked

19937.3

Fool's Gold

20085.8

The Acid House

19986.3

Judge Dredd

19955.9

The Reckoning

20046.4

Paranoid

20003.8

Meat

Meat

1990

Exodus: Gods and Kings

20145.9

Julien Donkey-Boy

19997.0

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

20105.9

Faintheart

20096.3

Jack the Giant Slayer

20135.9

Perfect Sense

20116.9

Page Eight

20116.6

Sweet Dreams

20036.4

Mojo

19974.7

The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet

19955.3

Snowpiercer

20136.9

Freedom's Path

20238.1

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

19957.0

Heavenly Pursuits

19867.2

Dead London

1996

Skin

19955.9

As You Like It

19926.0

Match Point

20057.4

Turks & Caicos

20146.3

Salting the Battlefield

20146.3

A Poet in New York

20145.3

The Secret World of Michael Fry

The Secret World of Michael Fry

20009.0

The Veil of Twilight

20145.5

Fancy Dancing

20027.0

Cavewoman

20226.0

Mediator

20085.0

One Night in Emergency

20108.0

T2 Trainspotting

20176.9

Etta's Mission

20178.0

Dreaming

19919.0

Love Story

19999.0

Wonder Woman

20177.2

Get Santa

20146.1

The Name of This Film Is Dogme95

20005.0

The Fool

The Fool

19908.0

Exchange and Mart

2014

A Girl Named Sooner

19755.3

Marvelous

2008

Carousel

20165.0

Renegades

20175.6

Drone

Drone

20135.2

Ruffian Hearts

19957.0

Deacon Brodie

19979.5

The Life of Stuff

199710.0

Great Expectations

20126.4

Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali

20025.8

Prince of Jutland

19945.5

Wide Open Spaces

Wide Open Spaces

20093.5

16 Years of Alcohol

20035.6

Forget About Me

Forget About Me

19909.0

Conquest of the South Pole

Conquest of the South Pole

19898.0

Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

20078.0

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest

19978.0

The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy

19996.0

Creation Stories

20216.0

First Cow

20207.0

American Sausage Standoff

20214.7

The Riveter

1988

Making 'Snatch'

20016.5

As Deep as the Grave

Bye Bye Baby

Bye Bye Baby

19924.0

Odd Socks

2025

Masculine Mescaline

1996

Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life

Memories of "Trainspotting"

2008

Killa Bee

Killa Bee

The Zero Sum

2009

Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting

2023