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