
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
- 2022 · Our Flag Means Death as Buttons
- 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
- 2016 · Houdini & Doyle as Sherlock Holmes
- 2015 · Banished as Reverend Johnson
- 2014 · Exodus: Gods and Kings as Expert
- 2014 · Turks & Caicos as Rollo Madeley
- 2013 · Snowpiercer as Andrew
- 2013 · Jack the Giant Slayer as Wicke
- 2012 · Great Expectations as Wemmick
- 2012 · Them From That Thing as Various
- 2012 · Blackout as Jerry Durrans
- 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 · Dive as Stewart
- 2009 · Moving On as Adam
- 2008 · Fool's Gold as Alfonz
- 2007 · Death at a Funeral as Justin
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Hallam Foe as Andy
- 2006 · The Lost Room as Harold Stritzke
- 2006 · The Virgin Queen as Sir James Melville
- 2005 · Match Point as Inspector Dowd
- 2005 · Elizabeth I as King James VI
- 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
- 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 · Snatch as Mullet
- 1999 · Julien Donkey-Boy as Julien
- 1998 · The Acid House as Coco Bryce
- 1996 · Trainspotting as Spud
- 1995 · Judge Dredd as Junior Angel
- 1994 · Harry Enfield and Chums as Jockey
- 1994 · Harry Enfield and Chums as Jim / Jockey
- 1994 · Prince of Jutland as Frovin
- 1993 · Shooting Stars as Self
- 1993 · Naked as Archie
- 1993 · The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries as Walter McNabb
- 1992 · A Touch of Frost as Gordon Hicks
- 1983 · Taggart as
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- Future · Cold Water as Tommy
- 2025 · Odd Socks as Beng (voice)
- 2023 · Freedom's Path as Silas
- 2022 · Cavewoman as Brother
- 2021 · American Sausage Standoff as Edward Hofler
- 2021 · Creation Stories as Alan McGee
- 2017 · Etta's Mission as Charlie
- 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 · Salting the Battlefield as Rollo Madeley
- 2014 · Exchange and Mart as Mike
- 2013 · Drone as Drone Operator
- 2010 · One Night in Emergency as
- 2009 · Wide Open Spaces as Austin
- 2009 · Faintheart as Julian
- 2008 · Marvelous as Lars
- 2008 · Mediator as Steven
- 2007 · Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde as R.L. Stevenson
- 2003 · 16 Years of Alcohol as Jake
- 2001 · Making 'Snatch' as Self
- 2000 · Paranoid as Gordon
- Future · Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life as Self
- 2003 · Sweet Dreams as Gabriel
- 2002 · Fancy Dancing as Bernard Schiff
- 1999 · Love Story as Nick
- 1990 · The Fool as
- Future · Canyon of the Dead as Sylvanus G. Morley
- 2002 · Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali as Salvador Dali
- 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
- 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 · The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet as Joe
- 1995 · Skin as Billy Boy
- 1995 · Ruffian Hearts as Mick
- 1995 · Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing as
- 1992 · Bye Bye Baby as Galloway
- 1992 · As You Like It as Silvius
- 1991 · Dreaming as
- 1990 · Forget About Me as Broke
- 1986 · Heavenly Pursuits as Stevie Deans
- Future · Am I Irvine Welsh? as Daniel 'Spud' Murphy (archive footage)
- 1990 · Meat as
- 1989 · Conquest of the South Pole as Penguin
- 1988 · The Riveter as Slim
- 1975 · A Girl Named Sooner as Archie