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.
81 movies · 26 shows
Odd Socks
2025·0.0
Freedom's Path
2023·8.1
Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting
2023·0.0
Cavewoman
2022·6.0
American Sausage Standoff
2021·4.7
Creation Stories
2021·6.0
First Cow
2020·7.0
Etta's Mission
2017·8.0
Renegades
2017·5.6
Wonder Woman
2017·7.2
T2 Trainspotting
2017·6.9
Carousel
2016·5.0
Get Santa
2014·6.1
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014·5.9
The Veil of Twilight
2014·5.8
A Poet in New York
2014·5.3
Salting the Battlefield
2014·6.3
Turks & Caicos
2014·6.3
Exchange and Mart
2014·0.0
Snowpiercer
2013·6.9
Drone
2013·5.2
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013·5.9
Great Expectations
2012·6.4
Perfect Sense
2011·6.9
Page Eight
2011·6.6
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010·5.9
One Night in Emergency
2010·8.0
Wide Open Spaces
2009·3.5
The Zero Sum
2009·0.0
Faintheart
2009·6.3
Memories of "Trainspotting"
2008·0.0
Marvelous
2008·0.0
Fool's Gold
2008·5.8
Mediator
2008·5.0
Hallam Foe
2007·6.7
Death at a Funeral
2007·6.9
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
2007·8.0
Match Point
2005·7.4
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004·6.0
Around the World in 80 Days
2004·6.0
The Reckoning
2004·6.4
The Rundown
2003·6.4
16 Years of Alcohol
2003·5.6
Sweet Dreams
2003·6.4
Fancy Dancing
2002·7.0
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002·5.8
Black Hawk Down
2001·7.4
Making 'Snatch'
2001·6.4
Pearl Harbor
2001·6.9
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
2000·5.0
Paranoid
2000·3.8
Snatch
2000·7.8
The Secret World of Michael Fry
2000·9.0
Julien Donkey-Boy
1999·7.0
The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy
1999·6.0
Love Story
1999·9.0
The Acid House
1998·6.3
The Life of Stuff
1997·10.0
Mojo
1997·4.7
Deacon Brodie
1997·9.5
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997·8.0
Dead London
1996·0.0
Masculine Mescaline
1996·0.0
Trainspotting
1996·8.0
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
1995·5.3
Skin
1995·5.9
Ruffian Hearts
1995·7.0
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
1995·7.0
Judge Dredd
1995·5.9
Prince of Jutland
1994·5.4
Naked
1993·7.3
Bye Bye Baby
1992·4.0
As You Like It
1992·6.0
Dreaming
1991·9.0
The Fool
1990·8.0
Meat
1990·0.0
Forget About Me
1990·9.0
Conquest of the South Pole
1989·8.0
The Riveter
1988·0.0
Heavenly Pursuits
1986·7.2
A Girl Named Sooner
1975·5.3