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.
Filmography · 101
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Spooks
2002 · Ryan Baisley
My Name Is Earl
2005 · Raynard
A Touch of Frost
1992 · Gordon Hicks
Screen Two
1985 · Sammy Nelson
Black Hawk Down
2001 · SPC Shawn Nelson
Shooting Stars
1993 · Self
Taggart
1983
Snatch
2000 · Mullet
Wonder Woman
2017 · Charlie
An Audience with...
1978 · Self
Pearl Harbor
2001 · Red
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014 · Expert
Trainspotting
1996 · Spud
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004 · Graeme Miller
Moving On
2009 · Adam
Snowpiercer
2013 · Andrew
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013 · Wicke
Our Flag Means Death
2022 · Buttons
Accused
2010 · Frank Best
Judge Dredd
1995 · Junior Angel
Around the World in 80 Days
2004 · Inspector Fix
Far from Las Vegas
2001 · John Twain D'Wain
Match Point
2005 · Inspector Dowd
Will
2017 · Richard Topcliffe
The Lost Room
2006 · Harold Stritzke
Houdini & Doyle
2016 · Sherlock Holmes
Fool's Gold
2008 · Alfonz
The Rundown
2003 · Declan
Coldwater
2025 · Tommy
Hallam Foe
2007 · Andy
T2 Trainspotting
2017 · Spud
Harry Enfield and Chums
1994 · Jockey
Death at a Funeral
2007 · Justin
Banished
2015 · Reverend Johnson
Naked
1993 · Archie
Renegades
2017 · Jim Rainey
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
1993 · Walter McNabb
The Virgin Queen
2006 · Sir James Melville
Elizabeth I
2005 · King James VI
Blackout
2012 · Jerry Durrans
Perfect Sense
2011 · James
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010 · Henry Strangler
Great Expectations
2012 · Wemmick
Page Eight
2011 · Rollo Maverley
First Cow
2020 · Lloyd
Dead London
1996 · Paul
Dive
2010 · Stewart Wisley
Turks & Caicos
2014 · Rollo Madeley
Get Santa
2014 · PC Finkerton
Them From That Thing
2012 · Various
Salting the Battlefield
2014 · Rollo Madeley
The Secret World of Michael Fry
2000 · Michael Fry
As Deep as the Grave
— · Sylvanus G. Morley
The Reckoning
2004 · Simon Damian
Julien Donkey-Boy
1999 · Julien
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
1995
The Veil of Twilight
2014 · Rabbi Dunbar
Prince of Jutland
1994 · Frovin
The Acid House
1998 · Coco Bryce
Faintheart
2009 · Julian
Creation Stories
2021 · Alan McGee
Sweet Dreams
2003 · Gabriel
American Sausage Standoff
2021 · Edward Hofler
One Night in Emergency
2010
Heavenly Pursuits
1986 · Stevie Deans
Mojo
1997 · Skinny
Memories of "Trainspotting"
2008 · Self
Ruffian Hearts
1995 · Mick
Paranoid
2000 · Gordon
The Zero Sum
2009 · Leonard Paulson
A Poet in New York
2014 · John Malcolm Brinnin
The Life of Stuff
1997 · Fraser
Making 'Snatch'
2001 · Self
16 Years of Alcohol
2003 · Jake
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
1995 · Joe
The Riveter
1988 · Slim
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002 · Salvador Dali
Dreaming
1991 · Sammy Nelson
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997 · Chaz
Odd Socks
2025 · Beng (voice)
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
— · Self
Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting
2023
A Girl Named Sooner
1975 · Archie
As You Like It
1992 · Silvius
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
2000 · Self
Freedom's Path
2023 · Silas
Mediator
2008 · Steven
Etta's Mission
2017 · Charlie
Masculine Mescaline
1996 · Steve Carlisle
Exchange and Mart
2014 · Mike
Marvelous
2008 · Lars
Fancy Dancing
2002 · Schiff
Carousel
2016
Love Story
1999 · Nick
Skin
1995 · Billy Boy
Deacon Brodie
1997 · Louis the apprentice
Cavewoman
2022 · Brother
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
2007 · R.L. Stevenson
The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy
1999 · Self