Ewen Bremner
Actor
- Born
- January 23, 1972 (age 54) · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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).
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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
Wonder Woman
May 30, 2017
Snowpiercer
August 1, 2013
Trainspotting
February 23, 1996
Snatch
September 1, 2000
Pearl Harbor
May 21, 2001
Black Hawk Down
December 28, 2001
Jack the Giant Slayer
February 27, 2013
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
August 12, 2004
Exodus: Gods and Kings
December 3, 2014
Match Point
October 26, 2005
T2 Trainspotting
January 27, 2017
Judge Dredd
June 30, 1995
Acting86
- 2026The Dog Stars as Crossbow Hunter
- 2025Odd Socks as Beng (voice)
- 2023Freedom's Path as Silas
- 2023Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting”
- 2022Cavewoman as Brother
- 2021American Sausage Standoff as Edward Hofler
- 2021Creation Stories as Alan McGee
- 2020First Cow as Lloyd
- 2017Etta's Mission as Charlie
- 2017Renegades as Jim Rainey