Ewen Bremner
- Acting
- January 23, 1972 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Biography
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
Filmography
- The Dog Stars · Crossbow Hunter
- Coldwater · Tommy
- Odd Socks · Beng (Voice)
- Freedom's Path · Silas
- Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting”
- Cavewoman · Brother
- Our Flag Means Death · Buttons
- American Sausage Standoff · Edward Hofler
- Creation Stories · Alan McGee
- First Cow · Lloyd
- Etta's Mission · Charlie
- Renegades · Jim Rainey
- Will · Richard Topcliffe
- Wonder Woman · Charlie
- T2 Trainspotting · Spud
- Houdini & Doyle · Sherlock Holmes
- Carousel
- Banished · Reverend Johnson
- Get Santa · PC Finkerton
- Exodus: Gods and Kings · Expert
- The Veil of Twilight · Rabbi Dunbar
- A Poet in New York · John Malcolm Brinnin
- Salting the Battlefield · Rollo Madeley
- Turks & Caicos · Rollo Madeley
- Exchange and Mart · Mike
- Snowpiercer · Andrew
- Drone · Drone Operator
- Jack the Giant Slayer · Wicke
- Great Expectations · Wemmick
- Them From That Thing · Various
- Blackout · Jerry Durrans
- Perfect Sense · James
- Page Eight · Rollo Maverley
- Accused · Frank Best
- You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger · Henry Strangler
- Dive · Stewart Wisley
- One Night in Emergency
- Wide Open Spaces · Austin
- The Zero Sum · Leonard Paulson
- Moving On · Adam
- Faintheart · Julian
- Memories of "Trainspotting" · Self
- Marvelous · Lars
- Fool's Gold · Alfonz
- Mediator · Steven
- Hallam Foe · Andy
- Death at a Funeral · Justin
- Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde · R.L. Stevenson
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- The Lost Room · Harold Stritzke
- The Virgin Queen · Sir James Melville
- Match Point · Inspector Dowd
- Elizabeth I · King James VI
- My Name Is Earl · Raynard
- AVP: Alien vs. Predator · Graeme Miller
- Around the World in 80 Days · Inspector Fix
- The Reckoning · Simon Damian
- The Rundown · Declan
- Coming Up · Johnny
- 16 Years of Alcohol · Jake
- Sweet Dreams · Gabriel
- Fancy Dancing · Schiff
- The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down' · Self
- Spooks · Ryan Baisley
- Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali · Salvador Dali
- Black Hawk Down · Nelson
- Making 'Snatch' · Self
- Pearl Harbor · Red
- Far from Las Vegas · John Twain D'Wain
- The Name of This Film Is Dogme95 · Self
- Paranoid · Gordon
- Snatch · Mullet
- The Secret World of Michael Fry · Michael Fry
- The Secret World of Michael Fry · Michael Fry
- Julien Donkey-Boy · Julien
- The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy · Self
- Love Story · Nick
- The Acid House · Coco Bryce
- The Life of Stuff · Fraser
- Mojo · Skinny