Ewen Bremner
Acting
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.
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tvColdwater
2025
Tommy
movieOdd Socks
2025
Beng (voice)
movieCavewoman
2022
Brother
tvOur Flag Means Death
2022
Buttons
movieAmerican Sausage Standoff
2021
Edward Hofler
movieCreation Stories
2021
Alan McGee
movieFirst Cow
2020
Lloyd
movieEtta's Mission
2017
Charlie
movieRenegades
2017
Jim Rainey
tvWill
2017
Richard Topcliffe
movieWonder Woman
2017
Charlie
tvHoudini & Doyle
2016
Sherlock Holmes
tvBanished
2015
Reverend Johnson
movieGet Santa
2014
PC Finkerton
movieThe Veil of Twilight
2014
Rabbi Dunbar
movieA Poet in New York
2014
John Malcolm Brinnin
movieSalting the Battlefield
2014
Rollo Madeley
movieTurks & Caicos
2014
Rollo Madeley
movieSnowpiercer
2013
Andrew
Drone
2013
Drone Operator
movieGreat Expectations
2012
Wemmick
tvThem From That Thing
2012
Various
tvBlackout
2012
Jerry Durrans
moviePage Eight
2011
Rollo Maverley
tvAccused
2010
Frank Best
movieYou Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
Henry Strangler
tvDive
2010
Stewart Wisley
movieThe Zero Sum
2009
Leonard Paulson
tvMoving On
2009
Adam
movieFaintheart
2009
Julian
movieFool's Gold
2008
Alfonz
movieMediator
2008
Steven
movieIan Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
2007
R.L. Stevenson
tvThe Lost Room
2006
Harold Stritzke
tvThe Virgin Queen
2006
Sir James Melville
movieMatch Point
2005
Inspector Dowd
tvElizabeth I
2005
King James VI
tvMy Name Is Earl
2005
Raynard
movieAVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004
Graeme Miller
movieAround the World in 80 Days
2004
Inspector Fix
movieThe Reckoning
2004
Simon Damian
movieThe Rundown
2003
Declan
movieSweet Dreams
2003
Gabriel
movieFancy Dancing
2002
Schiff
tvSpooks
2002
Ryan Baisley
movieSurrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002
Salvador Dali
movieBlack Hawk Down
2001
SPC Shawn Nelson
tvFar from Las Vegas
2001
John Twain D'Wain
movieParanoid
2000
Gordon
movieSnatch
2000
Mullet
tvThe Secret World of Michael Fry
2000
Michael Fry
movieThe Acid House
1998
Coco Bryce
movieMojo
1997
Skinny
movieDeacon Brodie
1997
Louis the apprentice
movieMasculine Mescaline
1996
Steve Carlisle
movieSkin
1995
Billy Boy
movieJudge Dredd
1995
Junior Angel
tvHarry Enfield and Chums
1994
Jockey / Jim / Jockey
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
movieNaked
1993
Archie
tvThe Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
1993
Walter McNabb
tvA Touch of Frost
1992
Gordon Hicks
movieAs You Like It
1992
Silvius
movieDreaming
1991
Sammy Nelson
movieHeavenly Pursuits
1986
Stevie Deans
tvScreen Two
1985
Sammy Nelson
movieAs Deep as the Grave
Sylvanus G. Morley
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movieA Chill
Music