
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.
Filmography50+ titles

Freedom's Path

Accused

Snatch

The Lost Room

My Name Is Earl

Spooks

Our Flag Means Death

A Touch of Frost

Match Point

Black Hawk Down

Naked

Coldwater

Wonder Woman

Banished

The Graham Norton Show

Elizabeth I

First Cow

Moving On

Julien Donkey-Boy

The Secret World of Michael Fry

T2 Trainspotting

Snowpiercer

Perfect Sense

Death at a Funeral

Pearl Harbor

Hallam Foe

Houdini and Doyle

The Virgin Queen

The Rundown

Great Expectations

Blackout

The Reckoning

Sweet Dreams

Taggart

The Acid House

Get Santa

Around the World in 80 Days

Creation Stories

Will

Exodus: Gods and Kings

Jack the Giant Slayer

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Alien vs. Predator

Judge Dredd

Fool's Gold

Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali

American Renegades

Prince of Jutland
Drone

American Sausage Standoff