Ewen Bremner
Acting
- Born:
- 1972-01-23
- Place of birth:
- 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
Coldwater
Odd Socks
Freedom's Path
Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting”
Cavewoman
Our Flag Means Death
American Sausage Standoff
Creation Stories
First Cow
Etta's Mission
Renegades
Will
Wonder Woman
T2 Trainspotting
Houdini & Doyle
Carousel
Banished
Get Santa
Exodus: Gods and Kings
The Veil of Twilight
A Poet in New York
Salting the Battlefield
Turks & Caicos
Exchange and Mart
Snowpiercer
Drone
Jack the Giant Slayer
Great Expectations
Them From That Thing
Blackout
Perfect Sense
Page Eight
Accused
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Dive
One Night in Emergency
Wide Open Spaces
The Zero Sum
Moving On
Faintheart
Memories of "Trainspotting"
Marvelous
Fool's Gold
Mediator
Hallam Foe
Death at a Funeral
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
The Graham Norton Show
The Lost Room
The Virgin Queen
Match Point
Elizabeth I
My Name Is Earl
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Around the World in 80 Days
The Reckoning
The Rundown
Coming Up
16 Years of Alcohol
Sweet Dreams
Fancy Dancing
The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down'
Spooks
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
Black Hawk Down
Making 'Snatch'
Pearl Harbor
Far from Las Vegas
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
Paranoid
Snatch
The Secret World of Michael Fry
The Secret World of Michael Fry
Julien Donkey-Boy
The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy
Love Story
The Acid House
The Life of Stuff
Mojo
Deacon Brodie
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
Dead London
Masculine Mescaline
Trainspotting
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
Skin
Ruffian Hearts
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
Judge Dredd
Harry Enfield and Chums
Prince of Jutland
Shooting Stars
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Naked
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
A Touch of Frost
Bye Bye Baby
As You Like It
Dreaming
The Fool
Meat
Forget About Me
Conquest of the South Pole
The Riveter
Heavenly Pursuits
Screen Two
Taggart
An Audience with...
A Girl Named Sooner
As Deep as the Grave
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
Killa Bee