Ewen Bremner
Known for Acting · 110 credits
- Born
- 1972-01-23 (age 54)
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- اون برمنر
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
TV Shows (26)
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
My Name Is Earl
2005
as Raynard
Screen Two
1985
as Sammy Nelson
Spooks
2002
as Ryan Baisley
A Touch of Frost
1992
as Gordon Hicks
Shooting Stars
1993
as Self
Taggart
1983
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Houdini & Doyle
2016
as Sherlock Holmes
Moving On
2009
as Adam
Our Flag Means Death
2022
as Buttons
The Virgin Queen
2006
as Sir James Melville
Accused
2010
as Frank Best
Will
2017
as Richard Topcliffe
Far from Las Vegas
2001
as John Twain D'Wain
The Lost Room
2006
as Harold Stritzke
Harry Enfield and Chums
1994
as Jockey / Jim / Jockey
Coldwater
2025
as Tommy
Elizabeth I
2005
as King James VI
Banished
2015
as Reverend Johnson
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
1993
as Walter McNabb
Them From That Thing
2012
as Various
Blackout
2012
as Jerry Durrans
The Secret World of Michael Fry
2000
as Michael Fry
Dive
2010
as Stewart Wisley
Movies (84)
Black Hawk Down
2001
as SPC Shawn Nelson
Snowpiercer
2013
as Andrew
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
as Wicke
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
as Expert
Snatch
2000
as Mullet
Wonder Woman
2017
as Charlie
Pearl Harbor
2001
as Red
Trainspotting
1996
as Spud
Judge Dredd
1995
as Junior Angel
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004
as Graeme Miller
Around the World in 80 Days
2004
as Inspector Fix
T2 Trainspotting
2017
as Spud
The Rundown
2003
as Declan
Fool's Gold
2008
as Alfonz
Match Point
2005
as Inspector Dowd
Death at a Funeral
2007
as Justin
Great Expectations
2012
as Wemmick
Perfect Sense
2011
as James
Hallam Foe
2007
as Andy
Ruffian Hearts
1995
as Mick
As Deep as the Grave
as Sylvanus G. Morley
Page Eight
2011
as Rollo Maverley
Naked
1993
as Archie
First Cow
2020
as Lloyd
Mojo
1997
as Skinny
Sweet Dreams
2003
as Gabriel
Turks & Caicos
2014
as Rollo Madeley
Killa Bee
Renegades
2017
as Jim Rainey
Get Santa
2014
as PC Finkerton
The Zero Sum
2009
as Leonard Paulson
Salting the Battlefield
2014
as Rollo Madeley
The Riveter
1988
as Slim
Dead London
1996
as Paul
Forget About Me
1990
as Broke
A Poet in New York
2014
as John Malcolm Brinnin
The Life of Stuff
1997
as Fraser
Julien Donkey-Boy
1999
as Julien
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
as Henry Strangler
As You Like It
1992
as Silvius
The Reckoning
2004
as Simon Damian
The Veil of Twilight
2014
as Rabbi Dunbar
Etta's Mission
2017
as Charlie
The Fool
1990
Odd Socks
2025
as Beng (voice)
Marvelous
2008
as Lars
American Sausage Standoff
2021
as Edward Hofler
Drone
2013
as Drone Operator
Faintheart
2009
as Julian
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
1995
as Joe
Prince of Jutland
1994
as Frovin
One Night in Emergency
2010
Heavenly Pursuits
1986
as Stevie Deans
Deacon Brodie
1997
as Louis the apprentice
A Girl Named Sooner
1975
as Archie
Conquest of the South Pole
1989
as Penguin
Making 'Snatch'
2001
as Self
The Acid House
1998
as Coco Bryce
Exchange and Mart
2014
as Mike
16 Years of Alcohol
2003
as Jake
Meat
1990
Creation Stories
2021
as Alan McGee
Carousel
2016
Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting
2023
Memories of "Trainspotting"
2008
as Self
Masculine Mescaline
1996
as Steve Carlisle
Bye Bye Baby
1992
as Galloway
Freedom's Path
2023
as Silas
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
1995
Paranoid
2000
as Gordon
The Secret World of Michael Fry
2000
as Michael Fry
Wide Open Spaces
2009
as Austin
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
as Self
Fancy Dancing
2002
as Schiff
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
1997
as Chaz
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
2002
as Salvador Dali
Love Story
1999
as Nick
The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy
1999
as Self
Mediator
2008
as Steven
Skin
1995
as Billy Boy
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
2000
as Self
Dreaming
1991
as Sammy Nelson
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
2007
as R.L. Stevenson
Cavewoman
2022
as Brother
About Ewen Bremner
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 Pu… With 110 credits spanning from 1975 to 2025, Ewen Bremner has appeared in 84 films and 26 TV shows.
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- Black Hawk Down (2001) — as SPC Shawn Nelson
- Snowpiercer (2013) — as Andrew
- Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) — as Wicke
- Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) — as Expert
- Snatch (2000) — as Mullet
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