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.

Filmography

• 2026The Dog Stars — Crossbow Hunter
• Coldwater — Tommy
• 2025Odd Socks — Beng (voice)
• 2023Freedom's Path — Silas
• 2023Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting”
• 2022Cavewoman — Brother
• Our Flag Means Death — Buttons
• 2021American Sausage Standoff — Edward Hofler
• 2021Creation Stories — Alan McGee
• 2020First Cow — Lloyd
• 2017Etta's Mission — Charlie
• 2017Renegades — Jim Rainey
• 2017T2 Trainspotting — Spud
• Will — Richard Topcliffe
• 2017Wonder Woman — Charlie
• 2016Carousel
• Houdini & Doyle — Sherlock Holmes
• Banished — Reverend Johnson
• 2014A Poet in New York — John Malcolm Brinnin
• 2014Exchange and Mart — Mike
• 2014Exodus: Gods and Kings — Expert
• 2014Get Santa — PC Finkerton
• 2014Salting the Battlefield — Rollo Madeley
• 2014The Veil of Twilight — Rabbi Dunbar
• 2014Turks & Caicos — Rollo Madeley
• 2013Drone — Drone Operator
• 2013Jack the Giant Slayer — Wicke
• 2013Snowpiercer — Andrew
• Blackout — Jerry Durrans
• 2012Great Expectations — Wemmick
• Them From That Thing — Various
• 2011Page Eight — Rollo Maverley
• 2011Perfect Sense — James
• Accused — Frank Best
• Dive — Stewart Wisley
• 2010One Night in Emergency
• 2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger — Henry Strangler
• 2009Faintheart — Julian
• Moving On — Adam
• 2009The Zero Sum — Leonard Paulson
• 2009Wide Open Spaces — Austin
• 2008Fool's Gold — Alfonz
• 2008Marvelous — Lars
• 2008Mediator — Steven
• 2007Death at a Funeral — Justin
• 2007Hallam Foe — Andy
• 2007Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde — R.L. Stevenson
• The Lost Room — Harold Stritzke
• The Virgin Queen — Sir James Melville
• Elizabeth I — King James VI
• 2005Match Point — Inspector Dowd
• My Name Is Earl — Raynard
• 2004AVP: Alien vs. Predator — Graeme Miller
• 2004Around the World in 80 Days — Inspector Fix
• 2004The Reckoning — Simon Damian
• 200316 Years of Alcohol — Jake
• 2003Sweet Dreams — Gabriel
• 2003The Rundown — Declan
• 2002Fancy Dancing — Schiff
• Spooks — Ryan Baisley
• 2002Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali — Salvador Dali
• 2001Black Hawk Down — Nelson
• Far from Las Vegas — John Twain D'Wain
• 2001Pearl Harbor — Red
• 2000Paranoid — Gordon
• 2000Snatch — Mullet
• 2000The Secret World of Michael Fry — Michael Fry
• The Secret World of Michael Fry — Michael Fry
• 1999Julien Donkey-Boy — Julien
• 1999Love Story — Nick
• 1998The Acid House — Coco Bryce
• 1997Deacon Brodie — Louis the apprentice
• 1997Mojo — Skinny
• 1997Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest — Chaz
• 1997The Life of Stuff — Fraser
• 1996Dead London — Paul
• 1996Masculine Mescaline — Steve Carlisle
• 1996Trainspotting — Spud
• 1995Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
• 1995Judge Dredd — Junior Angel
• 1995Ruffian Hearts — Mick
• 1995Skin — Billy Boy
• 1995The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet — Joe
• Harry Enfield and Chums — Jockey, Jim / Jockey
• 1994Prince of Jutland — Frovin
• 1993Naked — Archie
• The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries — Walter McNabb
• A Touch of Frost — Gordon Hicks
• 1992As You Like It — Silvius
• 1992Bye Bye Baby — Galloway
• 1991Dreaming — Sammy Nelson
• 1990Forget About Me — Broke
• 1990Meat
• 1990The Fool
• 1989Conquest of the South Pole — Penguin
• 1988The Riveter — Slim
• 1986Heavenly Pursuits — Stevie Deans
• Screen Two — Sammy Nelson
• Taggart
• 1975A Girl Named Sooner — Archie
• A Chill — Music
• As Deep As the Grave — Sylvanus G. Morley
• Killa Bee — Greg

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2008Memories of "Trainspotting" — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2002The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down' — Self
• 2001Making 'Snatch' — Self
• 2000The Name of This Film Is Dogme95 — Self
• 1999The Confession of Julien Donkey-Boy — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Shooting Stars — Self
• An Audience with... — Self
• Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life — Self