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Ewen Bremner
Known for: ActingEwen 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 51
Black Hawk Down
+5
as Nelson 
Snatch
+9
as Mullet 
Wonder Woman
+6
as Charlie 
The Dog Stars
as Crossbow Hunter 
Pearl Harbor
+3
as Red 
Our Flag Means Death
as Buttons 
Exodus: Gods and Kings
+3
as Expert 
Snowpiercer
+9
as Andrew 
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
+5
as Graeme Miller 
Jack the Giant Slayer
+2
as Wicke 
Trainspotting
+1
as Spud 
The Rundown
+2
as Declan 
Judge Dredd
+2
as Junior Angel 
T2 Trainspotting
+3
as Spud 
Match Point
+3
as Inspector Dowd 
Around the World in 80 Days
+1
as Inspector Fix 
The Lost Room
as Harold Stritzke 
Fool's Gold
+6
as Alfonz 
Death at a Funeral
as Justin 
Will
as Richard Topcliffe 
First Cow
+8
as Lloyd 
Perfect Sense
+4
as James 
Coldwater
as Tommy 
Elizabeth I
as King James VI 
Naked
as Archie 
Renegades
as Jim Rainey 
Hallam Foe
as Andy 
Great Expectations
as Wemmick 
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
+2
as Henry Strangler 
Banished
as Reverend Johnson 
Page Eight
as Rollo Maverley 
The Secret World of Michael Fry
as Michael Fry 
Julien Donkey-Boy
as Julien 
Dive
as Stewart Wisley 
Turks & Caicos
as Rollo Madeley 
Get Santa
+3
as PC Finkerton 
The Reckoning
+3
as Simon Damian 
Creation Stories
as Alan McGee 
16 Years of Alcohol
as Jake 
Blackout
as Jerry Durrans 
Dead London
as Paul 
A Poet in New York
as John Malcolm Brinnin 
Salting the Battlefield
as Rollo Madeley 
The Acid House
as Coco Bryce 
Prince of Jutland
as Frovin 
Heavenly Pursuits
as Stevie Deans 
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
as Salvador Dali 
Sweet Dreams
as Gabriel 
Freedom's Path
as Silas 
American Sausage Standoff
as Edward Hofler