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Ewen Bremner
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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 sequ…
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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.
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2026
The Dog Stars
Movie Crossbow Hunter
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2025
Coldwater
TV show Tommy
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2025
Odd Socks
Movie Beng (voice)
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2023
Freedom's Path
Movie Silas
- 2023
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2022
Cavewoman
Movie Brother
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2022
Our Flag Means Death
TV show Buttons
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2021
American Sausage Standoff
Movie Edward Hofler
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2021
Creation Stories
Movie Alan McGee
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2020
First Cow
Movie Lloyd
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2017
Etta's Mission
Movie Charlie
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2017
Renegades
Movie Jim Rainey
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2017
Will
TV show Richard Topcliffe
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2017
Wonder Woman
Movie Charlie
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2017
T2 Trainspotting
Movie Spud
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2016
Houdini & Doyle
TV show Sherlock Holmes
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2016
Carousel
Movie
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2015
Banished
TV show Reverend Johnson
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2014
Get Santa
Movie PC Finkerton
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2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Movie Expert
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2014
The Veil of Twilight
Movie Rabbi Dunbar
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2014
A Poet in New York
Movie John Malcolm Brinnin
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2014
Salting the Battlefield
Movie Rollo Madeley
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2014
Turks & Caicos
Movie Rollo Madeley
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2014
Exchange and Mart
Movie Mike
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2013
Snowpiercer
Movie Andrew
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2013
Drone
Movie Drone Operator
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2013
Jack the Giant Slayer
Movie Wicke
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2012
Great Expectations
Movie Wemmick
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2012
Them From That Thing
TV show Various
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2012
Blackout
TV show Jerry Durrans
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2011
Perfect Sense
Movie James
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2011
Page Eight
Movie Rollo Maverley
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2010
Accused
TV show Frank Best
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2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Movie Henry Strangler
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2010
Dive
TV show Stewart Wisley
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2010
One Night in Emergency
Movie
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2009
Wide Open Spaces
Movie Austin
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2009
The Zero Sum
Movie Leonard Paulson
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2009
Moving On
TV show Adam
