Ewen Bremner born January 23 1972 is a Scottish character actor His roles have included Julien in Julien DonkeyBoy 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 Davidsons 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 Gormleys Heavenly Pursuits 1986 He also played the lead in the BBC Scotland featurelength adaptation of the William McIlvanney short story Dreaming 1990 Bremner portrayed Spud in Danny Boyles film adaptation of Irvine Welshs 1993 novel Trainspotting and later Mullet a street thug in Guy Ritchies 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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