Ewen Bremner

• Name — Ewen Bremner • Birthplace — Edinburgh, Scotland • Years Active — 1985–present • Children — 1

Ewen 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, 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. In 2000 he would later play Mullet, a street thug in Guy Ritchie's Snatch. He has played supporting roles in blockbusters such as Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down, Alien Vs Predator, Death at a Funeral, Great Expectations. In 2017, he produced the short film No Song to Sing. Bremner reprised his role as Daniel “Spud” Murphy in the sequel T2 Trainspotting. He gained enthusiastic reviews for his performance from critics whilst receiving the BAFTA Scotland award for Best Actor in 2017, nominated alongside his fellow co-stars Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle Bremner played WW1 soldier Charlie, a PTSD stricken marksman in 2017’s Wonder Woman. Bremner plays a lead role as Tommy in the 2025 ITV series Coldwater.

He has one daughter, with actress Marcia Rose, whom he met during the filming of Skin.

• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 1990 — Taggart — Jason — Episode: "Love Knot" • Forget About Me — Broke — Television film • Screen Two — Sammy Nelson — Episode: "Dreaming" • 1994 — A Touch of Frost — Gordon Hicks — Episode: "Nothing to Hide" • The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries — Walter McNabb — Episode: "Dead Water" • 1994–1996 — The Bill — Paul Tovey / Sean Lewis — 2 episodes • 1997 — Harry Enfield and Chums — various characters — 5 episodes • 2001 — Langt fra Las Vegas — John Twain D'Wain — Episode: "One On the Region's Suit" • 2004 — Coming Up — Johnny — Episode: "The Baader Meinhoff Gang Show" • 2005 — Elizabeth I — King James VI — Miniseries • 2006 — The Virgin Queen — Sir James Melville • The Lost Room — Harold Stritzke — Episode: "The Comb and the Box" • 2008 — My Name Is Earl — Raynard — Episode: "Reading is a Funda Mental Case" • 2009 — Spooks — Ryan Baisley — 1 episode • The Day of the Triffids — Walter Strange — Part One • 2010 — Strike Back — Gerald Baxter — 2 episodes • Dive — Stewart — Television film • Moving On — Adam — Episode: "Malaise" • 2012 — Blackout — Jerry Durrans — Miniseries • Accused — Frank Best — Episode: "Tina's Story" • 2014 — Turks & Caicos — Rollo Maverley — Television film • Salting the Battlefield — Rollo Maverley • A Poet in New York — John Malcolm Brinnin • 2015 — Banished — Reverend Johnson — Miniseries • 2016 — Houdini and Doyle — Sherlock Holmes — Episode: "Bedlam" • 2017 — Will — Richard Topcliffe — Miniseries • 2022 — House of the Dragon — Assassin — Uncredited cameo, 1 episode • 2022–2023 — Our Flag Means Death — Buttons — 10 episodes • 2025 — Coldwater — Tommy — Miniseries