Early life

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 in show business by television director Richard D. Brooks. One of his first notable roles was as a Glasgow schoolboy in Charles Gormley's Heavenly Pursuits (1985). He would also play the lead in the BBC Scotland feature-length adaptation of the William McIlvanney short story "Dreaming" (1990).

Career

Bremner portrayed Spud in Danny Boyle's film adaptation of Irvine Welsh's 1993 novel Trainspotting, and Mullet, a street thug in Guy Ritchie's Snatch. In the 1995 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 which he appeared alongside Trainspotting costar Ewan McGregor (which he has again since, in Perfect Sense and Jack the Giant Slayer). In 2005, he had a small role in the mini-series Elizabeth I as James VI, King of Scots. In December 2006, he played Harold Stritzke in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries The Lost Room. In 2007, he played Robert Louis Stevenson in the BBC Four documentary Ian Rankin Investigates Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as well as Justin in "Death at a Funeral".

Personal life

He has one daughter, Harmony, who he named after the American director Harmony Korine.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1985	Heavenly Pursuits	Stevie Deans
1989	Conquest of the South Pole	Penguin	Television Role
1990	Taggart	Jason	TV series
	Screen Two	Sammy	TV series
1993	Naked	Archie
1995	Judge Dredd	Junior Angel
	Skin	Billy Boy
1996	Trainspotting	Daniel "Spud" Murphy
	Harry Enfield and Chums	Various Roles	TV series
1997	Deacon Brodie	Louis the Apprentice	(TV)
1998	The Acid House	Colin 'Coco' Bryce
1999	Julien Donkey-Boy	Julien
2000	Snatch	Mullet
	The Secret World of Michael Fry	Michael Fry
2001	Pearl Harbor	Lt. Red Winkle
	Black Hawk Down	Nelson
2003	16 Years of Alcohol	Jake
	The Rundown	Declan
	Skagerrak
	The Reckoning	Simon Damian
2004	Around the World in 80 Days	Inspector Fix
	Alien vs. Predator	Graeme Miller
2005	Match Point	Inspector Dowd
	Elizabeth I	King James VI	TV Series
2006	Hallam Foe	Andy
	The Lost Room	Harold Stritzke	(Sci Fi Channel miniseries)
2007	Death at a Funeral	Justin
2008	Mediator	Steven
	Fool's Gold	Alfonz
	My Name Is Earl	Raynard	Television series Episode 12 Season 4
	Faintheart	Julian
2009	Spooks	Ryan Baisley	Television series Episode 6 Season 8
2010	Chris Ryan's Strike Back	Gerald Baxter	Television Series; Two Episodes
	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger	Henry Strangler
	Dive	Stewart	Made for TV movie
	Accused	Frank	Television Series (UK), Episode 4, Series Two 'Tina's Story'
2011	Page Eight	Rollo Maverley	Made for TV movie
	Perfect Sense	James
2012	Great Expectations	Wemmick
2013	Jack the Giant Slayer	Wicke
	Snowpiercer	Andrew
2014	Turks & Caicos	Rollo Maverley
	Salting the Battlefield	Rollo Maverley
	A Poet in New York	John Malcolm Brinnin
	The Veil of Twilight	Rabbi Dunbar
	Get Santa	PC Finkerton
2015	Banished	Reverend Johnson
	The Devil You Know	Israel Porter	Main role
2016	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice		Photograph only
2017	Wonder Woman		Post-production
2017	Trainspotting 2	Daniel "Spud" Murphy	Filming

[ Source: Wikipedia ]