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Trainspotting

1996

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.

Pauline Lynch

Cast · Known for Trainspotting

Pauline Lynch is known for Trainspotting (1996), T2 Trainspotting (2017) and Attila (2001).

Susan Vidler

Cast · Known for Trainspotting

Susan Vidler is a Scottish actress best known for the films Trainspotting and Naked. She is married to fellow actor Alastair Mackenzie.

Jonny Lee Miller

Cast · Known for Elementary, Possession, Trainspotting

Jonathan Lee Miller (AKA Jonny) is an English actor who gained notoriety with roles in Hackers and Trainspotting. The son and grandson of Stage and Film actors, Jonny's first (uncredited) role was at age 10 in an episode of Doctor Who. In 1996 he married Hacker's costar Angelina Jolie, divorcing just 18 months later. He later married and had one child with actress-model Michele Hicks.

Andrew Macdonald

Producer · Known for 28 Days Later, Annihilation, Civil War

Andrew Macdonald (born January 1966) is a Scottish film producer best known for his collaborations with director Danny Boyle on films including Shallow Grave (1994), Trainspotting (1996), The Beach (2000) and 28 Days Later (2002). He has also frequently collaborated with screenwriter John Hodge and writer-director Alex Garland. Description above from the Wikipedia article, Andrew Macdonald (producer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Ewen Bremner

Cast · Known for Pearl Harbor, The Dog Stars, Snowpiercer

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.

Kave Quinn

Production Design · Known for Before I Go to Sleep, Snow White, Trainspotting

Kave Quinn was born in 1960 in London, England, UK. She is a production designer and art director, known for Trainspotting (1996), Emma. (2020) and Judy (2019).

Pauline Turner

Pauline Turner is a Scottish actress, known for her role as Mary Graham on the BBC drama series Martin Chuzzlewit (1994), Frances on the BBC period drama series Peaky Blinders (2017–2019) and as June Begbie in the 2017 film T2 Trainspotting.

Stuart McQuarrie

Cast · Known for 28 Days Later, Trainspotting

Stuart McQuarrie (born March 19, 1963) is a Scottish actor who has starred in several acclaimed films, including Trainspotting and 28 Days Later. Besides numerous film and TV appearances McQuarrie has performed extensively in theatre throughout the UK.

Peter Mullan

Cast · Known for I Swear, Trainspotting, Children of Men

Peter Mullan (born 2 November 1959) is a Scottish stage, film and television actor and director, best known for playing supporting roles in feature films such as "Braveheart" and "Trainspotting", and for starring as the titular character Joe Kavanagh in "My Name Is Joe". He won a Golden Lion at 59th Venice International Film Festival for his direction of "The Magdalene Sisters".

Danny Boyle

Director · Producer · Known for 28 Days Later, 28 Years Later, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Daniel Francis Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, and Steve Jobs. In 2009, Slumdog Millionaire won Boyle the Academy Award for Best Director, and the film won Best Picture. In 2012, Boyle was the artistic director for Isles of Wonder, the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in London, which was widely praised.

Eileen Nicholas

Cast · Known for Trainspotting

Eileen Nicholas was born in 1946 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for Trainspotting (1996), T2 Trainspotting (2017) and Bomber (2009).

John Hodge

Writer · Known for The Beach, Trainspotting

John Hodge (born 1 July 1964) is a Scottish screenwriter and dramatist, who adapted Irvine Welsh's novel Trainspotting into the script for the film of the same title. His first play Collaborators won the 2012 Olivier Award for Best New Play. His films include Shallow Grave (1994), Trainspotting (1996) A Life Less Ordinary (1997), The Beach (2000), The Final Curtain (2002), and the short film Alien Love Triangle (2002). Born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, Hodge comes from a family of doctors and carried on the tradition by studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He was the writer of the annual Medics' Musical in 1988. Hodge started writing screenplays after meeting producer Andrew Macdonald at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 1991. He moved to London after writing Shallow Grave and gave up medicine to concentrate on writing. His films include Shallow Grave (1994), Trainspotting (1996), A Life Less Ordinary (1997), The Beach (2000), The Final Curtain (2002), and the short film Alien Love Triangle (2002). Most of his films are directed by Danny Boyle; Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, and A Life Less Ordinary all starred Ewan McGregor. He has three children named Dorothy, Isobell and Dillon. Source: Article "John Hodge (screenwriter)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Irvine Welsh

Cast · Known for Trainspotting

Irvine Welsh (born September 27, 1958) is a Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer. His 1993 novel Trainspotting was made into a film of the same name. He has also written plays and screenplays, and directed several short films.

Kelly Macdonald

Cast · Known for Brave, Boardwalk Empire, Lanterns

Kelly Macdonald (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish actress. Known for her film and television performances, she has received various accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Macdonald made her film debut in Danny Boyle's Trainspotting (1996). She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in the Coen brothers film No Country for Old Men (2007). During her career, she has taken roles in  Elizabeth (1998), Gosford Park (2001), Intermission (2003), Nanny McPhee (2005),  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011), Anna Karenina(2012), T2 Trainspotting (2017), and Operation Mincemeat (2021). She voiced Princess Merida in the Disney Pixar animated Brave (2012). On television, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her role in the BBC One film The Girl in the Cafe (2005). She was further Emmy-nominated for portraying Margaret Thompson in the period crime drama series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014). She also acted in Black Mirror's Hated in the Nation (2016), the limited series Giri/Haji (2019), and Line of Duty(2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kelly Macdonald, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Iggy Pop

James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and occasional actor. He is considered an influential innovator of punk rock, hard rock, and other styles of rock music. Pop began calling himself "Iggy" after his first band in high school (for which he was drummer), The Iguanas. He was lead singer/songwriter of influential protopunk band The Stooges and became known for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics. Pop's popularity has ebbed and flowed throughout the course of his subsequent solo career. His best-known songs include "Lust for Life" which was featured on the soundtrack of the film Trainspotting, "Search and Destroy", "I Wanna Be Your Dog", "Down on the Street", Kick It (a duet with Peaches) , the Top 40 hits "Real Wild Child" and "Candy" (with vocalist Kate Pierson of The B-52's), "China Girl" (co-written with and famously covered by David Bowie), and "The Passenger". Description above from the Wikipedia article Iggy Pop, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Nora Tschirner

Nora Marie Tschirner (June 12, 1981 in East Berlin) is a German actress, musician and presenter. Tschirner began her acting career in 2001 with a supporting role in Connie Walther's Wie Feuer und Flamme and the lead role in Sternenfänger. In 2003 she made her stage debut at the Hamburg Schauspielhaus in Trainspotting. In 2007 she took on the role of the adversary in Keinohrhasen and two years later in the sequel Zweiohrküken. She has also played several supporting roles in several TV series, including A Strong Team and Section 40.

Golo Euler

Golo Euler (born September 8, 1982, in Starnberg) is a German actor. Golo Euler attended the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich, where he earned his *Abitur* (high school diploma) in 2001. From 2002 to 2006, he studied at the August Everding Bavarian Theatre Academy. Even during his training, he performed at the Akademietheater Munich and the Metropoltheater Munich in productions such as *Hamlet*, *Trainspotting*, and *Jesus von Texas*. Further engagements followed at the Theater Halle 7 in Munich and the Staatstheater Braunschweig. In 2006, Euler landed his first lead role in a feature-length production in the ZDF television drama *Auftauchen*. Subsequently, he appeared in films such as *Westwind*, *The Grand Budapest Hotel*, *Ferien*, *Anderswo*, and *Lotta & das ewige Warum*. Since 2009, Euler has appeared in numerous episodes of the series *Sturm der Liebe*. From 2011 to 2012, he played Commissioner Peter Schulte in the ARD series *Heiter bis tödlich: Henker & Richter*. In 2011, for his role in *Kasimir und Karoline*, he received the German Film New Talent Award (*Förderpreis Deutscher Film*) for "Best Actor" at the Munich Film Festival. Other notable productions include *Tatort: Im Schmerz geboren*, *Die letzte Sau*, *Fado*, *Laim und die Zeichen des Todes*, *Tatort – Hardcore*, and the ZDF series *Schwartz & Schwartz*, in which he shared a lead role with Devid Striesow. In 2018, Euler also appeared on screen in *Tatort – Unter Kriegern*, *Die Toten von Salzburg*, *Der Staatsanwalt*, *Die Schattenfreundin*, and *Das schönste Mädchen der Welt*. In 2019, he was seen in cinemas in the film *Kirschblüten & Dämonen*. For his role in *Tatort – Unter Kriegern*, he was nominated for the German Actors' Award (*Deutscher Schauspielerpreis*) for "Best Supporting Actor" in 2019. Euler is a public advocate for the Biodiversity Foundation founded by Dirk Steffens.

Ewan McGregor

Cast · Known for Doctor Sleep, The Island, Trainspotting

Ewan Gordon McGregor (born March 31, 1971) is a Scottish actor. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2013, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama and charity. While studying drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, McGregor began his career with a leading role in the British series Lipstick on Your Collar (1993). He gained international recognition for starring as drug addict Mark Renton in Trainspotting (1996) and as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005). His career progressed with starring roles in the musical Moulin Rouge! (2001), action film Black Hawk Down (2001), fantasy film Big Fish (2003), and thriller Angels and Demons (2009). He gained praise for his performances in the thriller The Ghost Writer (2010) and romantic comedy Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011). McGregor made his directorial debut with the crime film American Pastoral (2016), in which he also starred. For his dual role as brothers Ray and Emmit Stussy in the third season of the anthology series Fargo (2017), he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film. He voiced Lumière in Beauty and the Beast (2017), and played the title role in Christopher Robin (2018), Dan Torrance in Doctor Sleep (2019), and Black Mask in Birds of Prey (2020). He reprised his role as Kenobi in the 2022 miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi, and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for his portrayal of fashion designer Halston in the miniseries Halston (2021). McGregor has also starred in theatre productions of Guys and Dolls (2005–2007) and Othello (2007–2008). He has been involved in charity work and has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK since 2004.

Jon Harris

Editor · Known for 28 Years Later, Black Mirror, Clayface

Jon Harris (born 11 July 1967) is a British film editor known for his work on Snatch (2000), Layer Cake (2004), The Descent (2005), Stardust (2007), 127 Hours (2010), The Woman in Black (2012), T2 Trainspotting (2017), Yesterday (2019), The Dig (2021), Speak No Evil (2024), Long Day's Journey Into Night (2025), 28 Years Later (2025) and Clayface (2026). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for 127 Hours (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Harris (film editor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

James Cosmo

Cast · Known for Braveheart, Trainspotting, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

James Cosmos (born 24 May 1948) is a British actor, known for his film roles in Highlander, Braveheart, the film adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Trainspotting, The Last Legion, Troy, and 2081. He is also a staple of British television, with credits in hundreds of television shows, Cosmo made a name for himself playing Scottish "tough guy" characters.

Kevin McKidd

Cast · Known for Grey's Anatomy, Trainspotting, Brave

Kevin McKidd (born 9 August 1973) is a Scottish television and film actor and director. He is known for his prominent television roles, including his performances as Lucius Vorenus in Rome, as Poseidon in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and as Dr. Owen Hunt in Grey's Anatomy. He has also appeared in films such as Trainspotting, Bedrooms and Hallways, Kingdom of Heaven, The Last Legion, Hannibal Rising, The Acid House, Made of Honor and had the lead role in the cult-classic British horror film Dog Soldiers. McKidd has done voice work and voiced the character of Jezz Torrent, flame haired lead singer of the fictional Scottish hard rock band Love Fist in the video games "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City". He also voiced Captain "Soap" MacTavish in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kevin McKidd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Paul Ireland

Paul Ireland (born 1970, Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland) is a Scottish actor, producer, and director who moved to Australia in 2009. Before pursuing acting, he worked as a fishmonger in his father's shop in Greenock, Renfrewshire, for five years. He made his professional stage debut in 1995 in the West End's Trainspotting at the Ambassadors Theatre, which won the Sunday Times Best New Play award. He is married to casting director Thea McLeod, with whom he has a son, Finn Ireland, also an actor. His most notable screen roles include Superintendent Duncan Hayes in the Australian soap opera Neighbours (2011–2025) (Aaron Pedersen, Stefan Dennis), the Barman in Michael Radford's B. Monkey (1998) (Ewan McGregor, Ralph Fiennes), and Joel Parker in the ABC comedy Outland (2012). He also co-wrote, produced, and directed the Australian drama Pawno (2015), and appeared in New Gold Mountain (2021).

Steven Robertson

Cast · Known for Shetland

Steven Robertson (born 1 January 1977, in Vidlin, Shetland Islands, Scotland) is a Scottish actor who overcame severe dyslexia to be named Student of the Year at Fife College in Kirkcaldy, before becoming the first Shetlander accepted to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In 2004 he was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award for his role in Chekhov's The Seagull, and his first major film role came that same year opposite James McAvoy in Inside I'm Dancing (as Michael Connolly, a young man with cerebral palsy). His most notable film credits include an Angelic Priest in Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Jonathan in Joyeux Noël (2005), Sir Francis Throckmorton in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007, directed by Shekhar Kapur), Minister Davit Kezerashvili in 5 Days of War (2011), Junior Technician Pinnock in The Tourist (2010, with Johnny Depp), Francis Begbie's lawyer in T2 Trainspotting (2017), and Jim in Tell It to the Bees (2018). On television he is best known as Detective Constable Sandy Wilson in Shetland (2013–present, 62 episodes, BBC One), Dominic Rook in Being Human (2008–2013, 7 episodes, BBC Three), Robert Oswald in Harlots (2017, with Heather Graham), Richard Pritchard in Doctor Who (2015), Sergeant Bob Fraser in Red Riding (2009), Cuthbert Clare in Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008), Mark Bradwell in The Bay (2019, ITV, 6 episodes), and Ian in Channel Zero (2018, 6 episodes), with additional credits in Luther (2011), Ripper Street (2012), In the Flesh (2014), Utopia (2014), Vera (2018), Auggie (2021), and Survivor (2015).