Ewan McGregor Collar" (1993). Not long afterwards, he starred in the BBC adaptation of "Scarlet and Black" (also 1993) with a young Rachel Weisz, and made his film debut in Bill Forsyth's "Being Human" (1994). For his role in the thriller "Shallow Grave" (also 1994), he won an Empire Award. The film was his first collaboration with director Danny Boyle. His international breakthrough followed with the role of heroin addict Mark Renton in Boyle's "Trainspotting" (1996), an adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel of the same name. McGregor played the male romantic lead role in the British film "Little Voice" (1998). He was
Ewen Bremner "Heavenly Pursuits" (1986). He would also play 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 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" co-star Ewan McGregor (which he has again since,