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After playing Tommy Mackenzie in Trainspotting, McKidd was cast as Father Deegan in the 1996 Christmas episode of Father Ted. Subsequent roles include Malky Johnson in Small Faces. In 2004, he played James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, the third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, in the BBC mini-series Gunpowder, Treason & Plot.
Trainspotting was the highest-grossing British film of 1996, and at the time it was the fourth highest grossing British film in history. [56] The film grossed £12 million in the UK and $72 million internationally. [57] Based on a cost-to-return ratio, Trainspotting was the most profitable film of the year. [58]
Film producer Andrew Macdonald read Trainspotting on a plane in December 1993 and thought it would make a good basis for a film. [1] Ewan McGregor was cast as Renton, while Ewen Bremner, who played Renton in the novel's stage adaptation, was cast as Spud. [1] In preparation for the role, McGregor lost 2 stone (12.7 kilograms) and shaved his ...
Bremner portrayed Spud in Danny Boyle's film adaptation of Irvine Welsh's 1993 novel Trainspotting, [3] 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.
T2 Trainspotting is a 2017 British black comedy-drama film directed by Danny Boyle and written by John Hodge. Set in and around Edinburgh , Scotland , it is based on characters created by Irvine Welsh in his 1993 novel Trainspotting and its 2002 follow-up Porno .
Trainspotting actor Vincent Friell has died aged 64. The Scottish star, whose other credits include cult film Restless Natives (1985), played the father of Kelly Macdonald’s Diane in the 1996 ...
Jonathan Lee Miller (born 15 November 1972 [2]) is an English actor.He achieved early success for his portrayal of Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson in the dark comedy-drama film Trainspotting (1996) and as Dade Murphy in Hackers (1995) before earning further critical recognition for his performances in Afterglow (1997), Mansfield Park (1999), Mindhunters (2004), The Flying Scotsman (2006), Endgame ...
9-1-1: Lone Star’s Tommy Vega will have an uphill battle with Trevor Parks after that romantic season 5 proposal — but will they be triumphant? “There's gonna be a lot of turmoil followed by ...