Directed by:
Danny BoyleScreenplay:
John HodgeCinematography:
Brian TufanoCast:
Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald, Peter Mullan, James Cosmo, Eileen Nicholas, Susan Vidler (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
The successful adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel about a group of young Edinburgh heroin addicts. Ewan McGregor stars as Mark Renton, the most reflective member of a group that also includes the compulsive womaniser, Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), and the hapless Spud (Ewen Bremner). Renton, Spud and Sick Boy's issues with drugs alternatively irritate and amuse their friend, Begbie (Robert Carlyle), a periodic psychopath whose outbursts of violence are one of the many factors that convince Renton to leave for London in the hope of starting a new life. Renton enjoys some success remoulding himself as an estate agent in the English capital, but it isn't long before his Edinburgh friends catch up with him. Begbie and co need the money Renton has saved from his job to finance the drug deal that could make them all rich. (Channel 4)
(more)Cast
![Ewan McGregor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/724/163724152_af2276.jpg)
Ewan McGregor
UK
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Trainspotting (1996)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
![Ewen Bremner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267640_e76d45.jpg)
Ewen Bremner
UK
Best movies:
Snatch (2000)
Trainspotting (1996)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
![Jonny Lee Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/777/162777929_44ad13.jpg)
Jonny Lee Miller
UK
Best movies:
Frankenstein (2011) (theatrical recording)
Trainspotting (1996)
The Covenant (2023)
![Kevin McKidd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270313_2261cc.jpg)
Kevin McKidd
UK
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
Anna Karenina (2000) (series)
![Robert Carlyle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/859/164859286_607b4b.jpg)
Robert Carlyle
UK
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Priest (1994)
![Kelly Macdonald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269358_e32894.jpg)
Kelly Macdonald
UK
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
![Peter Mullan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/186/162186189_ea66f0.jpg)
Peter Mullan
UK
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
Trainspotting (1996)
Boy A (2007)
![James Cosmo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273123_564cfe.jpg)
James Cosmo
UK
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Braveheart (1995)
Trainspotting (1996)
Eileen Nicholas
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
Taggart (1983) (series)
Susan Vidler
UK
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
Naked (1993)
The Woman in White (1997) (TV movie)
Pauline Lynch
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
Beautiful Creatures (2000)
![Shirley Henderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270449_a99b19.jpg)
Shirley Henderson
UK
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
![Stuart McQuarrie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950051_662ff9.jpg)
Stuart McQuarrie
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
![Irvine Welsh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269413_ab5b4f.jpg)
Irvine Welsh
UK
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
The Acid House (1998)
![Keith Allen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267667_b40d24.jpg)
Keith Allen
UK
Best movies:
The Best of Blur (2000) (video compilation)
Trainspotting (1996)
The Others (2001)
![Kevin Allen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271905_930bfa.jpg)
Kevin Allen
UK
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
Eat the Rich (1987)
Different for Girls (1996)
John Hodge
UK
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
Shallow Grave (1994)
Andrew Macdonald
UK
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
Rachael Fleming
UK
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
![Annie Louise Ross](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/532/161532034_19233b.jpg)
Annie Louise Ross
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
Rebus (2000) (series)
Taggart (1983) (series)