Trainspotting - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "Trainspotting"
Trainspotting (1996)
Timing: 1:34 (94 min)
Trainspotting - TMDB rating
7.958/10
10297

Actors and characters

Photo Ewan McGregor #22308Photo Ewan McGregor #22309Photo Ewan McGregor #22310Photo Ewan McGregor #22311

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor
Character Renton
Photo Ewen Bremner #30681Photo Ewen Bremner #30682Photo Ewen Bremner #30683Photo Ewen Bremner #30684

Ewen Bremner

Ewen Bremner
Character Spud
Photo Kevin McKidd #26586Photo Kevin McKidd #26587Photo Kevin McKidd #26588Photo Kevin McKidd #26589

Kevin McKidd

Kevin McKidd
Character Tommy
Photo Peter Mullan #15737Photo Peter Mullan #15738Photo Peter Mullan #15739Photo Peter Mullan #15740

Peter Mullan

Peter Mullan
Character Swanney
Photo James Cosmo #12118Photo James Cosmo #12119Photo James Cosmo #12120Photo James Cosmo #12121

James Cosmo

James Cosmo
Character Renton's Father
Photo Eileen Nicholas #62830

Eileen Nicholas

Eileen Nicholas
Character Renton's Mother
Photo Susan Vidler #62831

Susan Vidler

Susan Vidler
Character Allison
Photo Pauline Lynch #62832

Pauline Lynch

Pauline Lynch
Character Lizzy
Photo Irvine Welsh #74948

Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh
Character Mikey Forrester
Photo Dale Winton #62833
Dale Winton
Character Game Show Host
Photo Keith Allen #62834Photo Keith Allen #62835Photo Keith Allen #62836

Keith Allen

Keith Allen
Character Dealer
Photo Kevin Allen #62837

Kevin Allen

Kevin Allen
Character Andreas
Photo Annie Louise Ross #62838Photo Annie Louise Ross #62839
Annie Louise Ross
Character Gail's Mother
Photo Billy Riddoch #62840Photo Billy Riddoch #62841
Billy Riddoch
Character Gail's Father
Photo Fiona Bell #62842
Fiona Bell
Character Diane's Mother
Photo Vincent Friell #296136

Vincent Friell

Vincent Friell
Character Diane's Father
Photo Hugh Ross #62843Photo Hugh Ross #62844
Hugh Ross
Character Man
Photo Victor Eadie #62845Photo Victor Eadie #62846
Victor Eadie
Character Man
Photo Kate Donnelly #62847
Kate Donnelly
Character Woman
Photo Finlay Welsh #62848
Finlay Welsh
Character Sheriff
Photo Eddie Nestor #62849
Eddie Nestor
Character Estate Agent

What's left behind the scenes

  • The film is based on Irvine Welsh's debut novel 'Trainspotting' (1993).
  • Irvine Welsh made a small appearance as a drug dealer.
  • Initially, Irvine Welsh's book was adapted into a stage play. Ewan Bremner played Renton in the play, and portrayed Spud in the film.
  • Although the film is set in Edinburgh, most of the scenes were shot in Glasgow.
  • In America, the first 20 minutes of the film were dubbed because audiences couldn't understand the Scottish accent.
  • The murals on the wall of the 'Volkan' club are similar to those on the walls of the 'Milk Bar' from Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange' (1971).
  • Among the drawings, you can also spot Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster in Martin Scorsese's 'Taxi Driver' (1976).
  • Sick Boy is obsessed with James Bond. The actor who played him, Jonny Lee Miller, is the grandson of Bernard Lee, who played M in the Bond series until 1979.
  • Renton is reading a book about Hollywood star Montgomery Clift, who suffered from an addiction to all kinds of drugs.
  • The security guard in the store at the beginning of the film is John Hodge, the screenwriter.
  • To play a person who is on drugs, Ewan McGregor had to follow a diet that excluded all alcohol and dairy products. It took him two months to lose weight.
  • Australia recorded a peculiar record – 'Trainspotting' became the film most often stolen from video stores.
  • The final scene where Spud retrieves money from the locker is reminiscent of a similar scene in 'Once Upon a Time in America' (1983).
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