"Face your past. Choose your future."

2017

1h 57m

6.9(3251 votes)

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Comedy

Crime

Overview

After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.

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61 members

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Ewan McGregor

Renton

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Jonny Lee Miller

Simon

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Ewen Bremner

Spud

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Robert Carlyle

Begbie / Begbie's Father

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Анжела Недялкова

Veronika

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Shirley Henderson

Gail

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Kelly Macdonald

Diane

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Pauline Turner

June

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Scot Greenan

Frank Junior

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James Cosmo

Renton's Father

Writing

Irvine Welsh

Mikey Forrester

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Logan Gillies

Simon (aged 9)

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Ben Skelton

Renton (aged 9)

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Aiden Haggarty

Spud (aged 9)

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Daniel Smith

Begbie (aged 9)

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Elijah Wolf

Tommy (aged 9)

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Steven Robertson

Stoddart

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John Kazek

Tom (Rehab Group)

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Charlie Hardie

Fergus (aged 9)

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Scott Aitken

Farmer

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Gordon Kennedy

Tulloch

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Tereza Dušková

Tourism Girl

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Elek Kish

Dozo

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Lewis Gribben

Dealer

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Dominic Maccoll

Dealer

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Calum Verrecchia

Dealer

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Simon Weir

Jailhouse

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Bradley Welsh

Doyle

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Katie Leung

Nurse

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Thierry Mabonga

Security Officer Wilson

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Atta Yaqub

Medical Student

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Christopher Douglas

Chris the Oracle

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James McElvar

Simon (aged 20)

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Connor McIndoe

Renton (aged 20)

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Bryan Quinn

Man in Music Video

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Ged Hanley

Social Club Band

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Neil Thomson

Social Club Band

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Margaret Davies

Social Club Singer

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Alex Jackson

Social Club Singer

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Tom Urie

Big Bear

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Phil Coppola

Boxing Instructor

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John Bell

Spud (aged 20)

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Kyle Fitzpatrick

Fergus

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Eileen Nicholas

Renton's Mother (archive footage)

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Michael Shaw

Tommy (aged 20)

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Kevin McKidd

Tommy (archive footage)

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Lauren Lamb

Baby Dawn (archive footage)

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Devon Lamb

Baby Dawn (archive footage)

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Amy Manson

Woman in Club

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Russell Dunsmore

Hard Guy Driver

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Nebli Basani

Hardman

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Edyta Szewczyk

Girl in Sauna

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Fiori Miari

Girl in Sauna

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Pauline Lynch

Lizzy

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Christopher Mullen

Begbie (aged 20)

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Hamish Haggerty

Young Renton

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Daniel Jackson

Young Begbie

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Svetla Yancheva

Veronika's Mother

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Emil Bonev

Veronika's Son

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Blair Flucker

Club Patron (uncredited)

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Adam James Johnston

Club Patron (uncredited)

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