Where are the cast of Trainspotting 30 years on? From Star Wars fame to blood soaked A-list wedding & BAFTA wins

ITS gritty portrayal of heroin addicts put British cinema on the map and became an instant cult classic. And when Trainspotting’s squalid depiction of drug culture and vicious crime appeared in 1996, it instantly catapulted its little-known cast to superstardom. Jonny Lee Miller, Ewan McGregor, Kevin McKidd and Ewen Bremner in 1996 Credit: Alamy Ewen Bremner, Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle went on to Hollywood Credit: Alamy While one is now a bona fide Hollywood A-lister, another had a brief and bizarre marriage to former Mrs Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie. Meanwhile, some remain familiar faces on our best-loved TV shows. Sign up for the Showbiz newsletter Thank you! The tale of Renton, Spud, Begbie and Sick Boy had a hugely successful soundtrack, with Ewan McGregor‘s ‘Choose Life’ monologue played over Iggy Pop’s hit Lust For Life. His near-fatal overdose in the film played out to Lou Reed’s Perfect Day, and the song became synonymous with the film. Underworld became household names thanks to Trainspotting’s use of Born Slippy, but the cast were the ones who really cashed in on the box office smash. The British Film Institute ranked it the 20th century’s tenth best UK film. And the director Danny Boyle went on to helm the London Olympic launch in 2012 as well as hits such as 28 Days Later and Slumdog Millionaire. The brutal story was reprised for a sequel called T2 in 2017, reuniting the original cast in middle age. Most read in Fabulous Thirty years on from the original film, as it’s reimagined as a musical in the West End, we take a look at where the cast are now. Ewan McGregor – Renton The Scottish star, now 55, is best known to younger audiences for playing Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi in the phenomenally successful Star Wars franchise. But he was virtually unknown when he agreed to lose two stone and shave his head to play the leading role in the adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s hard-hitting novel. The father of four has since starred in a string of blockbusters including Moulin Rouge and Black Hawk Down, as well as his motorcycle travel documentary series Long Way Round, Long Way Down and Long Way Up. He is now with his second wife, American actress Mary Winstead, having split from his wife of more than 20 years, Eve Mavrakis, in 2017. Ewan McGregor won an army of fans as Spud Credit: Alamy Ewan in Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith in 2005 Credit: Alamy Ewen Bremner – Spud Edinburgh born Ewen, 54, cashed in on his big break and swiftly relocated to Hollywood after finding overnight fame. He went on to star alongside A-listers Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale in action blockbuster Pearl Harbour. He also landed a leading part in Black Hawk Dawn alongside pal McGregor. Bremner has one daughter with actress Marcia Rose and recently appeared in ITV thriller Coldwater. Ewen Bremner played junkie Spud in 1996 and 2017 Credit: Alamy Ewen in London last year Credit: Getty Jonny Lee Miller – Sick Boy Jonny, 53, shot to fame as the charismatic and manipulative Sick Boy in Trainspotting, and reprised the legendary role more than 20 years later in T2 Trainspotting. He headed out to Hollywood to star in a string of major movies, including Hackers, where he fell for his future wife Angelina Jolie. Just six months later they tied the knot in a bizarre ceremony – the actress wore black rubber trousers and a T-shirt with Miller’s name written across it in her own blood. She said at the time: “It’s your husband. You’re about to marry him… You can sacrifice a little to make it really special.” But it wasn’t to last and the pair separated three years later, although they remained close and there were rumours of a reunion in 2021. Johnny Lee Miller as Sick Boy Credit: Alamy Angelina Jolie with her ex-husband Johnny Lee Miller in 2005 Credit: Alamy Jonny went on to marry model Michelle Hicks, and had a son Buster in 2016, but two years later they divorced and he has since found love with 27 year old pilates instructor Manuela Diago. As well as starring in major movies including Mansfield Park, Dark Shadows alongside Johnny Depp, and Byzantium, he is best known for starring as Sherlock Holmes in the hit TV crime drama Elementary, which ran for seven successful series between 2012 and 2019. Kelly Macdonald – Diane She went from her appearance as innocent schoolgirl Diane Coulston to landing leading parts in Nanny McPhee, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, Finding Neverland and The Girl in the Cafe, for which she won an Emmy Award. Kelly was also nominated for a BAFTA after starring in No Country for Old Men and scooped another Emmy Award nomination for her performance in HBO series Boardwalk Empire. Kelly found fame as schoolgirl Diane Credit: Alamy Kelly recently appeared in BBC drama Line of Duty Credit: BBC More recently she was praised for her role as Detective Chief Inspector Joanna Davidson in TV drama Line of Duty. Kelly, 50, was married to Travis bass player Dougie Payne and they share two kids, but split in 2017. Robert Carlyle – Begbie Robert, 61, was the only established TV star in the original cast, having had his big break in 1994 in an episode of Cracker opposite Robbie Coltrane. But after Trainspotting he was in huge demand on the big screen too and took the lead in 1997 smash The Full Monty, as well as James Bond hit The World Is Not Enough. Carlyle has been married to make-up artist Anastasia Shirley since 1997 and they have a daughter and two sons together. Robert Carlyle as hardman Begbie Credit: Alamy Robert Carlyle with his wife Anastasia Shirley in 2015 Credit: Michael Schofield – The Sun Glasgow Shirley Henderson – Gail Few can forget her being spattered with excrement the morning after Spud soiled himself in one of the film’s most infamous scenes. Since then Shirley, 60, has become well known for playing Jude in the three Bridget Jones films and Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter films, as well as appearing in Anna Karenina and BBC drama Happy Valley. Alongside several award nominations, she won the 2018 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Elizabeth in the original production of Girl from the North Country. Shirley as Gail in Trainspotting back in 1996 Credit: Rex Shirley Henderson in Harry Potter as Moaning Myrtle Credit: Unknown Comment now