Actor

Irvine Welsh

Contemporaryb. 1958DocumentaryDramaComedyMusic

Chronicler of the Human Condition

Also directed 3 films ↗Also wrote 15 screenplays ↗

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Known For

18 acting credits

as Mikey Forrester

Trainspotting

as Mikey Forrester

1996

Trainspotting

as Mikey Forrester

T2 Trainspotting

as Mikey Forrester

2017

T2 Trainspotting

Filmography

2025Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not EnoughSelf7.0 2025Simple Minds: Everything Is PossibleSelf9.0 2024Dick Dynamite: 1944Mikael Leznik5.4 2024Underdog: The Andy Swallow StorySelf6.0 2024Loaded: Lads, Mags & MayhemSelf 2023I Am WeekenderSelf7.0

About

Irvine Welsh (born September 27, 1958) is a Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer. His 1993 novel Trainspotting was made into a film of the same name. He has also written plays and screenplays, and directed several short films.

As Director

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2007Nuts 2009Good Arrows 2008The New Ten Commandments

As Screenwriter

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1998The Acid House 2013Filth 2007Nuts 2009Good Arrows 1999Dockers 2017T2 Trainspotting

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