Cast & creator
Irvine Welsh
Best known for Arena, Question Time, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
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.
41
film credits
9
television credits
24
1975–2026 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (50)
Showing 50 of 50 credits
Arena
1975
Question Time
Self - Panellist
1979
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – Playwright and author
2022
Trainspotting
Mikey Forrester
1996Trainspotting
Novel
1996
T2 Trainspotting
Mikey Forrester
2017T2 Trainspotting
Executive Producer
2017T2 Trainspotting
Novel
2017
Crime
Executive Producer
2021Crime
Writer
2021Crime
Creator
2021
Filth
Novel
2013
Swung
Male Bouncer
2015
Trigger Happy TV
2000
Creation Stories
Titch
2021Creation Stories
Screenplay
2021
Icons of Football
Self - Interviewed Guest
2023
The Acid House
Parkie
1998The Acid House
Screenplay
1998The Acid House
Novel
1998
Dick Dynamite: 1944
Mikael Leznik
2024
Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh
Self
2023
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Self
2025Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Writer
2025
Ecstasy
Book
2011
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
Self
2025Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
Self
2016
Wedding Belles
Writer
2007Wedding Belles
Co-Executive Producer
2007
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
Self
2015
Britain's Murder Map with Vicky McClure and Jonny Owen
Self
2026
The New Ten Commandments
Director
2008
The Magnificent Eleven
Diner
2013The Magnificent Eleven
Writer
2013
Nuts
Writer
2007Nuts
Director
2007
Ucpanej systém
Original Story
2026
Dockers: Writing the Wrongs
Himself
1999
Offended by Irvine Welsh
Self - Presenter
2020
Loaded: Lads, Mags & Mayhem
Self
2024
Strolling Through the Meadows
Writer
2020
Shankly: Nature’s Fire
Himself
2017
Dockers
Writer
1999
Underdog: The Andy Swallow Story
Self
2024Underdog: The Andy Swallow Story
Executive Producer
2024
I Am Weekender
Self
2023
Bad Blood
Writer
2005Good Arrows
Producer
2009Good Arrows
Writer
2009Good Arrows
Director
2009