Ewan McGregor as Mark Renton in Trainspotting (1996)
First appearance
Trainspotting (1993)
Last appearance
Dead Men's Trousers (2018)
Created by
Irvine Welsh
Portrayed by
Ewan McGregor
In-universe information
Nickname
Rents Rent Boy
Species
Human
Gender
Male
Family
Davie Renton, Sr. (father) Mrs Renton (mother) Billy Renton (older brother) Davie Renton, Jr. (younger brother) Unknown (wife)
Nationality
Scottish
Birthplace
Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Mark Renton is a fictional character who appears as the protagonist in the novels Trainspotting (1993) and Porno (2002) written by Irvine Welsh. He also appears in the 1996 film adaptation of Trainspotting and its sequel T2 Trainspotting (2017), in both of which he is portrayed by Ewan McGregor.
MarkRenton is a fictional character who appears as the protagonist in the novels Trainspotting (1993) and Porno (2002) written by Irvine Welsh. He also...
Boyle's thriller Shallow Grave. Two years later, he played heroin addict MarkRenton in Danny Boyle's Trainspotting which won him international recognition...
on Your Collar (1993). He gained stardom for starring as drug addict MarkRenton in Trainspotting (1996) and as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel...
is mostly known for starring as Spanner in the 2019 film Beats and as MarkRenton in an acclaimed production of Trainspotting in 2016 at the Citizens Theatre...
Look up renton in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Renton may refer to: Alex Renton (born 1961), British-Canadian author and journalist Dave Renton (born...
money from his friends and making a new life in Amsterdam, 46-year-old MarkRenton suffers a heart attack in a gym. Though two decades sober from heroin...
The Boeing Renton Factory is the Boeing Company's manufacturing facility for narrow-body commercial airliners, and their military derivatives. Current...
by Ashton Kutcher, also wore Sambas. In the 1996 film Trainspotting, MarkRenton (Ewan McGregor) sports the Samba Super in burgundy. Characters in Entourage...
1994 stage version of Trainspotting, Bremner played the lead role of MarkRenton, the role played by Ewan McGregor in the 1996 film. He has played supporting...
and its 2002 sequel Porno. It follows the earlier lives of characters Renton and Sick Boy as they first descend into heroin addiction. When Welsh described...
entitled Dead Men's Trousers, was released on 29 March 2018, and sees MarkRenton, Sick Boy, and Spud reuniting with Francis Begbie. In 2021, a TV adaptation...
of characters created by Bones. The central protagonist of the series is Renton Thurston, a young boy who joins the renegade group Gekkostate to fight against...
LeMaster, J.R.; Wilson, James D. (2011). The Routledge encyclopedia of Mark Twain. New York: Routledge. p. 357. ISBN 9781135881283. Retrieved 17 January...
opening scene of the 1996 film Trainspotting shows the main character MarkRenton being chased by shop security guards along Princes Street. Sylvain Chomet's...
Retrieved 15 December 2019. "History of Trademarks". Renton, A. W.; Craies, W. F. (1911). "Trade Marks" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica...
Renton High School is a public secondary school (grades 9–12) in downtown Renton, Washington, U.S., about 10 miles southeast of downtown Seattle. Founded...
while child actor Benjamin Evan Ainsworth plays the young Critch. David Renton Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor at the Atlantic Film Festival...
the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. At the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe, he played Renton in a new stage adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel Porno. In addition to...
indie and art house films. He is perhaps best known for his role as MarkRenton in Danny Boyle's 1996 film Trainspotting, for which he won a BAFTA Scotland...