Movie · 1996
Trainspotting
“Choose life.”
Released 23 February 1996 94 min Drama / Crime More from 1996 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
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How old were they?
James Cosmo
as Renton's Father
Peter Mullan
as Swanney
Kevin Allen
as Andreas
Robert Carlyle
as Begbie
Eddie Nestor
as Estate Agent
Shirley Henderson
as Gail
Ewan McGregor
as Renton
Ewen Bremner
as Spud
Jonny Lee Miller
as Sick Boy
Kevin McKidd
as Tommy
Kelly Macdonald
as Diane
Eileen Nicholas
as Renton's Mother
Susan Vidler
as Allison
Pauline Lynch
as Lizzy
Hugh Ross
as Man
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The numbers
27years between the oldest and youngest billed
47James Cosmo — oldest on the call sheet
20Kelly Macdonald — youngest billed
30average age of the credited cast