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Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh

Born: 1958-09-27 • Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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.

Filmography
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough poster
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025 • Self
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible poster
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
2025 • Self
Dick Dynamite: 1944 poster
Dick Dynamite: 1944
2024 • Mikael Leznik
Loaded: Lads, Mags & Mayhem poster
Loaded: Lads, Mags & Mayhem
2024 • Self
Underdog: The Andy Swallow Story poster
Underdog: The Andy Swallow Story
2024 • Self
Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh poster
Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh
2023 • Self
I Am Weekender poster
I Am Weekender
2023 • Self
Creation Stories poster
Creation Stories
2021 • Titch
Offended by Irvine Welsh poster
Offended by Irvine Welsh
2020 • Self - Presenter
Shankly: Nature’s Fire poster
Shankly: Nature’s Fire
2017 • Himself
T2 Trainspotting poster
T2 Trainspotting
2017 • Mikey Forrester
No Image
Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
2016 • Self
Swung poster
Swung
2015 • Male Bouncer
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World poster
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
2015 • Self
The Magnificent Eleven poster
The Magnificent Eleven
2013 • Diner
Dockers: Writing the Wrongs poster
Dockers: Writing the Wrongs
1999 • Himself
The Acid House poster
The Acid House
1998 • Parkie
Trainspotting poster
Trainspotting
1996 • Mikey Forrester