Irvine Welsh

Personal Info

Birthday

September 27, 1958

(66 years old)

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Irvine Welsh

Biography

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.

Known For

Trainspotting

Swung

T2 Trainspotting

The Acid House

Creation Stories

Dick Dynamite: 1944

The Magnificent Eleven

Filmography

2025
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
as Self
2024
Dick Dynamite: 1944
as Mikael Leznik
Loaded: Lads, Mags & Mayhem
as Self
Underdog: The Andy Swallow Story
as Self
2023
Choose Irvine Welsh.
as Self
I Am Weekender
as Self
2021
Creation Stories
as Titch
2020
Offended by Irvine Welsh
as Self - Presenter
2017
Shankly: Nature’s Fire
as Himself
T2 Trainspotting
as Mikey Forrester
2016
Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
as Self
2015
Swung
as Male Bouncer
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
as Self
2013
The Magnificent Eleven
as Diner
1999
Dockers: Writing the Wrongs
as Himself
1998
The Acid House
as Parkie
1996
Trainspotting
as Mikey Forrester