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

Arena
2024
Question Time
2016
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2023
Trainspotting
1996
T2 Trainspotting
2017
Crime
2021
Filth
2013
Swung
2015
Trigger Happy TV
2000
Creation Stories
2021
Icons of Football
2023
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
24
Directing
3
Writing
17
Producing
5
2026
Britain's Murder Map with Vicky McClure and Jonny Owen
as Self
2025
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
as Self
2025
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
as Self
2024
Dick Dynamite: 1944
as Mikael Leznik
2024
Underdog: The Andy Swallow Story
as Self
2024
Loaded: Lads, Mags & Mayhem
as Self
2024
Arena
2023
I Am Weekender
as Self
2023
Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh
as Self
2023
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self – Playwright and author
2023
Icons of Football
as Self - Interviewed Guest
2021
Creation Stories
as Titch
2020
Offended by Irvine Welsh
as Self - Presenter
2017
T2 Trainspotting
as Mikey Forrester
2017
Shankly: Nature’s Fire
as Himself
2016
Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood
as Self
2016
Question Time
as Self - Panellist
2015
Swung
as Male Bouncer
2015
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
as Self
2013
The Magnificent Eleven
as Diner
2000
Trigger Happy TV
1999
Dockers: Writing the Wrongs
as Himself
1998
The Acid House
as Parkie
1996
Trainspotting
as Mikey Forrester