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Irvine Welsh

Writing · Born September 27, 1958 · Leith, 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.

Irvine Welsh movies and shows

  • Question Time1979
  • Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg2022
  • Arena1975
  • Trainspotting1996
  • Crime2021
  • T2 Trainspotting2017
  • Trigger Happy TV2000
  • Filth2013
  • Swung2015
  • Icons of Football2023
  • The Acid House1998
  • Britain's Murder Map with Vicky McClure and Jonny Owen2026
  • Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough2025
  • Ecstasy2011
  • Creation Stories2021
  • Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible2025
  • Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh2023
  • Wedding Belles2007
  • Dick Dynamite: 19442024
  • The New Ten Commandments2008
  • The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World2015
  • The Magnificent Eleven2013
  • Dockers: Writing the Wrongs1999
  • Underdog: The Andy Swallow Story2024