Irvine Welsh

Author 18 / Writer 9 / Actor 6 · 1967 – 2024 · 🎬 16 📺 1 📖 18 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and filmmaker. His novels and short stories, which almost always take place in his native Scotland, are known for their gritty depictions of working-class life and its intricacies; particularly drug addiction, social alienation, lack of opportunity and boredom, amongst others.

All · 35 🎬 Movies · 16 📺 TV · 1 📖 Books · 18

Drama Fiction Edinburgh (scotland), fiction Comedy Fiction, general

Frequent Collaborators

Ewen Bremner

Ewen Bremner

8 shared

Shirley Henderson

Shirley Henderson

6 shared

Dean Cavanagh

5 shared

Robert Carlyle

Robert Carlyle

4 shared

James Cosmo

James Cosmo

4 shared

Kelly Macdonald

Kelly Macdonald

4 shared

All decades 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

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📖 Books

Dead Men's Trousers

Dead Men's Trousers

author

2018

T2 Trainspotting

T2 Trainspotting

author

2017

A decent ride

A decent ride

author

2015

The Sex Lives Of Siamese Twins

The Sex Lives Of Siamese Twins

author

2014

Skagboys

Skagboys

author

2012

Crime

Crime

author

2008

If You Liked School, You'll Love Work

If You Liked School, You'll Love Work

author

2007

Babylon Heights

Babylon Heights

author

2006

Porno

Porno

author

2002

Glue

Glue

author

2001

The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs

The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs

author

1999

Reheated cabbage

Reheated cabbage

author

1998

Filth

Filth

author

1996

Ecstacy

Ecstacy

author

1996

Marabou Stork Nightmares

Marabou Stork Nightmares

author

1995

The Acid House

The Acid House

author

1994

Trainspotting

Trainspotting

author

1993

Pimp

Pimp

author

1967

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