Mark Renton

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fictional character literary character

Mark Renton is a young, heroin-addicted antihero from Edinburgh whose cynical wit and struggle to escape his self-destructive lifestyle define Irvine Welsh’s novel "Trainspotting."

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Label Occurrences
Mark Renton canonical 10
Mr Renton 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
adaptationMedium cinema ⓘ
literature ⓘ
addiction heroin ⓘ
appearsIn T2 Trainspotting ⓘ
surface form: film T2 Trainspotting

Trainspotting (1996 film) ⓘ
surface form: film Trainspotting

novel Dead Men’s Trousers ⓘ
novel Porno ⓘ
Trainspotting (novel) ⓘ
surface form: novel Trainspotting

short story collection The Acid House (cameo in shared universe) ⓘ
basedIn Leith ⓘ
characterRole antihero ⓘ
creator Irvine Welsh ⓘ
familyMember Dawn (niece) ⓘ
Mark Renton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mr Renton

Mrs Renton ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Trainspotting (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Trainspotting
gender male ⓘ
hasAssociate Francis Begbie ⓘ
hasFriend Daniel "Spud" Murphy ⓘ
surface form: Daniel Spud Murphy

Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson ⓘ
surface form: Simon Sick Boy Williamson
hasSibling Billy Renton ⓘ
literaryGenre contemporary fiction ⓘ
urban fiction ⓘ
literarySeries Trainspotting (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Trainspotting series
narrativeFunction first-person narrator ⓘ
nationality Scottish ⓘ
notableQuote Choose life ⓘ
notableWork Trainspotting (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Trainspotting
occupation unemployed ⓘ
personalityTrait cynical ⓘ
intelligent ⓘ
self-aware ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Edinburgh ⓘ
portrayedBy Ewan McGregor ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
romanticRelationship Diane Coulston ⓘ
setting Edinburgh ⓘ
Leith ⓘ
surface form: Leith, Edinburgh
strugglesWith addiction recovery ⓘ
alienation ⓘ
nihilism ⓘ
theme drug addiction ⓘ
escape ⓘ
self-destruction ⓘ
working-class life in Edinburgh ⓘ
timePeriod early 1990s ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trainspotting (novel) → protagonist → Mark Renton ⓘ
Trainspotting (novel) → character → Mark Renton ⓘ
Ewan McGregor → role → Mark Renton ⓘ
T2 Trainspotting → character → Mark Renton ⓘ
Mark Renton → familyMember → Mark Renton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mr Renton
Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson → closeFriendOf → Mark Renton ⓘ
Daniel "Spud" Murphy → closeFriendOf → Mark Renton ⓘ
Daniel "Spud" Murphy → hasFriendGroup → Mark Renton ⓘ
Trainspotting (1996 film) → mainCharacter → Mark Renton ⓘ
Porno (novel) → mainCharacter → Mark Renton ⓘ
Francis Begbie → associatedWith → Mark Renton ⓘ