Ewan McGregor
Biography
Ewan Gordon McGregor (born March 31, 1971) is a Scottish actor. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2013, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama and charity.
While studying drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, McGregor began his career with a leading role in the British series Lipstick on Your Collar (1993). He gained international recognition for starring as drug addict Mark Renton in Trainspotting (1996) and as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005). His career progressed with starring roles in the musical Moulin Rouge! (2001), action film Black Hawk Down (2001), fantasy film Big Fish (2003), and thriller Angels and Demons (2009). He gained praise for his performances in the thriller The Ghost Writer (2010) and romantic comedy Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011).
McGregor made his directorial debut with the crime film American Pastoral (2016), in which he also starred. For his dual role as brothers Ray and Emmit Stussy in the third season of the anthology series Fargo (2017), he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film. He voiced Lumière in Beauty and the Beast (2017), and played the title role in Christopher Robin (2018), Dan Torrance in Doctor Sleep (2019), and Black Mask in Birds of Prey (2020). He reprised his role as Kenobi in the 2022 miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi, and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for his portrayal of fashion designer Halston in the miniseries Halston (2021).
McGregor has also starred in theatre productions of Guys and Dolls (2005–2007) and Othello (2007–2008). He has been involved in charity work and has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK since 2004.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1971-03-31
Place of birth
Perth, Scotland, UK
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Cast
Young Adam
2003
5.82
Black Hawk Down
2001
7.39
Big Fish
2003
7.76
Trainspotting
1996
7.96
The Island
2005
6.69
Nightwatch
1997
6.05
Moulin Rouge!
2001
7.54
Velvet Goldmine
1998
6.88
The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009
5.97
Emma
1996
6.60
Down with Love
2003
6.10
Cassandra's Dream
2007
6.30
Faster
2003
7.67
Rogue Trader
1999
5.90
The Ghost Writer
2010
6.82
Stay
2005
6.60
A Life Less Ordinary
1997
6.13
Little Voice
1998
6.50
I Love You Phillip Morris
2010
6.42
Amelia
2009
5.68
Brassed Off
1996
7.00
The Pillow Book
1995
6.30
Robots
2005
6.48
Deception
2008
5.95
Stormbreaker
2006
5.24
Shallow Grave
1994
7.00
Angels & Demons
2009
6.72
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
6.31
Nora
2000
4.97
Miss Potter
2006
6.63
Valiant
2005
5.58
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006
8.50
Incendiary
2008
5.36
The Battle of Britain
2010
6.60
The Serpent's Kiss
1997
5.40
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
2006
5.30
Eye of the Beholder
2000
4.89
Blue Juice
1995
4.04
Spooks & Creeps
2004
2.00
The Impossible
2012
7.40
Haywire
2011
5.71
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
5.87
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
2012
6.42
Perfect Sense
2011
6.90
Beginners
2011
6.84
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
7.53
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
4.90
Solid Geometry
2002
4.38
August: Osage County
2013
6.86
T2 Trainspotting
2017
6.94
WAMEGO: Addendum
2020
0.00
Jane Got a Gun
2015
5.84
Charge
2011
0.00
Mortdecai
2015
5.52
Desserts
2000
5.82
Our Kind of Traitor
2016
6.06
Troy's Story
2005
0.00
Bleeding Love
2024
6.40
Ice Bear
2014
8.00
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
6.79
Son of a Gun
2014
6.39
Last Days in the Desert
2016
5.80
Mother, Couch
2024
5.60
Miles Ahead
2016
6.40
Killing Priscilla
2000
8.00
American Pastoral
2016
6.20
Flowervale Street
2026
0.00
Being Human
1994
5.10
Live 8
2005
7.40
Bomber Boys
2012
8.00
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
7.25
Beauty and the Beast
2017
6.97
Doggin' Around
1994
6.00
The Beginning: Making Episode I
2001
7.24
Humpback Whales
2015
7.11
Muse of Fire
2013
6.50
Zoe
2018
5.90
Red Point
2017
5.30
Now You See It
2017
5.30
Family Style
1993
4.00
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
3.85
Anno Domini
2000
0.00
The Land of Sometimes
2026
0.00
Christopher Robin
2018
7.30
And the Winner Isn't
2017
5.70
Faster & Faster
2004
6.33
The Cow
0.00
Doctor Sleep
2019
7.15
Teenage Wildlife
2011
0.00
Fastest
2011
6.90
The Birthday Cake
2021
5.10
The Story of Star Wars
2004
7.21
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
6.27
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022
8.03
Wild Ways of the Vikings
2019
6.60
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001
6.50
A Movie Is Made For Pooh
2018
8.00
Gina Carano in Training
2012
8.00
Raymond & Ray
2022
6.25
Happy M’Gee
2000
0.00
The New Ten Commandments
2008
8.70
The Dark Fantastic
2025
0.00
Memories of "Trainspotting"
2008
0.00