Ewan McGregor
March 31, 1971 (53 years old) in Perth, Scotland, UK
Ewan Gordon McGregor (/ˈjuːən/ YOO-ən; born 31 March 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Flowervale Street as
- 2024 · Bleeding Love as Father
- 2023 · Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema as Self
- 2022 · Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer
- 2021 · Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The Birthday Cake as Father Kelly
- 2020 · Long Way Up as Self
- 2018 · Zoe as Cole
- 2017 · And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2016 · American Pastoral as Swede Levov
- 2016 · Gimme Danger as Curt Wild (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2016 · Miles Ahead as Dave Braden
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 · Hebrides: Islands on the Edge as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Buenas noches y Buenafuente as Self - Interviewee
- 2012 · Salmon Fishing in the Yemen as Dr. Alfred Jones
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2011 · Fastest as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Beginners as Oliver Fields
- 2010 · Jackboots on Whitehall as Chris (voice)
- 2010 · The Battle of Britain as Self
- 2010 · Justin Lee Collins: Good Times as Self
- 2007 · Cassandra's Dream as Ian Blaine
- 2007 · Long Way Down (Special Edition) as
- 2006 · Miss Potter as Norman Warne
- 2006 · Soccer Aid as
- 2005 · Live 8 as Self
- 2005 · Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
- 2004 · Long Way Round (Special Edition) as Self
- 2004 · The Story of Star Wars as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- 2003 · Young Adam as Joe Taylor
- 2003 · Faster as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Rogue Trader as Nick Leeson
- 1998 · Little Voice as Billy
- 1998 · Welcome to Hollywood as Ewan McGregor
- 1997 · A Life Less Ordinary as Robert Lewis
- 1997 · The Serpent's Kiss as Meneer Chrome
- 1997 · Nightwatch as Martin Bells
- 1996 · Brassed Off as Andy Barrow
- 1996 · Karaoke as Young Man
- 1995 · Blue Juice as Dean Raymond
- 1994 · Being Human as Alvarez
- 1993 · Scarlet and Black as Julien Sorel
- 1993 · Lipstick on Your Collar as Private Hopper
- Future · Am I Irvine Welsh? as Mark 'Rent Boy' Renton (archive footage)
- 2024 · Long Way Home as Self
- 2024 · Mother, Couch as David
- 2024 · A Gentleman in Moscow as Count Alexander Rostov
- 2022 · Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as Cricket (voice)
- 2022 · Raymond & Ray as Raymond
- 2022 · The Last Movie Stars as Self
- 2022 · Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Obi-Wan Kenobi as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- 2021 · Halston as Halston
- 2020 · WAMEGO: Addendum as
- 2020 · Stormborn as
- 2020 · Staged as Ewan
- 2020 · Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) as Roman Sionis
- 2019 · Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
- 2019 · Doctor Sleep as Danny Torrance
- 2019 · A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- 2019 · Wild Ways of the Vikings as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · A Movie Is Made For Pooh as Self
- 2018 · Christopher Robin as Christopher Robin
- 2018 · RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor as Self
- 2017 · Beauty and the Beast as Lumière
- 2017 · Red Point as Brown
- 2017 · T2 Trainspotting as Renton
- 2017 · Now You See It as Voiceover (voice)
- 2016 · The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car as Self
- 2016 · Last Days in the Desert as Jesus
- 2016 · Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Our Kind of Traitor as Perry Makepeace
- 2015 · Jane Got a Gun as John Bishop
- 2015 · Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2015 · Humpback Whales as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Mortdecai as Inspector Alistair Martland
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Son of a Gun as Brendan Lynch
- 2014 · A Million Ways to Die in the West as Cowboy at Fair
- 2014 · Fargo as Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · Doll & Em as Sleazy Ewan McGregor
- 2014 · Doll & Em as Ewan
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2014 · Ice Bear as
- 2013 · August: Osage County as Bill Fordham
- 2013 · Jack the Giant Slayer as Elmont
- 2012 · The Impossible as Henry Bennett
- 2012 · Gina Carano in Training as
- 2012 · Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission as Self
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- 2012 · Bomber Boys as Self
- 2012 · Bomber Boys as Self
- 2011 · Charge as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Haywire as Kenneth
- 2011 · Teenage Wildlife as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Perfect Sense as Michael
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · Ewan McGregor and Mike Mills in San Francisco as Self
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang as Rory Green
- 2010 · The Ghost Writer as The Ghost
- 2010 · I Love You Phillip Morris as Phillip Morris
- 2009 · Amelia as Gene Vidal
- 2009 · The Men Who Stare at Goats as Bob Wilton
- 2009 · The Jay Leno Show as Self
- 2009 · Angels & Demons as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
- 2008 · Deception as Jonathan McQuarry
- 2008 · Incendiary as Jasper Black
- 2007 · Long Way Down as Self
- 2007 · Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Scenes of a Sexual Nature as Billy
- 2006 · Race to Dakar as Self
- 2006 · The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Troy's Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Faster & Faster as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Spooks & Creeps as Stroller ("Desserts")
- 2002 · From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
- 2001 · R2-D2: Beneath the Dome as Self
- 2001 · The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' as Self
- 2000 · Nora as James Joyce
- Future · Everest as George Mallory
- 2001 · The Beginning: Making Episode I as Self
- Future · The Cow as Charlie Granger
- 2006 · 50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
- 2006 · Stormbreaker as Ian Rider
- 2005 · Stay as Sam Foster
- 2005 · The Island as Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln
- 2005 · Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- 2005 · Valiant as Valiant (voice)
- 2005 · Robots as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · The Culture Show as Self
- 2004 · Long Way Round as Self
- 2003 · Big Fish as Ed Bloom (young)
- 2003 · Down with Love as Catcher Block
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Solid Geometry as Phil
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · American Idol as Self
- 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- 2002 · Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- 2001 · Black Hawk Down as SPC John Grimes
- 2001 · Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor as Self
- 2001 · Moulin Rouge! as Christian
- 2000 · Desserts as Stroller
- 2000 · Killing Priscilla as Self
- 2000 · Happy M’Gee as Happy
- 2000 · Anno Domini as The Stranger
- 1999 · Eye of the Beholder as Stephen Wilson
- 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1999 · Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- 1998 · Velvet Goldmine as Curt Wild
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Emma as Frank Churchill
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Trainspotting as Renton
- 1996 · TFI Friday as Self
- 1995 · The Pillow Book as Jerome
- 1995 · Soccer AM as Self
- 1995 · Kavanagh Q.C. as David Robert Armstrong
- 1994 · Shallow Grave as Alex Law
- 1994 · Doggin' Around as Tom Clayton
- 1994 · ER as Duncan Stewart
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Future · The Land of Sometimes as The Wish Collector
- 1993 · Family Style as Jimmie
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Ford
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1982 · Nature as Host
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self