Ewan McGregor
Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor who has starred in numerous film and musical roles. His first professional role was in 1993, as a leading role in the British Channel 4 series Lipstick on Your Collar. He then achieved international fame with his portrayals of heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama films Trainspotting (1996) and T2 Trainspotting (2017), Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005) and the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022), poet Christian in the musical film Moulin Rouge! (2001), SPC John Grimes in Black Hawk Down (2001), young Edward Bloom in Big Fish (2003), Rodney Copperbottom in Robots (2005), Camerlengo Father Patrick McKenna in Angels and Demons (2009), "the ghost" in Roman Polanski's political thriller The Ghost Writer (2010), Dr. Alfred Jones in the romantic comedy-drama Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011), Lumière in the live-action adaptation of the musical romantic fantasy Beauty and the Beast (2017), the adult version of the titular character in the fantasy comedy-drama Christopher Robin (2018), the adult version of Dan Torrance in the horror film Doctor Sleep (2019), and Black Mask in the DC Extended Universe superhero film Birds of Prey (2020). In 2021, he portrayed fashion designer Halston in a Netflix miniseries Halston. In 2018, McGregor won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for his dual role as brothers Ray & Emmit Stussy in the third season of FX anthology series Fargo, and received Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy for both Moulin Rouge! and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. McGregor has also starred in theatre productions of Guys and Dolls (2005–2007) and Othello (2007–2008). He was ranked number 36 on Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list in 1997. In a 2004 poll for the BBC, McGregor was named the fourth most influential person in British culture.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Flowervale Street as
- 2024 · Long Way Home as Ewan McGregor
- 2024 · Mother, Couch! as David
- 2024 · A Gentleman in Moscow as Count Alexander Rostov
- 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 · Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as Cricket (voice)
- 2022 · Raymond & Ray as Raymond
- 2022 · Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer
- 2022 · The Last Movie Stars as Self
- 2021 · Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury as Narrator
- 2021 · The Birthday Cake as Father Kelly
- 2018 · Zoe as Cole
- 2016 · Gimme Danger as Curt Wild (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2016 · Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Our Kind of Traitor as Perry Makepeace
- 2016 · Miles Ahead as Dave Braden
- 2014 · Doll & Em as Sleazy Ewan McGregor
- 2014 · Doll & Em as Ewan
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 · Hebrides: Islands on the Edge as Narrator
- 2012 · Buenas noches y Buenafuente as Himself - Interviewee
- 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 · Justin Lee Collins: Good Times as Self
- 2009 · Amelia as Gene Vidal
- 2007 · Cassandra's Dream as Ian Blaine
- 2007 · Long Way Down as Himself
- 2006 · 50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
- 2005 · Live 8 as Self
- 2005 · VM Show Vol. 2 as Renton (archive footage)
- 2004 · The Culture Show as Self
- 2004 · The Story of Star Wars as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- 2003 · Young Adam as Joe Taylor
- 2003 · Faster as Narrator
- 2001 · The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' as Self
- 2000 · Nora as James Joyce
- 1999 · Eye of the Beholder as Stephen Wilson
- 1998 · Little Voice as Billy
- 1998 · Welcome to Hollywood as Ewan McGregor
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Nightwatch as Martin Bells
- 1996 · Brassed Off as Andy Barrow
- 1996 · Karaoke as Young Man
- 1995 · Blue Juice as Dean Raymond
- 1995 · The Pillow Book as Jerome
- 1994 · Being Human as Alvarez
- 1993 · Scarlet and Black as Julien Sorel
- 1993 · Lipstick on Your Collar as Private Hopper
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- Future · The Land of Sometimes as The Wish Collector
- 2002 · From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Future · Everest as George Mallory
- 2020 · WAMEGO: Addendum as
- 2001 · The Beginning: Making Episode I as Self
- Future · Am I Irvine Welsh? as Mark 'Rent Boy' Renton (archive footage)
- 2022 · Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Obi-Wan Kenobi as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- 2021 · Halston as Halston
- 2020 · Stormborn as
- 2020 · Long Way Up as Self
- 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
- 2019 · Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier as Himself - Narrator
- 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 · And the Winner Isn't 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 · American Pastoral as Swede Levov
- 2016 · Last Days in the Desert as Jesus
- 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 · 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 · Salmon Fishing in the Yemen as Dr. Alfred Jones
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- 2012 · Bomber Boys as self cast
- 2012 · Bomber Boys as Himself
- 2011 · Charge as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Haywire as Kenneth
- 2011 · Teenage Wildlife as Narrator
- 2011 · Perfect Sense as Michael
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · Ewan McGregor and Mike Mills in San Francisco as
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · The Battle of Britain 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 · 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 · Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene as Himself
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Miss Potter as Norman Warne
- 2006 · Scenes of a Sexual Nature as Billy
- 2006 · Race to Dakar as Himself
- 2006 · Stormbreaker as Ian Rider
- 2006 · The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Soccer Aid as
- 2005 · Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
- 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 · Troy's Story as Narrator
- 2005 · Robots as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Faster & Faster as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Spooks & Creeps as Stroller ("Desserts")
- 2004 · Long Way Round as Himself
- 2004 · Long Way Round (Special Edition) as Self - Presenter
- 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 · R2-D2: Beneath the Dome as Self
- 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 · Anno Domini as The Stranger
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1999 · Rogue Trader as Nick Leeson
- 1999 · Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- 1998 · Velvet Goldmine as Curt Wild
- 1997 · A Life Less Ordinary as Robert Lewis
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The Serpent's Kiss as Meneer Chrome
- 1996 · Emma as Frank Churchill
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Trainspotting as Renton
- 1996 · TFI Friday as Self
- 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 Cow as Charlie Granger
- 1993 · Family Style as Jimmie
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Ford
- 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