Ewan McGregor
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Long Way Home as Self
- 2024 · Mother, Couch as David
- 2024 · Bleeding Love as Father
- 2022 · Raymond & Ray as Raymond
- 2021 · The Birthday Cake as Father Kelly
- 2020 · WAMEGO: Addendum as
- 2018 · Christopher Robin as Christopher Robin
- 2018 · Zoe as Cole
- 2017 · T2 Trainspotting as Renton
- 2016 · American Pastoral as Swede Levov
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2012 · Buenas noches y Buenafuente as Self - Interviewee
- 2011 · Charge as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Jackboots on Whitehall as Chris (voice)
- 2010 · Justin Lee Collins: Good Times as Self
- 2010 · I Love You Phillip Morris as Phillip Morris
- 2008 · Deception as Jonathan McQuarry
- 2007 · Long Way Down as Self
- 2007 · Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Miss Potter as Norman Warne
- 2006 · The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Live 8 as Self
- 2004 · Faster & Faster as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · The Story of Star Wars as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- 2003 · Young Adam as Joe Taylor
- 2003 · Faster as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Solid Geometry as Phil
- 2001 · R2-D2: Beneath the Dome as Self
- 2001 · The Beginning: Making Episode I as Self
- 2001 · The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' as Self
- 2000 · Welcome to Hollywood as Ewan McGregor
- 2000 · Nora as James Joyce
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Eye of the Beholder as Stephen Wilson
- 1998 · Little Voice as Billy
- 1997 · The Serpent's Kiss as Meneer Chrome
- 1997 · Nightwatch as Martin Bells
- 1996 · Brassed Off as Andy Barrow
- 1996 · Emma as Frank Churchill
- 1995 · Blue Juice as Dean Raymond
- 1994 · Shallow Grave as Alex Law
- 1994 · Doggin' Around as Tom Clayton
- 1994 · Being Human as Alvarez
- 1993 · Scarlet and Black as Julien Sorel
- 1993 · Lipstick on Your Collar as Private Hopper
- Future · The Land of Sometimes as The Wish Collector (voice)
- 2026 · Flowervale Street as
- 2025 · The Dark Fantastic as Self
- 2024 · A Gentleman in Moscow as Count Alexander Rostov
- 2022 · Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema as Self
- 2022 · Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as Cricket (voice)
- 2022 · Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer
- 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 · Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- 2020 · Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook as Self
- 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
- 2018 · A Movie Is Made For Pooh as Self
- 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 · 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 Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Our Kind of Traitor as Perry Makepeace
- 2016 · Miles Ahead as Dave Braden
- 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 Self
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2014 · Ice Bear as
- 2013 · August: Osage County as Bill Fordham
- 2013 · Hebrides: Islands on the Edge as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Bomber Boys as Self
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2011 · Haywire as Kenneth
- 2011 · Teenage Wildlife as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Perfect Sense as Michael
- 2011 · Fastest as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · Beginners as Oliver Fields
- 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
- 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 · Memories of "Trainspotting" as Self
- 2008 · Incendiary as Jasper Black
- 2008 · The New Ten Commandments as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Cassandra's Dream as Ian Blaine
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Scenes of a Sexual Nature as Billy
- 2006 · Race to Dakar as Self
- 2006 · 50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
- 2006 · Stormbreaker as Ian Rider
- 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 (voice)
- 2005 · Robots as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · The Culture Show as Self
- 2004 · Spooks & Creeps as Stroller ("Desserts")
- 2004 · Long Way Round as Self
- 2003 · Big Fish as Ed Bloom (young)
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Down with Love as Catcher Block
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
- 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 · 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
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · A Life Less Ordinary as Robert Lewis
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Karaoke as Young Man
- 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 · ER as Duncan Stewart
- 1994 · Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras as Self
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 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
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera as Self
- 1982 · Nature as Host
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · The Cow as Charlie Granger