
Ewan McGregor
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.
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Credits
- 2026 · Flowervale Street as
- 2025 · Long Way Home as Self
- 2024 · Mother, Couch as David
- 2024 · A Gentleman in Moscow as Count Alexander Rostov
- 2024 · Bleeding Love as Father
- 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
- 2022 · Obi-Wan Kenobi as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- 2021 · The Birthday Cake as Father Kelly
- 2021 · Halston as Halston
- 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 · The Saga: Star Wars with Tommy Wiseau as Obiwan Kenobi
- 2019 · Doctor Sleep as Danny Torrance
- 2019 · A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- 2018 · Christopher Robin as Christopher Robin
- 2018 · Zoe as Cole
- 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
- 2016 · American Pastoral as Swede Levov
- 2016 · Last Days in the Desert as Jesus
- 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 · 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
- 2013 · August: Osage County as Bill Fordham
- 2013 · Jack the Giant Slayer as Elmont
- 2012 · The Impossible as Henry Bennett
- 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 · Haywire as Kenneth
- 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 · Justin Lee Collins: Good Times 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 · Memories of "Trainspotting" as Self
- 2008 · Deception as Jonathan McQuarry
- 2008 · Incendiary as Jasper Black
- 2007 · Cassandra's Dream as Ian Blaine
- 2007 · Long Way Down as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Miss Potter as Norman Warne
- 2006 · Scenes of a Sexual Nature as Billy
- 2006 · Stormbreaker as Ian Rider
- 2006 · The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- 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
- 2004 · The Story of Star Wars as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- 2003 · Big Fish as Ed Bloom (young)
- 2003 · Young Adam as Joe Taylor
- 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 · R2-D2: Beneath the Dome as Self
- 2001 · Moulin Rouge! as Christian
- 2001 · The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' as Self
- 2000 · Welcome to Hollywood as Ewan McGregor
- 2000 · Killing Priscilla as Self
- 1999 · Eye of the Beholder as Stephen Wilson
- 1999 · Rogue Trader as Nick Leeson
- 1999 · Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- 1998 · Little Voice as Billy
- 1998 · Velvet Goldmine as Curt Wild
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · A Life Less Ordinary as Robert Lewis
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Nightwatch as Martin Bells
- 1996 · Brassed Off as Andy Barrow
- 1996 · Emma as Frank Churchill
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Karaoke as Young Man
- 1996 · Trainspotting as Renton
- 1996 · TFI Friday as Self
- 1995 · Blue Juice as Dean Raymond
- 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
- 1994 · Being Human as Alvarez
- 1993 · Scarlet and Black as Julien Sorel
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Lipstick on Your Collar as Private Hopper
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Ford
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1982 · Nature as Host
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- Future · The Cow as Charlie Granger
- 2025 · The Dark Fantastic as Self
- 2022 · Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · WAMEGO: Addendum as
- 2020 · Stormborn as
- 2020 · Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook 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 · Now You See It as Voiceover (voice)
- 2016 · The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car as Self
- 2016 · Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Humpback Whales as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Ice Bear as
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 · Hebrides: Islands on the Edge as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Gina Carano in Training as
- 2012 · Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission as Self
- 2012 · Bomber Boys as Self
- 2011 · Charge as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Teenage Wildlife as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Ewan McGregor and Mike Mills in San Francisco as Self
- 2010 · Jackboots on Whitehall as Chris (voice)
- 2010 · The Battle of Britain as Self
- 2008 · The New Ten Commandments as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Race to Dakar as Self
- 2006 · 50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
- 2005 · Troy's Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Faster & Faster as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Spooks & Creeps as Stroller ("Desserts")
- 2003 · Faster as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Solid Geometry as Phil
- 2001 · The Beginning: Making Episode I as Self
- 2001 · Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor as Self
- 2000 · Desserts as Stroller
- 2000 · Nora as James Joyce
- 2000 · Happy M’Gee as Happy
- 2000 · Anno Domini as The Stranger
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- Future · The Land of Sometimes as The Wish Collector (voice)
- 1997 · The Serpent's Kiss as Meneer Chrome
- 1993 · Family Style as Jimmie
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee