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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1971-03-31 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Perth, Scotland, UK

Ewan McGregor

Biography:

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.

Known For

Acting

2026

2025

2024

Bleeding Love as Father
Mother, Couch as David
A Gentleman in Moscow as Count Alexander Rostov

2023

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open as Self (archive footage)

2022

2021

The Birthday Cake as Father Kelly
Halston as Halston

2020

2019

2018

2017

Red Point as Brown
Now You See It as Voiceover (voice)

2016

Our Kind of Traitor as Perry Makepeace
Miles Ahead as Dave Braden
American Pastoral as Swede Levov
Gimme Danger as Curt Wild (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015

Jane Got a Gun as John Bishop
Mortdecai as Inspector Alistair Martland
Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)
Humpback Whales as Narrator (voice)

2014

2013

2012

The Impossible as Henry Bennett
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen as Dr. Alfred Jones
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
Bomber Boys as Self
Bomber Boys as Self
Honest Trailers as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Buenas noches y Buenafuente as Self - Interviewee

2011

Haywire as Kenneth
Perfect Sense as Michael
Beginners as Oliver Fields
Charge as Narrator (voice)
Teenage Wildlife as Narrator (voice)
Fastest as Narrator (voice)

2010

2009

Amelia as Gene Vidal
Angels & Demons as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna

2008

Deception as Jonathan McQuarry
Incendiary as Jasper Black
The New Ten Commandments as Self (archive footage)

2007

2006

2005

The Island as Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln
Stay as Sam Foster
Robots as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
Valiant as Valiant (voice)
Troy's Story as Narrator (voice)
Live 8 as Self

2004

Spooks & Creeps as Stroller ("Desserts")
Faster & Faster as Narrator (voice)
The Story of Star Wars as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

2003

Young Adam as Joe Taylor
Big Fish as Ed Bloom (young)
Down with Love as Catcher Block
Faster as Narrator (voice)

2002

2001

2000

Nora as James Joyce
Desserts as Stroller
Anno Domini as The Stranger
Happy M’Gee as Happy

1999

Rogue Trader as Nick Leeson
Eye of the Beholder as Stephen Wilson
Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee

1998

Velvet Goldmine as Curt Wild
Little Voice as Billy
Welcome to Hollywood as Ewan McGregor
Parkinson as Self

1997

Nightwatch as Martin Bells
A Life Less Ordinary as Robert Lewis
The Serpent's Kiss as Meneer Chrome
The View as Self

1996

Trainspotting as Renton
Emma as Frank Churchill
Brassed Off as Andy Barrow
TFI Friday as Self
Karaoke as Young Man

1995

The Pillow Book as Jerome
Blue Juice as Dean Raymond
Soccer AM as Self
Kavanagh Q.C. as David Robert Armstrong

1994

Shallow Grave as Alex Law
Being Human as Alvarez
Doggin' Around as Tom Clayton
ER as Duncan Stewart

1993

Family Style as Jimmie
Lipstick on Your Collar as Private Hopper
Scarlet and Black as Julien Sorel

1992

1989

1988

This Morning as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest

1984

1982

Nature as Host
Nature as Narrator (voice)

1978

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Am I Irvine Welsh? as Mark 'Rent Boy' Renton (archive footage)
The Land of Sometimes as The Wish Collector
The Cow as Charlie Granger
Everest as George Mallory

Directing

2016

American Pastoral as Director

1999

Tube Tales as Director

Production

2024

Bleeding Love as Executive Producer
Mother, Couch as Executive Producer
A Gentleman in Moscow as Executive Producer

2022

Obi-Wan Kenobi as Executive Producer

2021

Halston as Executive Producer

2020

Long Way Up as Executive Producer

2004

Long Way Round as Producer

2000

Nora as Producer

Creator

2004

Long Way Round as Creator