Ewan McGregor

Birthday:

03/31/1971

Place of birth:

Perth, Scotland, UK:

Biography:

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.



Credits

Bleeding Love (2024)
Father
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open (2023)
Self (archive footage)
Mother, Couch! (2023)
David
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022)
Self
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
Sebastian J. Cricket (voice)
Raymond & Ray (2022)
Raymond
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022)
Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer
Speed is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story (2022)
Narrator (voice)
The Birthday Cake (2021)
Father Kelly
WAMEGO: Addendum (2020)
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)
Roman Sionis / Black Mask
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Danny Torrance
Wild Ways of the Vikings (2019)
Narrator
Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier (2019)
Himself - Narrator
A Movie Is Made For Pooh (2018)
Christopher Robin (2018)
Christopher Robin
Zoe (2018)
Cole
RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor (2018)
Self
And the Winner Isn't (2017)
Self
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Lumière
Red Point (2017)
Brown
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
Mark "Rent Boy" Renton
Now You See It (2017)
Voiceover (voice)
The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car (2016)
Self
American Pastoral (2016)
Swede Levov
Gimme Danger (2016)
Curt Wild (archive footage) (uncredited)
Last Days in the Desert (2016)
Jesus
Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
Perry Makepeace
Miles Ahead (2016)
Dave Braden
Jane Got a Gun (2015)
John Bishop
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)
Humpback Whales (2015)
Narrator (voice)
Mortdecai (2015)
Inspector Alistair Martland
Son of a Gun (2014)
Brendan Lynch
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
Cowboy at Fair
Ice Bear (2014)
August: Osage County (2013)
Bill Fordham
Muse of Fire (2013)
Self
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
Elmont
The Impossible (2012)
Henry Bennett
Gina Carano in Training (2012)
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012)
Dr. Alfred Jones
Bomber Boys (2012)
Himself
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
(archive footage)
Charge (2011)
Narrator (voice)
Haywire (2011)
Kenneth
Teenage Wildlife (2011)
Narrator
Perfect Sense (2011)
Michael
Fastest (2011)
Narrator (voice)
Beginners (2011)
Oliver Fields
Ewan McGregor and Mike Mills in San Francisco (2011)
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
Chris (voice)
The Battle of Britain (2010)
Self
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)
Rory Green
The Ghost Writer (2010)
The Ghost
I Love You Phillip Morris (2010)
Phillip Morris
Amelia (2009)
Gene Vidal
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
Bob Wilton
Angels & Demons (2009)
Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
Deception (2008)
Jonathan McQuarry
Incendiary (2008)
Jasper Black
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
Ian Blaine
Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene (2007)
Himself
Miss Potter (2006)
Norman Warne
Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006)
Billy
50 Films to See Before You Die (2006)
Self
Stormbreaker (2006)
Ian Rider
The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid (2006)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Live 8 (2005)
Self
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III (2005)
Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
Stay (2005)
Sam Foster
The Island (2005)
Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Valiant (2005)
Valiant (voice)
Troy's Story (2005)
Narrator
Robots (2005)
Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
Faster & Faster (2004)
Narrator (voice)
Spooks & Creeps (2004)
Stroller ("Desserts")
The Story of Star Wars (2004)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Big Fish (2003)
Ed Bloom (young)
Young Adam (2003)
Joe Taylor
Faster (2003)
Narrator
Down with Love (2003)
Catcher Block
Solid Geometry (2002)
Phil
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' (2002)
Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Black Hawk Down (2001)
SPC John Grimes
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001)
Self
The Beginning: Making 'Episode I' (2001)
Self
Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor (2001)
Self
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Christian
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' (2001)
Self
Desserts (2000)
Stroller
Killing Priscilla (2000)
Self
Nora (2000)
James Joyce
Anno Domini (2000)
The Stranger
Eye of the Beholder (1999)
Stephen Wilson
Rogue Trader (1999)
Nick Leeson
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Little Voice (1998)
Billy
Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
Ewan McGregor
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Curt Wild
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
Robert Lewis
The Serpent's Kiss (1997)
Meneer Chrome
Nightwatch (1997)
Martin Bells
Brassed Off (1996)
Andy Barrow
Emma (1996)
Frank Churchill
Trainspotting (1996)
Mark "Rent Boy" Renton
Blue Juice (1995)
Dean Raymond
The Pillow Book (1995)
Jerome
Shallow Grave (1994)
Alex Law
Doggin' Around (1994)
Tom Clayton
Being Human (1994)
Alvarez
Family Style (1993)
Jimmie
Untitled David Robert Mitchell Movie ()
The Cow ()
Charlie Granger
Am I Irvine Welsh? ()
Mark 'Rent Boy' Renton (archive footage)
Flowervale Street ()
Everest ()
George Mallory
The Land of Sometimes ()
The Wish Collector
Star War The Third Gathers: The Backstroke of the West ()
Ratio Tile / Ratio / The Willing to Compares / Ratio Prosperous
Bleeding Love (2024)
Executive Producer
Mother, Couch! (2023)
Executive Producer
American Pastoral (2016)
Director
Nora (2000)
Producer
Tube Tales (1999)
Director