
Ewan McGregor
Born: 1971-03-31
Place of Birth: Perth, Scotland, UK
Biography
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

Beauty and the Beast

The Impossible

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Black Hawk Down

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Robots

Angels & Demons

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Trainspotting

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

Jack the Giant Slayer

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Doctor Sleep

Stay

Big Fish

Moulin Rouge!

Brassed Off

Young Adam

The Island

Flowervale Street

Haywire

Miss Potter

Valiant

Nightwatch

Stormbreaker

Bleeding Love

Mortdecai

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Being Human

Blue Juice

Nora

Live 8

Son of a Gun

Mother, Couch

Zoe

Christopher Robin

T2 Trainspotting

Faster & Faster

Perfect Sense

Deception

The Ghost Writer

Emma

Faster

I Love You Phillip Morris

August: Osage County

Anno Domini

Shallow Grave

Down with Love

Family Style

Jane Got a Gun

The Land of Sometimes

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Bomber Boys

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

The Pillow Book

Eye of the Beholder

Velvet Goldmine

Cassandra's Dream

Red Point

Beginners

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

American Pastoral

Our Kind of Traitor

Amelia

Desserts

Raymond & Ray

The Birthday Cake

Last Days in the Desert

A Life Less Ordinary

Incendiary

Rogue Trader

Jackboots on Whitehall

Little Voice

Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier

Humpback Whales

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

Welcome to Hollywood

Scenes of a Sexual Nature

The Beginning: Making Episode I

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

Miles Ahead

The Battle of Britain

50 Films to See Before You Die

Ice Bear

Muse of Fire

And the Winner Isn't

Fastest

The Dark Fantastic

The Serpent's Kiss

The Story of Star Wars

Memories of "Trainspotting"

Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III

The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid

Solid Geometry

The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'

Wild Ways of the Vikings

Charge

A Movie Is Made For Pooh

Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook

Troy's Story

The New Ten Commandments

The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car

Doggin' Around

RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor

From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'

Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story

Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene

Now You See It
