Ewan McGregor
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
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
The Land of Sometimes
as The Wish Collector (voice)
Everest
as George Mallory
The Cow
as Charlie Granger
Am I Irvine Welsh?
as Mark 'Rent Boy' Renton (archive footage)
(2026)
(2024)
Mother, Couch
as David
(2024)
Bleeding Love
as Father
(2023)
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
as Self (archive footage)
(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)
(2022)
Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story
as Narrator (voice)
(2021)
The Birthday Cake
as Father Kelly
(2020)
(2020)
(2020)
(2019)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
(2019)
Doctor Sleep
as Danny Torrance
(2019)
Wild Ways of the Vikings
as Narrator (voice)
(2019)
Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier
as Narrator
(2018)
Christopher Robin
as Christopher Robin
(2018)
Zoe
as Cole
(2018)
A Movie Is Made For Pooh
as Self
(2018)
(2017)
Beauty and the Beast
as Lumière
(2017)
T2 Trainspotting
as Renton
(2017)
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
(2017)
Red Point
as Brown
(2017)
Now You See It
as Voiceover (voice)
(2016)
Our Kind of Traitor
as Perry Makepeace
(2016)
Last Days in the Desert
as Jesus
(2016)
American Pastoral
as Swede Levov
(2016)
Gimme Danger
as Curt Wild (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2016)
Miles Ahead
as Dave Braden
(2016)
(2015)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)
(2015)
Mortdecai
as Inspector Alistair Martland
(2015)
Jane Got a Gun
as John Bishop
(2015)
Humpback Whales
as Narrator (voice)
(2014)
A Million Ways to Die in the West
as Cowboy at Fair
(2014)
Son of a Gun
as Brendan Lynch
(2014)
(2013)
Jack the Giant Slayer
as Elmont
(2013)
August: Osage County
as Bill Fordham
(2013)
Muse of Fire
as Self
(2012)
The Impossible
as Henry Bennett
(2012)
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
as Dr. Alfred Jones
(2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
(2012)
(2012)
Bomber Boys
as Self
(2011)
Haywire
as Kenneth
(2011)
Perfect Sense
as Michael
(2011)
Beginners
as Oliver Fields
(2011)
Fastest
as Narrator (voice)
(2011)
Charge
as Narrator (voice)
(2011)
(2011)
Teenage Wildlife
as Narrator (voice)
(2010)
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
as Rory Green
(2010)
The Ghost Writer
as The Ghost
(2010)
Jackboots on Whitehall
as Chris (voice)
(2010)
I Love You Phillip Morris
as Phillip Morris
(2010)
The Battle of Britain
as Self
(2009)
Angels & Demons
as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
(2009)
The Men Who Stare at Goats
as Bob Wilton
(2009)
Amelia
as Gene Vidal
(2008)
Deception
as Jonathan McQuarry
(2008)
Incendiary
as Jasper Black
(2008)
The New Ten Commandments
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
Cassandra's Dream
as Ian Blaine
(2007)
Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene
as Narrator (voice)
(2006)
Stormbreaker
as Ian Rider
(2006)
Miss Potter
as Norman Warne
(2006)
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
as Billy
(2006)
(2006)
The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid
as Narrator (voice)
(2005)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
(2005)
Robots
as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
(2005)
The Island
as Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln
(2005)
Stay
as Sam Foster
(2005)
Valiant
as Valiant (voice)
(2005)
Live 8
as Self
(2005)
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
(2005)
Troy's Story
as Narrator (voice)
(2004)
The Story of Star Wars
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
(2004)
Faster & Faster
as Narrator (voice)
(2004)
Spooks & Creeps
as Stroller ("Desserts")
(2003)
Big Fish
as Ed Bloom (young)
(2003)
Young Adam
as Joe Taylor
(2003)
Down with Love
as Catcher Block
(2003)
Faster
as Narrator (voice)
(2002)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
(2002)
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
(2002)
Solid Geometry
as Phil
(2001)
Black Hawk Down
as SPC John Grimes
(2001)
Moulin Rouge!
as Christian
(2001)
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self
(2001)
(2001)
(2001)
(2000)
Nora
as James Joyce
(2000)
Desserts
as Stroller
(2000)
Anno Domini
as The Stranger
(2000)
Happy M’Gee
as Happy
(2000)
Killing Priscilla
as Self
(1999)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
(1999)
Rogue Trader
as Nick Leeson
(1999)
Eye of the Beholder
as Stephen Wilson
(1998)
Velvet Goldmine
as Curt Wild
(1998)
Welcome to Hollywood
as Ewan McGregor
(1998)
Little Voice
as Billy
(1997)
Nightwatch
as Martin Bells
(1997)
A Life Less Ordinary
as Robert Lewis
(1997)
The Serpent's Kiss
as Meneer Chrome
(1996)
Trainspotting
as Renton
(1996)
Emma
as Frank Churchill
(1996)
Brassed Off
as Andy Barrow
(1995)
The Pillow Book
as Jerome
(1995)
Blue Juice
as Dean Raymond
(1994)
Shallow Grave
as Alex Law
(1994)
Being Human
as Alvarez
(1994)
Doggin' Around
as Tom Clayton
(1993)
Family Style
as Jimmie
Crew
(2024)
Bleeding Love
Executive Producer
(2024)
Mother, Couch
Executive Producer
(2016)
American Pastoral
Director
(2000)
Nora
Producer
(1999)
Tube Tales
Director