Ewan McGregor
- Acting
- March 31, 1971 · 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
Filmography
- The End of Oak Street · Greg Platt
- Untold UK: Vinnie Jones · Self
- Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord · Obi-Wan Kenobi (Voice)
- The Land of Sometimes · The Wish Collector (Voice)
- Tim Burton: Life in the Line · Self
- The Dark Fantastic · Self
- Long Way Home · Self, Executive producer
- Mother, Couch · David, Executive producer
- A Gentleman in Moscow · Count Alexander Rostov, Executive producer
- Bleeding Love · Father, Executive producer
- Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting”
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema · Self
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio · Cricket (Voice)
- Raymond & Ray · Raymond
- A Cooler Climate · Thanks
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return · Self
- The Last Movie Stars · Self
- Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story · Narrator (Voice)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi · Obi-Wan Kenobi, Executive producer
- Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury · Narrator (Voice)
- The Birthday Cake · Father Kelly
- Halston · Halston, Executive producer
- WAMEGO: Addendum
- Stormborn
- Long Way Up · Self, Executive producer
- Staged · Ewan
- Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) · Roman Sionis
- Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook · Self
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker · Obi-Wan Kenobi (Voice)
- Doctor Sleep · Danny Torrance
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh · Self
- Wild Ways of the Vikings · Narrator (Voice)
- Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier · Narrator
- A Movie Is Made For Pooh · Self
- Christopher Robin · Christopher Robin
- Zoe · Cole
- RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor · Self
- And the Winner Isn't · Self
- Beauty and the Beast · Lumière
- Red Point · Brown
- T2 Trainspotting · Renton
- Now You See It · Voiceover (Voice)
- Salt Bike: A Year with the Baron · Narrator
- The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car · Self
- American Pastoral · Swede Levov, Director
- Last Days in the Desert · Jesus
- Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart · Self
- Our Kind of Traitor · Perry Makepeace
- Miles Ahead · Dave Braden
- Jane Got a Gun · John Bishop
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens · Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- Humpback Whales · Narrator (Voice)
- Mortdecai · Inspector Alistair Martland
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Son of a Gun · Brendan Lynch
- A Million Ways to Die in the West · Cowboy at Fair
- Fargo · Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- Doll & Em · Sleazy Ewan McGregor, Ewan
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones · Self
- Ice Bear
- August: Osage County · Bill Fordham
- Muse of Fire · Self
- Hebrides: Islands on the Edge · Narrator (Voice)
- Jack the Giant Slayer · Elmont
- The Impossible · Henry Bennett
- Gina Carano in Training
- Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission · Self
- Buenas noches y Buenafuente · Self
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen · Dr. Alfred Jones
- Bomber Boys · Self
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · (archive footage)
- Charge · Narrator (Voice)
- Haywire · Kenneth
- Teenage Wildlife · Narrator (Voice)
- Perfect Sense · Michael
- Fastest · Narrator (Voice)