1971-03-31 Perth, Scotland, UK
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.
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The End of Oak Street | Greg Platt | 2026-08-12 |
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The Land of Sometimes | The Wish Collector (voice) | 2026-03-20 |
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Waffle F1 The Movie: 2 | Himself | 2026-05-12 |
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The Dark Fantastic | Self | 2025-06-15 |
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Mother, Couch | David | 2024-07-05 |
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Bleeding Love | Father | 2024-02-16 |
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Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting | 2023-01-30 | |
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Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story | Narrator (voice) | 2022-06-17 |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Cricket (voice) | 2022-11-09 |
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Raymond & Ray | Raymond | 2022-10-14 |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema | Self | 2022-12-09 |
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Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return | Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer | 2022-09-07 |
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The Birthday Cake | Father Kelly | 2021-06-18 |
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Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook | Self | 2020-02-04 |
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | Roman Sionis | 2020-02-05 |
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WAMEGO: Addendum | 2020-12-15 | |
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Doctor Sleep | Danny Torrance | 2019-10-30 |
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) | 2019-12-18 |
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Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier | Narrator | 2019-01-23 |
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Wild Ways of the Vikings | Narrator (voice) | 2019-02-13 |
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A Movie Is Made For Pooh | Self | 2018-11-02 |
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RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor | Self | 2018-03-25 |
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Christopher Robin | Christopher Robin | 2018-08-01 |
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Zoe | Cole | 2018-07-19 |
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Now You See It | Voiceover (voice) | 2017-01-07 |
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Salt Bike: A Year with the Baron | Narrator | 2017-01-01 |
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Beauty and the Beast | Lumière | 2017-03-16 |
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T2 Trainspotting | Renton | 2017-01-27 |
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And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
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Czerwony punkt | Brown | 2017-02-15 |
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Miles Ahead | Dave Braden | 2016-01-22 |
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Our Kind of Traitor | Perry Makepeace | 2016-05-05 |
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Last Days in the Desert | Jesus | 2016-05-13 |
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The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car | Self | 2016-12-13 |
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American Pastoral | Swede Levov | 2016-10-20 |
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Humpback Whales | Narrator (voice) | 2015-02-13 |
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited) | 2015-12-15 |
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Mortdecai | Inspector Alistair Martland | 2015-01-21 |
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Jane Got a Gun | John Bishop | 2015-12-31 |
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Ice Bear | 2014-01-01 | |
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Son of a Gun | Brendan Lynch | 2014-10-16 |
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A Million Ways to Die in the West | Cowboy at Fair | 2014-05-22 |
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Jack the Giant Slayer | Elmont | 2013-02-27 |
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Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
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August: Osage County | Bill Fordham | 2013-12-26 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Dr. Alfred Jones | 2012-03-09 |
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The Impossible | Henry Bennett | 2012-09-09 |
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Bomber Boys | Self | 2012-02-05 |
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Gina Carano in Training | 2012-05-01 | |
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A Short Film About Making Beginners | 2011-01-01 | |
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Fastest | Narrator (voice) | 2011-09-20 |
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Haywire | Kenneth | 2011-11-01 |
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Teenage Wildlife | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-17 |
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Charge | Narrator (voice) | 2011-12-10 |
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Beginners | Oliver Fields | 2011-06-03 |
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Perfect Sense | Michael | 2011-09-29 |
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The Ghost Writer | The Ghost | 2010-02-12 |
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Jackboots on Whitehall | Chris (voice) | 2010-10-08 |
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The Battle of Britain | Self | 2010-09-19 |
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Rory Green | 2010-03-26 |
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I Love You Phillip Morris | Phillip Morris | 2010-02-04 |
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Angels & Demons | Camerlengo Patrick McKenna | 2009-04-20 |
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The Men Who Stare at Goats | Bob Wilton | 2009-10-17 |
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Amelia | Gene Vidal | 2009-10-22 |
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Incendiary | Jasper Black | 2008-01-20 |
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The New Ten Commandments | Self (archive footage) | 2008-01-02 |
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Deception | Jonathan McQuarry | 2008-04-24 |
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Memories of "Trainspotting" | Self | 2008-06-01 |
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Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene | Narrator (voice) | 2007-03-15 |
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Cassandra's Dream | Ian Blaine | 2007-10-31 |
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Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Billy | 2006-11-03 |
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Stormbreaker | Ian Rider | 2006-07-21 |
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Miss Potter | Norman Warne | 2006-12-03 |
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50 Films to See Before You Die | Self | 2006-07-22 |
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The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid | Narrator (voice) | 2006-07-18 |
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Live 8 | Self | 2005-11-07 |
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Troy's Story | Narrator (voice) | 2005-03-11 |
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Valiant | Valiant (voice) | 2005-03-25 |
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Stay | Sam Foster | 2005-09-24 |
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2005-05-17 |
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The Island | Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln | 2005-07-21 |
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Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III | Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2005-11-01 |
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Robots | Rodney Copperbottom (voice) | 2005-03-10 |
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The Story of Star Wars | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | 2004-08-18 |
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Faster & Faster | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2004-11-20 |
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Spooks & Creeps | Stroller ("Desserts") | 2004-10-26 |
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Big Fish | Ed Bloom (young) | 2003-12-10 |
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Young Adam | Joe Taylor | 2003-09-26 |
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Down with Love | Catcher Block | 2003-05-08 |
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Faster | Narrator (voice) | 2003-05-15 |
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2002-05-15 |
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Solid Geometry | Phil | 2002-08-22 |
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From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' | Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2002-11-12 |
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Moulin Rouge! | Christian | 2001-05-18 |
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R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
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Black Hawk Down | SPC John Grimes | 2001-12-28 |
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Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor | Self | 2001-10-07 |
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The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' | Self | 2001-05-01 |
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The Beginning: Making Episode I | Self | 2001-10-16 |
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The Polar Bears of Churchill with Ewan McGregor | Self | 2001-07-06 |
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Anno Domini | The Stranger | 2000-01-01 |
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Desserts | Stroller | 2000-06-03 |
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Nora | James Joyce | 2000-04-05 |
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Killing Priscilla | Self | 2000-06-02 |
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Happy M’Gee | Happy | 2000-01-27 |
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Welcome to Hollywood | Ewan McGregor | 2000-10-27 |
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The Unauthorized Star Wars Story | Self | 1999-06-01 |
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Eye of the Beholder | Stephen Wilson | 1999-11-24 |
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Rogue Trader | Nick Leeson | 1999-06-25 |
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 1999-05-19 |
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Velvet Goldmine | Curt Wild | 1998-08-28 |
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Little Voice | Billy | 1998-11-05 |
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The Serpent's Kiss | Meneer Chrome | 1997-05-14 |
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Nightwatch | Martin Bells | 1997-01-31 |
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A Life Less Ordinary | Robert Lewis | 1997-10-24 |
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Trainspotting | Renton | 1996-02-23 |
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Emma | Frank Churchill | 1996-08-02 |
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Brassed Off | Andy Barrow | 1996-11-01 |
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Blue Juice | Dean Raymond | 1995-09-15 |
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The Pillow Book | Jerome | 1995-09-01 |
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Shallow Grave | Alex Law | 1994-12-22 |
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Being Human | Alvarez | 1994-05-06 |
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Doggin' Around | Tom Clayton | 1994-10-16 |
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Family Style | Jimmie | 1993-01-01 |
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The Cow | Charlie Granger |
