1971-03-31 Perth, Scotland, UK
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.
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Flowervale Street | 2026-08-13 | |
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The Dark Fantastic | Self | 2025-06-15 |
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Bleeding Love | Father | 2024-02-16 |
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Mother, Couch | David | 2024-07-05 |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema | Self | 2022-12-09 |
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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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Obi-Wan Kenobi: The Patterson Cut | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2022-07-10 |
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Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return | Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer | 2022-09-07 |
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Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story | Narrator (voice) | 2022-06-17 |
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The Birthday Cake | Father Kelly | 2021-06-18 |
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WAMEGO: Addendum | 2020-12-15 | |
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | Roman Sionis | 2020-02-05 |
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Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook | Self | 2020-02-04 |
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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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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) | 2019-12-18 |
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Doctor Sleep | Danny Torrance | 2019-10-30 |
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Christopher Robin | Christopher Robin | 2018-08-01 |
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Zoe | Cole | 2018-07-19 |
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RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor | Self | 2018-03-25 |
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A Movie Is Made For Pooh | Self | 2018-11-02 |
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Czerwony punkt | Brown | 2017-02-15 |
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And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
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Beauty and the Beast | Lumière | 2017-03-16 |
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Now You See It | Voiceover (voice) | 2017-01-07 |
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T2 Trainspotting | Renton | 2017-01-27 |
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Miles Ahead | Dave Braden | 2016-01-22 |
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American Pastoral | Swede Levov | 2016-10-20 |
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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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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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Son of a Gun | Brendan Lynch | 2014-10-16 |
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Ice Bear | 2014-01-01 | |
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A Million Ways to Die in the West | Cowboy at Fair | 2014-05-22 |
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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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Jack the Giant Slayer | Elmont | 2013-02-27 |
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Dr. Alfred Jones | 2012-03-09 |
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Gina Carano in Training | 2012-05-01 | |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Bomber Boys | Self | 2012-02-05 |
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The Impossible | Henry Bennett | 2012-09-09 |
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Fastest | Narrator (voice) | 2011-09-20 |
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Charge | Narrator (voice) | 2011-12-10 |
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Haywire | Kenneth | 2011-11-01 |
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Beginners | Oliver Fields | 2011-06-03 |
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Perfect Sense | Michael | 2011-09-29 |
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Teenage Wildlife | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-17 |
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The Ghost Writer | The Ghost | 2010-02-12 |
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Rory Green | 2010-03-26 |
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The Battle of Britain | Self | 2010-09-19 |
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Jackboots on Whitehall | Chris (voice) | 2010-10-08 |
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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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Memories of "Trainspotting" | Self | 2008-06-01 |
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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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Incendiary | Jasper Black | 2008-01-20 |
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Cassandra's Dream | Ian Blaine | 2007-10-31 |
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Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene | Narrator (voice) | 2007-03-15 |
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The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid | Narrator (voice) | 2006-07-18 |
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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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Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Billy | 2006-11-03 |
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Live 8 | Self | 2005-11-07 |
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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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Troy's Story | Narrator (voice) | 2005-03-11 |
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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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Valiant | Valiant (voice) | 2005-03-25 |
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Stay | Sam Foster | 2005-09-24 |
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The Story of Star Wars | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | 2004-08-18 |
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Faster & Faster | Narrator (voice) | 2004-11-20 |
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Spooks & Creeps | Stroller ("Desserts") | 2004-10-26 |
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Young Adam | Joe Taylor | 2003-09-26 |
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Big Fish | Ed Bloom (young) | 2003-12-25 |
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Faster | Narrator (voice) | 2003-05-15 |
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Down with Love | Catcher Block | 2003-05-08 |
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From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' | Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2002-11-12 |
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Solid Geometry | Phil | 2002-08-22 |
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2002-05-15 |
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The Beginning: Making Episode I | Self | 2001-10-16 |
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Black Hawk Down | SPC John Grimes | 2001-12-28 |
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R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
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The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' | Self | 2001-05-01 |
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Moulin Rouge! | Christian | 2001-05-18 |
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Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor | Self | 2001-10-07 |
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Happy M’Gee | Happy | 2000-01-27 |
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Desserts | Stroller | 2000-06-03 |
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Killing Priscilla | Self | 2000-06-02 |
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Welcome to Hollywood | Ewan McGregor | 2000-10-27 |
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Nora | James Joyce | 2000-04-05 |
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Anno Domini | The Stranger | 2000-01-01 |
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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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Eye of the Beholder | Stephen Wilson | 1999-09-04 |
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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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Brassed Off | Andy Barrow | 1996-11-01 |
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Trainspotting | Renton | 1996-02-23 |
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Emma | Frank Churchill | 1996-08-02 |
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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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Doggin' Around | Tom Clayton | 1994-10-16 |
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Being Human | Alvarez | 1994-05-06 |
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Family Style | Jimmie | 1993-01-01 |
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The Land of Sometimes | The Wish Collector (voice) | |
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The Cow | Charlie Granger |
