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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Mother, Couch | David | 2024-07-05 |
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Bleeding Love | Father | 2024-02-16 |
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Nicole Kidman : les yeux grand ouverts | Self (archive footage) | 2023-09-10 |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Cricket (voice) | 2022-11-09 |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema | Self | 2022-12-09 |
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Raymond & Ray | Raymond | 2022-10-14 |
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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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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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Wild Ways of the Vikings | Narrator (voice) | 2019-02-13 |
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Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier | Narrator | 2019-01-23 |
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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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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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A Movie Is Made For Pooh | Self | 2018-11-02 |
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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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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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Beauty and the Beast | Lumière | 2017-03-16 |
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Gimme Danger | Curt Wild (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2016-08-05 |
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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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Miles Ahead | Dave Braden | 2016-01-22 |
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The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car | Self | 2016-12-13 |
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Last Days in the Desert | Jesus | 2016-05-13 |
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Jane Got a Gun | John Bishop | 2015-12-31 |
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Mortdecai | Inspector Alistair Martland | 2015-01-21 |
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited) | 2015-12-15 |
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Humpback Whales | Narrator (voice) | 2015-02-13 |
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A Million Ways to Die in the West | Cowboy at Fair | 2014-05-22 |
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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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Jack the Giant Slayer | Elmont | 2013-02-27 |
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August: Osage County | Bill Fordham | 2013-12-26 |
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Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
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The Impossible | Henry Bennett | 2012-09-09 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Gina Carano in Training | 2012-05-01 | |
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Dr. Alfred Jones | 2012-03-09 |
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Bomber Boys | Self | 2012-02-05 |
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Charge | Narrator (voice) | 2011-12-10 |
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Beginners | Oliver Fields | 2011-06-03 |
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Ewan McGregor and Mike Mills in San Francisco | Self | 2011-05-08 |
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Perfect Sense | Michael | 2011-09-29 |
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Fastest | Narrator (voice) | 2011-09-20 |
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Teenage Wildlife | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-17 |
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Haywire | Kenneth | 2011-11-01 |
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The Battle of Britain | Self | 2010-09-19 |
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I Love You Phillip Morris | Phillip Morris | 2010-02-04 |
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Jackboots on Whitehall | Chris (voice) | 2010-10-08 |
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Rory Green | 2010-03-26 |
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The Ghost Writer | The Ghost | 2010-02-12 |
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Angels & Demons | Camerlengo Patrick McKenna | 2009-04-23 |
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Amelia | Gene Vidal | 2009-10-22 |
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The Men Who Stare at Goats | Bob Wilton | 2009-10-17 |
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Incendiary | Jasper Black | 2008-01-20 |
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Deception | Jonathan McQuarry | 2008-04-24 |
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The New Ten Commandments | Self (archive footage) | 2008-01-02 |
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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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Stormbreaker | Ian Rider | 2006-07-21 |
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Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Billy | 2006-11-03 |
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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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The Island | Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln | 2005-07-21 |
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2005-05-17 |
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Stay | Sam Foster | 2005-09-24 |
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Live 8 | Self | 2005-11-07 |
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Robots | Rodney Copperbottom (voice) | 2005-03-10 |
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Valiant | Valiant (voice) | 2005-03-25 |
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Troy's Story | Narrator (voice) | 2005-03-11 |
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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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Faster & Faster | Narrator (voice) | 2004-11-20 |
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Spooks & Creeps | Stroller ("Desserts") | 2004-10-26 |
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The Story of Star Wars | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | 2004-08-18 |
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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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Big Fish | Ed Bloom (young) | 2003-12-25 |
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Faster | Narrator (voice) | 2003-05-15 |
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Solid Geometry | Phil | 2002-11-28 |
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2002-05-15 |
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From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' | Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2002-11-12 |
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Black Hawk Down | SPC John Grimes | 2001-12-28 |
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The Beginning: Making Episode I | Self | 2001-10-16 |
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The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' | Self | 2001-05-01 |
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R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
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Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor | Self | 2001-10-07 |
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Moulin Rouge! | Christian | 2001-05-18 |
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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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Anno Domini | The Stranger | 2000-01-01 |
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Nora | James Joyce | 2000-04-05 |
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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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Little Voice | Billy | 1998-11-05 |
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Welcome to Hollywood | Ewan McGregor | 1998-10-01 |
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Velvet Goldmine | Curt Wild | 1998-08-28 |
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Nightwatch | Martin Bells | 1997-01-31 |
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The Serpent's Kiss | Meneer Chrome | 1997-05-14 |
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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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Am I Irvine Welsh? | Mark 'Rent Boy' Renton (archive footage) | |
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Everest | George Mallory | |
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The Land of Sometimes | The Wish Collector | |
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The Cow | Charlie Granger |
