1971-03-31 Perth, Scotland, UK
Ewan Gordon McGregor (born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor who has starred in numerous film and musical roles. His first professional role was in 1993, as a leading role in the British Channel 4 series Lipstick on Your Collar. He then achieved international fame with his portrayals of heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama films Trainspotting (1996) and T2 Trainspotting (2017), Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005) and the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022), poet Christian in the musical film Moulin Rouge! (2001), SPC John Grimes in Black Hawk Down (2001), young Edward Bloom in Big Fish (2003), Rodney Copperbottom in Robots (2005), Camerlengo Father Patrick McKenna in Angels and Demons (2009), "the ghost" in Roman Polanski's political thriller The Ghost Writer (2010), Dr. Alfred Jones in the romantic comedy-drama Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011), Lumière in the live-action adaptation of the musical romantic fantasy Beauty and the Beast (2017), the adult version of the titular character in the fantasy comedy-drama Christopher Robin (2018), the adult version of Dan Torrance in the horror film Doctor Sleep (2019), and Black Mask in the DC Extended Universe superhero film Birds of Prey (2020). In 2021, he portrayed fashion designer Halston in a Netflix miniseries Halston. In 2018, McGregor won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for his dual role as brothers Ray & Emmit Stussy in the third season of FX anthology series Fargo, and received Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy for both Moulin Rouge! and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. McGregor has also starred in theatre productions of Guys and Dolls (2005–2007) and Othello (2007–2008). He was ranked number 36 on Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list in 1997. In a 2004 poll for the BBC, McGregor was named the fourth most influential person in British culture.
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Raymond & Ray | Raymond | 2022-10-20 |
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The Birthday Cake | Father Kelly | 2021-06-18 |
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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Seige of Mandalore Super Cut | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2021-11-01 |
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | Roman Sionis / Black Mask | 2020-02-05 |
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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 Ways of the Vikings | Narrator | 2019-01-01 |
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Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier | Himself - Narrator | 2019-01-23 |
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RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor | Self | 2018-03-25 |
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Zoe | Cole | 2018-07-19 |
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A Movie Is Made For Pooh | 2018-11-02 | |
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Christopher Robin | Christopher Robin | 2018-08-02 |
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Czerwony punkt | Brown | 2017-02-15 |
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Now You See It | Voiceover (voice) | 2017-01-07 |
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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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T2 Trainspotting | Mark "Rent Boy" Renton | 2017-01-27 |
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Our Kind of Traitor | Perry Makepeace | 2016-05-05 |
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American Pastoral | Swede Levov | 2016-10-20 |
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Gimme Danger | Curt Wild (archive footage) | 2016-10-28 |
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Miles Ahead | Dave Braden | 2016-01-22 |
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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 | Himself | 2016-12-13 |
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Mortdecai | Inspector Alistair Martland | 2015-01-21 |
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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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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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A Million Ways to Die in the West | Cowboy at Fair | 2014-05-22 |
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Ice Bear | 2014-01-01 | |
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Muse of Fire | Himself | 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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The Impossible | Henry Bennett | 2012-09-09 |
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Gina Carano in Training | 2012-05-01 | |
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The Men of Haywire | 2012-05-01 | |
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Bomber Boys | Himself | 2012-02-05 |
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Teenage Wildlife | Narrator | 2011-10-17 |
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Charge | Narrator (voice) | 2011-12-10 |
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Fastest | Narrator (voice) | 2011-09-20 |
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Perfect Sense | Michael | 2011-09-29 |
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Haywire | Kenneth | 2011-11-01 |
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Beginners | Oliver Fields | 2011-06-09 |
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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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The Ghost Writer | The Ghost | 2010-02-12 |
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Jackboots on Whitehall | Chris (voice) | 2010-10-08 |
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Angels & Demons | Camerlengo Patrick McKenna | 2009-05-13 |
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I Love You Phillip Morris | Phillip Morris | 2009-01-18 |
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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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Deception | Jonathan McQuarry | 2008-04-24 |
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Incendiary | Jasper Black | 2008-01-20 |
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Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene | Himself | 2007-03-15 |
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Cassandra's Dream | Ian Blaine | 2007-06-18 |
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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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The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 2006-07-18 |
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Valiant | Valiant (voice) | 2005-03-25 |
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2005-05-17 |
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Robots | Rodney Copperbottom (voice) | 2005-03-10 |
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Stay | Sam Foster | 2005-09-24 |
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Within a Minute: The Making of Episode III | Himself/Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2005-11-01 |
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The Island | Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln | 2005-07-21 |
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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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Faster | Narrator | 2003-05-15 |
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Big Fish | Younger Ed Bloom | 2003-12-25 |
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Down with Love | Catcher Block | 2003-05-08 |
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Young Adam | Joe Taylor | 2003-09-26 |
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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 | 2002-11-28 |
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From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' | Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2002-11-12 |
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The Beginning: Making 'Episode I' | Himself | 2001-10-16 |
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The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' | 2001-05-01 | |
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R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
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Black Hawk Down | Spec. John Grimes | 2001-12-28 |
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Moulin Rouge! | Christian | 2001-05-24 |
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Anno Domini | The Stranger | 2000-01-01 |
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Killing Priscilla | Himself | 2000-06-02 |
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Nora | James Joyce | 2000-04-05 |
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Eye of the Beholder | Stephen Wilson | 1999-09-04 |
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Rogue Trader | Nick Leeson | 1999-06-25 |
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Desserts | Stroller | 1999-07-03 |
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 1999-05-19 |
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Welcome to Hollywood | Ewan McGregor | 1998-10-01 |
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Little Voice | Billy | 1998-11-05 |
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Velvet Goldmine | Curt Wild | 1998-10-23 |
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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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The Serpent's Kiss | Meneer Chrome | 1997-05-14 |
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Trainspotting | Mark "Rent Boy" Renton | 1996-02-23 |
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Brassed Off | Andy Barrow | 1996-11-01 |
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Emma | Frank Churchill | 1996-08-02 |
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The Pillow Book | Jerome | 1996-10-11 |
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Blue Juice | Dean Raymond | 1995-09-15 |
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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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Everest | George Mallory | |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Sebastian J. Cricket (voice) | |
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You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder | ||
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Speed is Expensive: Philip Vincent and the Million Dollar Motorcycle | Narrator | |
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The Cow | Charlie Granger | |
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The Land of Sometimes | The Wish Collector |
