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 Land of Sometimes | The Wish Collector (voice) | 2026-03-20 |
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Untitled David Robert Mitchell Film | 2026-08-12 | |
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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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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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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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Raymond & Ray | Raymond | 2022-10-14 |
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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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Doctor Sleep | Danny Torrance | 2019-10-30 |
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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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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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Zoe | Cole | 2018-07-19 |
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Christopher Robin | Christopher Robin | 2018-08-01 |
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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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Beauty and the Beast | Lumière | 2017-03-16 |
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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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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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Our Kind of Traitor | Perry Makepeace | 2016-05-05 |
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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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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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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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August: Osage County | Bill Fordham | 2013-12-26 |
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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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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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Bomber Boys | Self | 2012-02-05 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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The Impossible | Henry Bennett | 2012-09-09 |
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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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Charge | Narrator (voice) | 2011-12-10 |
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Teenage Wildlife | Narrator (voice) | 2011-10-17 |
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Beginners | Oliver Fields | 2011-06-03 |
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Haywire | Kenneth | 2011-11-01 |
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Perfect Sense | Michael | 2011-09-29 |
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I Love You Phillip Morris | Phillip Morris | 2010-02-04 |
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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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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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Deception | Jonathan McQuarry | 2008-04-24 |
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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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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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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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Spooks & Creeps | Stroller ("Desserts") | 2004-10-26 |
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Faster & Faster | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2004-11-20 |
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Young Adam | Joe Taylor | 2003-09-26 |
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Big Fish | Ed Bloom (young) | 2003-12-04 |
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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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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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R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
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Moulin Rouge! | Christian | 2001-05-18 |
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The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' | Self | 2001-05-01 |
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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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Eye of the Beholder | Stephen Wilson | 2000-01-28 |
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Anno Domini | The Stranger | 2000-01-01 |
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Killing Priscilla | Self | 2000-06-02 |
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Nora | James Joyce | 2000-04-05 |
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Welcome to Hollywood | Ewan McGregor | 2000-10-27 |
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 1999-05-19 |
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Rogue Trader | Nick Leeson | 1999-06-25 |
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Little Voice | Billy | 1998-11-05 |
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Velvet Goldmine | Curt Wild | 1998-08-28 |
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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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Nightwatch | Martin Bells | 1997-01-31 |
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Trainspotting | 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 | 1995-09-01 |
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Blue Juice | Dean Raymond | 1995-09-15 |
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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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Shallow Grave | Alex Law | 1994-12-22 |
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Family Style | Jimmie | 1993-01-01 |
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The Cow | Charlie Granger |
