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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Flowervale Street | 2026-08-12 | |
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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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Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story | Narrator (voice) | 2022-06-17 |
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Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return | Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer | 2022-09-07 |
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Raymond & Ray | Raymond | 2022-10-14 |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Cricket (voice) | 2022-11-09 |
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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 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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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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A Movie Is Made For Pooh | Self | 2018-11-02 |
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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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Now You See It | Voiceover (voice) | 2017-01-07 |
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T2 Trainspotting | Renton | 2017-01-27 |
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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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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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Last Days in the Desert | Jesus | 2016-05-13 |
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American Pastoral | Swede Levov | 2016-10-20 |
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Miles Ahead | Dave Braden | 2016-01-22 |
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Humpback Whales | Narrator (voice) | 2015-02-13 |
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Jane Got a Gun | John Bishop | 2015-12-31 |
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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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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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Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
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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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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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The Impossible | Henry Bennett | 2012-09-09 |
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Beginners | Oliver Fields | 2011-06-03 |
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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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Haywire | Kenneth | 2011-11-01 |
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Fastest | Narrator (voice) | 2011-09-20 |
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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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I Love You Phillip Morris | Phillip Morris | 2010-02-04 |
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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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Angels & Demons | Camerlengo Patrick McKenna | 2009-04-20 |
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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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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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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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Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Billy | 2006-11-03 |
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50 Films to See Before You Die | Self | 2006-07-22 |
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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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Valiant | Valiant (voice) | 2005-03-25 |
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Troy's Story | Narrator (voice) | 2005-03-11 |
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Robots | Rodney Copperbottom (voice) | 2005-03-10 |
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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 | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2004-11-20 |
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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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Big Fish | Ed Bloom (young) | 2003-12-25 |
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Young Adam | Joe Taylor | 2003-09-26 |
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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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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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The Beginning: Making Episode I | Self | 2001-10-16 |
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Moulin Rouge! | Christian | 2001-05-18 |
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Black Hawk Down | SPC John Grimes | 2001-12-28 |
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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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R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
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Happy M’Gee | Happy | 2000-01-27 |
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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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Desserts | Stroller | 2000-06-03 |
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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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Eye of the Beholder | Stephen Wilson | 1999-09-04 |
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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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Little Voice | Billy | 1998-11-05 |
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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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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 | 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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Blue Juice | Dean Raymond | 1995-09-15 |
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The Pillow Book | Jerome | 1995-09-01 |
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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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Shallow Grave | Alex Law | 1994-12-22 |
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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 |
