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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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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Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story | Narrator (voice) | 2022-06-17 |
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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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The Birthday Cake | Father Kelly | 2021-06-18 |
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WAMEGO: Addendum | 2020-12-15 | |
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Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook | Self | 2020-02-04 |
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | Roman Sionis | 2020-02-05 |
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) | 2019-12-18 |
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The Saga: Star Wars with Tommy Wiseau | Obiwan Kenobi | 2019-12-01 |
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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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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 | Self | 2018-11-02 |
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Christopher Robin | Christopher Robin | 2018-08-01 |
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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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Now You See It | Voiceover (voice) | 2017-01-07 |
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T2 Trainspotting | Renton | 2017-01-27 |
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Gimme Danger | Curt Wild (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2016-08-05 |
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The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car | Self | 2016-12-13 |
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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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Last Days in the Desert | Jesus | 2016-05-13 |
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Our Kind of Traitor | Perry Makepeace | 2016-05-05 |
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Humpback Whales | Narrator (voice) | 2015-02-13 |
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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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Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited) | 2015-12-15 |
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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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Son of a Gun | Brendan Lynch | 2014-10-16 |
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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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August: Osage County | Bill Fordham | 2013-12-26 |
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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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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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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Ewan McGregor and Mike Mills in San Francisco | Self | 2011-05-08 |
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Haywire | Kenneth | 2011-11-01 |
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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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Perfect Sense | Michael | 2011-09-29 |
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Charge | Narrator (voice) | 2011-12-10 |
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Beginners | Oliver Fields | 2011-06-03 |
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I Love You Phillip Morris | Phillip Morris | 2010-02-04 |
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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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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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Angels & Demons | Camerlengo Patrick McKenna | 2009-04-23 |
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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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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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Memories of "Trainspotting" | Self | 2008-06-01 |
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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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Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Billy | 2006-11-03 |
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The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid | Narrator (voice) | 2006-07-18 |
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50 Films to See Before You Die | Self | 2006-07-22 |
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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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Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III | Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2005-11-01 |
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Valiant | Valiant (voice) | 2005-03-25 |
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Stay | Sam Foster | 2005-09-24 |
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2005-05-17 |
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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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Troy's Story | Narrator (voice) | 2005-03-11 |
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The Island | Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln | 2005-07-21 |
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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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Faster & Faster | 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) | 2003-12-25 |
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Down with Love | Catcher Block | 2003-05-08 |
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Faster | Narrator (voice) | 2003-05-15 |
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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 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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Black Hawk Down | SPC John Grimes | 2001-12-28 |
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Moulin Rouge! | Christian | 2001-05-18 |
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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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Happy M’Gee | Happy | 2000-01-27 |
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Anno Domini | The Stranger | 2000-01-01 |
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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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Killing Priscilla | Self | 2000-06-02 |
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Desserts | Stroller | 2000-06-03 |
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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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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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A Life Less Ordinary | Robert Lewis | 1997-10-24 |
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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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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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The Pillow Book | Jerome | 1995-09-01 |
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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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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 Cow | Charlie Granger | |
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The Land of Sometimes | The Wish Collector (voice) |
