Ewan McGregor
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.
Born: 31 March 1971
Played In
The End of Oak Street
Greg Platt
Waffle F1 The Movie: 2
Himself
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
The Land of Sometimes
The Wish Collector (voice)
The Dark Fantastic
Self
Long Way Home
Self
Mother, Couch
David
A Gentleman in Moscow
Count Alexander Rostov
Bleeding Love
Father
Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Self
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Cricket (voice)
Raymond & Ray
Raymond
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer
The Last Movie Stars
Self
Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story
Narrator (voice)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury
Narrator (voice)
The Birthday Cake
Father Kelly
Halston
Halston
WAMEGO: Addendum
Stormborn
Long Way Up
Self
Staged
Ewan
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Roman Sionis
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
Self
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
Doctor Sleep
Danny Torrance
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self
Wild Ways of the Vikings
Narrator (voice)
Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier
Narrator
A Movie Is Made For Pooh
Self
Christopher Robin
Christopher Robin
Zoe
Cole
RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor
Self
And the Winner Isn't
Self
Beauty and the Beast
Lumière
Red Point
Brown
T2 Trainspotting
Renton
Now You See It
Voiceover (voice)
Salt Bike: A Year with the Baron
Narrator
The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car
Self
American Pastoral
Swede Levov
Last Days in the Desert
Jesus
Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart
Self - Narrator (voice)
Our Kind of Traitor
Perry Makepeace
Miles Ahead
Dave Braden
Jane Got a Gun
John Bishop
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
Humpback Whales
Narrator (voice)
Mortdecai
Inspector Alistair Martland
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Son of a Gun
Brendan Lynch
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Cowboy at Fair
Fargo
Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
Doll & Em
Sleazy Ewan McGregor
Doll & Em
Ewan
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
Ice Bear
August: Osage County
Bill Fordham
Muse of Fire
Self
Hebrides: Islands on the Edge
Narrator (voice)
Jack the Giant Slayer
Elmont
The Impossible
Henry Bennett
Gina Carano in Training
Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission
Self
Buenas noches y Buenafuente
Self - Interviewee
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Dr. Alfred Jones
Bomber Boys
Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Charge
Narrator (voice)
Haywire
Kenneth
Teenage Wildlife
Narrator (voice)
Perfect Sense
Michael
Fastest
Narrator (voice)
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
Beginners
Oliver Fields
A Short Film About Making Beginners
Conan
Self
Jackboots on Whitehall
Chris (voice)
The Battle of Britain
Self
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
Self
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Rory Green
The Ghost Writer
The Ghost
I Love You Phillip Morris
Phillip Morris
Amelia
Gene Vidal
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Bob Wilton
The Jay Leno Show
Self
Angels & Demons
Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
Memories of "Trainspotting"
Self
Deception
Jonathan McQuarry
Incendiary
Jasper Black
The New Ten Commandments
Self (archive footage)
Cassandra's Dream
Ian Blaine
Long Way Down
Self
British Film Forever
Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene
Narrator (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Miss Potter
Norman Warne
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Billy
Race to Dakar
Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
Stormbreaker
Ian Rider
The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid
Narrator (voice)
Soccer Aid
Live 8
Self
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
Stay
Sam Foster
The Island
Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Valiant
Valiant (voice)
Troy's Story
Narrator (voice)
Robots
Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Faster & Faster
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Culture Show
Self
Spooks & Creeps
Stroller ("Desserts")
Long Way Round
Self
The Story of Star Wars
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Big Fish
Ed Bloom (young)
Young Adam
Joe Taylor
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Faster
Narrator (voice)
Down with Love
Catcher Block
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
Top Gear
Self
Solid Geometry
Phil
American Idol
Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Black Hawk Down
SPC John Grimes
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Self
The Beginning: Making Episode I
Self
Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor
Self
The Polar Bears of Churchill with Ewan McGregor
Self
Moulin Rouge!
Christian
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Self
Welcome to Hollywood
Ewan McGregor
Desserts
Stroller
Killing Priscilla
Self
Nora
James Joyce
Happy M’Gee
Happy
Anno Domini
The Stranger
Eye of the Beholder
Stephen Wilson
The Early Show
Self
Teen Choice Awards
Self
Rogue Trader
Nick Leeson
The Unauthorized Star Wars Story
Self
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Little Voice
Billy
Velvet Goldmine
Curt Wild
Parkinson
Self
A Life Less Ordinary
Robert Lewis
Elle Style Awards
Self - Winner
The View
Self
The Serpent's Kiss
Meneer Chrome
Nightwatch
Martin Bells
Brassed Off
Andy Barrow
Emma
Frank Churchill
The Daily Show
Self
Karaoke
Young Man
Trainspotting
Renton
TFI Friday
Self
Blue Juice
Dean Raymond
The Pillow Book
Jerome
Soccer AM
Self
Kavanagh Q.C.
David Robert Armstrong
Shallow Grave
Alex Law
Doggin' Around
Tom Clayton
ER
Duncan Stewart
Being Human
Alvarez
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
Self
Scarlet and Black
Julien Sorel
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Lipstick on Your Collar
Private Mick Hopper
Family Style
Jimmie
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Screen One
Tom Clayton
Tales from the Crypt
Ford
This Morning
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Goldene Kamera
Self
Nature
Host
Nature
Narrator (voice)
An Audience with...
Self
Omnibus
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
The Cow
Charlie Granger
The Spot