Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Birthdate
March 31, 1971 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Perth, Scotland, UK
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
March 31, 1971 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Perth, Scotland, UK
Known For
Acting

Biography

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..

Ewan McGregor's LGBTQ+ Titles

I Love You Phillip Morris
I Love You Phillip Morris
Phillip Morris
Velvet Goldmine
Velvet Goldmine
Curt Wild
Beginners
Beginners
Oliver Fields

Acting (187)

The Land of Sometimes as The Wish Collector
The Cow as Charlie Granger
Everest as George Mallory
Am I Irvine Welsh? as Mark 'Rent Boy' Renton (archive footage)
Ah My Goddess: Bad Goddess Touched by an Angel as Beelzebub The Fallen Angel of Gluttony Male Aspect
2026
Flowervale Street
2024
Long Way Home as Self (1 episode)
2024
Mother, Couch as David
2024
A Gentleman in Moscow as Count Alexander Rostov (8 episodes)
2024
Bleeding Love as Father
2023
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open as Self (archive footage)
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema as Self
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as Cricket (voice)
2022
Raymond & Ray as Raymond
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer
2022
The Last Movie Stars as Self (1 episode)
2022
Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story as Narrator (voice)
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi as Obi-Wan Kenobi (6 episodes)
2021
Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury as Narrator (voice) (6 episodes)
2021
The Birthday Cake as Father Kelly
2021
Halston as Halston (5 episodes)
2020
WAMEGO: Addendum
2020
Stormborn (3 episodes)
2020
Long Way Up as Self (11 episodes)
2020
Staged as Ewan (1 episode)
2020
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) as Roman Sionis
2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
2019
Doctor Sleep as Danny Torrance
2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self (1 episode)
2019
Wild Ways of the Vikings as Narrator (voice)
2019
Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier as Narrator (voice)
2018
A Movie Is Made For Pooh as Self
2018
Christopher Robin as Christopher Robin
2018
Zoe as Cole
2018
RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor as Self
2017
And the Winner Isn't as Self
2017
Beauty and the Beast as Lumière
2017
Red Point as Brown
2017
T2 Trainspotting as Renton
2017
Now You See It as Voiceover (voice)
2016
The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car as Self
2016
American Pastoral as Swede Levov
2016
Gimme Danger as Curt Wild (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Last Days in the Desert as Jesus
2016
Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart as Narrator (voice) (4 episodes)
2016
Our Kind of Traitor as Perry Makepeace
2016
Miles Ahead as Dave Braden
2015
Jane Got a Gun as John Bishop
2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self (1 episode)
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self (1 episode)
2015
Humpback Whales as Narrator (voice)
2015
Mortdecai as Inspector Alistair Martland
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self (2 episodes)
2014
Son of a Gun as Brendan Lynch
2014
A Million Ways to Die in the West as Cowboy at Fair
2014
Fargo as Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy (10 episodes)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (3 episodes)
2014
Doll & Em as Ewan (1 episode)
2014
Doll & Em as Sleazy Ewan McGregor (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (3 episodes)
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self (1 episode)
2014
Ice Bear
2013
August: Osage County as Bill Fordham
2013
Muse of Fire as Self
2013
Hebrides: Islands on the Edge as Narrator (voice) (4 episodes)
2013
Jack the Giant Slayer as Elmont
2012
The Impossible as Henry Bennett
2012
Gina Carano in Training
2012
Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission as Self (2 episodes)
2012
Buenas noches y Buenafuente as Self - Interviewee (1 episode)
2012
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen as Dr. Alfred Jones
2012
Honest Trailers as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (1 episode)
2012
Bomber Boys as Self (4 episodes)
2012
Bomber Boys as Self
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2011
Charge as Narrator (voice)
2011
Haywire as Kenneth
2011
Teenage Wildlife as Narrator (voice)
2011
Perfect Sense as Michael
2011
Fastest as Narrator (voice)
2011
The Jonathan Ross Show as Self (1 episode)
2011
Beginners as Oliver Fields
2011
Ewan McGregor and Mike Mills in San Francisco as Self
2010
Conan as Self (2 episodes)
2010
Jackboots on Whitehall as Chris (voice)
2010
The Battle of Britain as Self
2010
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times as Self (1 episode)
2010
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang as Rory Green
2010
The Ghost Writer as The Ghost
2010
I Love You Phillip Morris as Phillip Morris
2009
Amelia as Gene Vidal
2009
The Men Who Stare at Goats as Bob Wilton
2009
The Jay Leno Show as Self (1 episode)
2009
Angels & Demons as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
2008
Deception as Jonathan McQuarry
2008
Incendiary as Jasper Black
2007
Cassandra's Dream as Ian Blaine
2007
Long Way Down as Self (6 episodes)
2007
Long Way Down (Special Edition) (10 episodes)
2007
Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene as Narrator (voice)
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (7 episodes)
2006
Miss Potter as Norman Warne
2006
Scenes of a Sexual Nature as Billy
2006
Race to Dakar as Self (7 episodes)
2006
50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
2006
Stormbreaker as Ian Rider
2006
The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid as Narrator (voice)
2006
Soccer Aid (2 episodes)
2005
Live 8 as Self
2005
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
2005
Stay as Sam Foster
2005
The Island as Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Obi-Wan Kenobi
2005
Valiant as Valiant (voice)
2005
Troy's Story as Narrator (voice)
2005
Robots as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self (1 episode)
2004
Faster & Faster as Narrator (voice)
2004
The Culture Show as Self (1 episode)
2004
Spooks & Creeps as Stroller ("Desserts")
2004
Long Way Round as Self (7 episodes)
2004
Long Way Round (Special Edition) as Self (10 episodes)
2004
The Story of Star Wars as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2003
Big Fish as Ed Bloom (young)
2003
Young Adam as Joe Taylor
2003
Faster as Narrator (voice)
2003
Down with Love as Catcher Block
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher as Self (1 episode)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (2 episodes)
2002
Solid Geometry as Phil
2002
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
2002
Top Gear as Self (1 episode)
2002
American Idol as Self (1 episode)
2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self (1 episode)
2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Obi-Wan Kenobi
2001
Black Hawk Down as SPC John Grimes
2001
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome as Self
2001
The Beginning: Making Episode I as Self
2001
Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor as Self
2001
Moulin Rouge! as Christian
2001
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' as Self
2000
Desserts as Stroller
2000
Killing Priscilla as Self
2000
Nora as James Joyce
2000
Happy M’Gee as Happy
2000
Anno Domini as The Stranger
1999
The Early Show as Self (1 episode)
1999
Eye of the Beholder as Stephen Wilson
1999
Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee (1 episode)
1999
Rogue Trader as Nick Leeson
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Obi-Wan Kenobi
1998
Little Voice as Billy
1998
Welcome to Hollywood as Ewan McGregor
1998
Velvet Goldmine as Curt Wild
1998
Parkinson as Self (3 episodes)
1997
A Life Less Ordinary as Robert Lewis
1997
The View as Self (2 episodes)
1997
The Serpent's Kiss as Meneer Chrome
1997
Nightwatch as Martin Bells
1996
Brassed Off as Andy Barrow
1996
Emma as Frank Churchill
1996
The Daily Show as Self (1 episode)
1996
Karaoke as Young Man (4 episodes)
1996
Trainspotting as Renton
1996
TFI Friday as Self (1 episode)
1995
Blue Juice as Dean Raymond
1995
The Pillow Book as Jerome
1995
Soccer AM as Self (1 episode)
1995
Kavanagh Q.C. as David Robert Armstrong (1 episode)
1994
Shallow Grave as Alex Law
1994
Doggin' Around as Tom Clayton
1994
ER as Duncan Stewart (1 episode)
1994
Being Human as Alvarez
1993
Scarlet and Black as Julien Sorel (3 episodes)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1993
Lipstick on Your Collar as Private Hopper (6 episodes)
1993
Family Style as Jimmie
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2 episodes)
1989
Tales from the Crypt as Ford (1 episode)
1988
This Morning as Self (1 episode)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1982
Nature as Host (1 episode)
1982
Nature as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
1978
An Audience with... as Self (1 episode)
1966
Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self (1 episode)

Directing (2)

2016
American Pastoral • Director
• Director
1999
Tube Tales • Director
• Director

Production (10)

2024
Mother, Couch • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2024
A Gentleman in Moscow • Executive Producer (8 episodes)
• Executive Producer (8 episodes)
2024
Bleeding Love • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi • Executive Producer (6 episodes)
• Executive Producer (6 episodes)
2021
Halston • Executive Producer (5 episodes)
• Executive Producer (5 episodes)
2020
Long Way Up • Executive Producer (11 episodes)
• Executive Producer (11 episodes)
2007
Long Way Down • Producer (6 episodes)
• Producer (6 episodes)
2007
Long Way Down (Special Edition) • Producer (10 episodes)
• Producer (10 episodes)
2004
Long Way Round • Producer (7 episodes)
• Producer (7 episodes)
2000
Nora • Producer
• Producer

Creator (3)

2007
Long Way Down • Creator
• Creator
2007
Long Way Down (Special Edition) • Creator
• Creator
2004
Long Way Round • Creator
• Creator