Ewan McGregor
Born 1971
Known for Trainspotting, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Big Fish.
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
The Land of Sometimes (2026)
Martin (2024)
Mother, Couch (2024)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022)
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Wild Ways of the Vikings (2019)
Christopher Robin (2018)
RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor (2018)
Red Point (2017)
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
American Pastoral (2016)
Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car (2016)
Humpback Whales (2015)
Last Days in the Desert (2015)
Ice Bear (2014)
Son of a Gun (2014)
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012)
Beginners (2011)
Fastest (2011)
Perfect Sense (2011)
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
The Battle of Britain (2010)
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Deception (2008)
Incendiary (2008)
The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid (2006)
Robots (2005)
Stay (2005)
The Island (2005)
Valiant (2005)
Big Fish (2003)
Faster (2003)
Young Adam (2003)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Nora (2000)
Eye of the Beholder (1999)
Rogue Trader (1999)
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
Nightwatch (1997)
The Serpent's Kiss (1997)
Brassed Off (1996)
Trainspotting (1996)
Shallow Grave (1994)
The Cow (1969)
The End of Oak Street (2026)
Bleeding Love (2024)
Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story (2023)
The Birthday Cake (2021)
Zoe (2018)
Miles Ahead (2016)
Bomber Boys (2012)
The Impossible (2012)
I Love You Phillip Morris (2010)
Angels & Demons (2009)
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
Miss Potter (2006)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Down with Love (2003)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Jane Got a Gun (2015)
Mortdecai (2015)
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
Stormbreaker (2006)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022)
Amelia (2009)
Little Voice (1998)
Blue Juice (1995)
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)
August: Osage County (2013)
Emma (1996)
The Pillow Book (1995)
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Haywire (2011)
