Ewan McGregor

Known for ActingBorn 1971-03-31 (age 55)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Tim Burton: Life in the Line

Hebrides: Islands on the Edge

Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor

Ice Bear

Teen Choice Awards

Anno Domini

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord

The New Ten Commandments

50 Films to See Before You Die

Fargo

A Cooler Climate

Long Way Round

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury

Long Way Home

Long Way Down

Bomber Boys

Gina Carano in Training

Staged

Trainspotting

Tales from the Crypt

Big Fish

ER

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

Long Way Up

Nature

Killing Priscilla

Faster

Top Gear

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Moulin Rouge!

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

The Impossible

Christopher Robin

Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier

Black Hawk Down

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car

The End of Oak Street

Doctor Sleep

Soccer Aid

The Graham Norton Show

The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I

Conan

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III

Humpback Whales

Kavanagh Q.C.