Ewan McGregor
Acting
Born March 31, 1971 · 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.
Directed (2)
Acting (120)
The End of Oak Street
2026
The Land of Sometimes
2026
The Dark Fantastic
2025
Mother, Couch
2024
Bleeding Love
2024
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022
Raymond & Ray
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story
2022
The Birthday Cake
2021
WAMEGO: Addendum
2020
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
2020
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
Doctor Sleep
2019
Wild Ways of the Vikings
2019
Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier
2019
A Movie Is Made For Pooh
2018
Christopher Robin
2018
Zoe
2018
RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor
2018
And the Winner Isn't
2017
Beauty and the Beast
2017
Red Point
2017
T2 Trainspotting
2017
Now You See It
2017
The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car
2016
American Pastoral
2016
Last Days in the Desert
2016
Our Kind of Traitor
2016
Miles Ahead
2016
Jane Got a Gun
2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
Humpback Whales
2015
Mortdecai
2015
Son of a Gun
2014
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
Ice Bear
2014
August: Osage County
2013
Muse of Fire
2013
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013
The Impossible
2012
Gina Carano in Training
2012
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
2012
Bomber Boys
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
Charge
2011
Haywire
2011
Teenage Wildlife
2011
Perfect Sense
2011
Fastest
2011
Beginners
2011
A Short Film About Making Beginners
2011
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
The Battle of Britain
2010
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
The Ghost Writer
2010
I Love You Phillip Morris
2010
Amelia
2009
The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009
Angels & Demons
2009
Memories of "Trainspotting"
2008
Deception
2008
Incendiary
2008
The New Ten Commandments
2008
Cassandra's Dream
2007
Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene
2007
Miss Potter
2006
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
2006
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006
Stormbreaker
2006
The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid
2006
Live 8
2005
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
2005
Stay
2005
The Island
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
Valiant
2005
Troy's Story
2005
Robots
2005
Faster & Faster
2004
Spooks & Creeps
2004
The Story of Star Wars
2004
Big Fish
2003
Young Adam
2003
Faster
2003
Down with Love
2003
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002
Solid Geometry
2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
Black Hawk Down
2001
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001
The Beginning: Making Episode I
2001
Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor
2001
Moulin Rouge!
2001
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
2001
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
Desserts
2000
Killing Priscilla
2000
Nora
2000
Eye of the Beholder
2000
Happy M’Gee
2000
Anno Domini
2000
Rogue Trader
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Little Voice
1998
Velvet Goldmine
1998
A Life Less Ordinary
1997
The Serpent's Kiss
1997
Nightwatch
1997
Brassed Off
1996
Emma
1996
Trainspotting
1996
Blue Juice
1995
The Pillow Book
1995
Shallow Grave
1994
Doggin' Around
1994
Being Human
1994
Family Style
1993