Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGregor

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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.

Films Featuring Ewan McGregor

Young Adam

20035.9

Black Hawk Down

20017.4

Big Fish

20037.8

Trainspotting

19968.0

The Island

20056.7

Nightwatch

19976.1

Moulin Rouge!

20017.5

Velvet Goldmine

19986.9

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

19996.6

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

20057.5

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

20026.6

The Men Who Stare at Goats

20096.0

Emma

19966.6

Down with Love

20036.1

Cassandra's Dream

20076.3

Faster

20037.7

Rogue Trader

19995.9

The Ghost Writer

20106.8

A Life Less Ordinary

19976.2

Stay

20056.6

Little Voice

19986.5

I Love You Phillip Morris

20106.4

Amelia

20095.7

Brassed Off

19967.0

The Pillow Book

19956.4

Robots

20056.5

Deception

20086.0

Stormbreaker

20065.2

Shallow Grave

19947.0

Angels & Demons

20096.7

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

20106.3

Nora

20005.3

Miss Potter

20066.7

Valiant

20055.7

50 Films to See Before You Die

20068.4

Incendiary

20085.4

The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid

20066.7

The Battle of Britain

20106.6

The Serpent's Kiss

19975.4

Scenes of a Sexual Nature

20065.3

Eye of the Beholder

19995.0

Blue Juice

19954.1

Spooks & Creeps

20042.0

The Impossible

20127.4

Haywire

20115.7

Jack the Giant Slayer

20135.9

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

20126.4

Perfect Sense

20116.9

Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III

20057.2

Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor

20019.3

Beginners

20116.8

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

20127.5

Jackboots on Whitehall

20104.9

Solid Geometry

20024.9

August: Osage County

20136.9

T2 Trainspotting

20176.9

WAMEGO: Addendum

WAMEGO: Addendum

2020

Jane Got a Gun

20155.8

Charge

2011

Mortdecai

20155.5

Desserts

20006.2

Our Kind of Traitor

20166.0

Troy's Story

20057.0

Bleeding Love

20246.3

Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story

20227.0

Ice Bear

20149.0

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

20226.8

Son of a Gun

20146.4

A Million Ways to Die in the West

20146.1

Last Days in the Desert

20165.7

Mother, Couch

20245.6

Miles Ahead

20166.4

Killing Priscilla

Killing Priscilla

20007.7

American Pastoral

20166.2

The End of Oak Street

20266.6

Being Human

19945.1

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

20227.5

Live 8

20057.4

Bomber Boys

20128.0

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

20157.2

Beauty and the Beast

20177.0

Doggin' Around

19946.0

The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I

20017.3

Humpback Whales

20157.1

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

20167.2

Muse of Fire

20136.5

Zoe

20185.9

Anno Domini

20009.0

Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene

2007

Red Point

20175.1

Family Style

19936.0

Welcome to Hollywood

20004.2

Now You See It

20175.3

The Land of Sometimes

20266.1

Christopher Robin

20187.3

And the Winner Isn't

20176.3

Faster & Faster

20046.0

From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II

20026.8

RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor

20184.9

The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'

20016.8

The Cow

Doctor Sleep

20197.1

Teenage Wildlife

Teenage Wildlife

2011

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

20206.9

Fastest

20117.0

The Birthday Cake

20215.1

The Story of Star Wars

20047.2

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

20196.3

Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier

20197.7

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

20228.0

Wild Ways of the Vikings

20196.6

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

20016.7

A Movie Is Made For Pooh

20188.0

Gina Carano in Training

Gina Carano in Training

20128.0

Raymond & Ray

20226.2

Happy M’Gee

2000

The New Ten Commandments

20088.7

Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook

20204.0

The Dark Fantastic

2025

Memories of "Trainspotting"

2008

A Short Film About Making Beginners

A Short Film About Making Beginners

2011

The Unauthorized Star Wars Story

1999

The Polar Bears of Churchill with Ewan McGregor

2001

Salt Bike: A Year with the Baron

2017

Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting

2023