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Ewan McGregor
Actor, Producer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn March 31, 1971 (54 years)
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.
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.
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Ewan McGregor Filmography
| 2026 | |
| 2024 | A Gentleman in Moscow (TV Series) · as Count Alexander Rostov |
| 2023 | Mother Couch · as David |
| 2023 | Bleeding Love · as Father |
| 2023 | Speed Is Expensive: Philip Vincent and the Million Dollar Motorcycle · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio · as Cricket (voice) |
| 2022 | Bonnie · as Grimes |
| 2022 | Raymond & Ray · as Raymond |
| 2022 | King on Screen · as Dan Torrance |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV Series) · as Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 2021 | Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | The Birthday Cake · as Father Kelly |
| 2021 | Halston (TV Series) · as Halston |
| 2020 | Stormborn (TV Series) |
| 2020 | Staged (TV Series) · as Ewan |
| 2020 | The Final Fix · as Narrator |
| 2020 | Birds of Prey · as Roman Sionis |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) |
| 2019 | Doctor Sleep · as Danny Torrance |
| 2019 | Wild Ways of the Vikings · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | Christopher Robin · as Christopher Robin |
| 2018 | Zoe · as Cole |
| 2018 | RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor (TV Series) · as Presenter |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast · as Lumière |
| 2017 | T2 Trainspotting · as Renton |
| 2017 | Salt Bike: A Year with the Baron · as Narrator |
| 2017 | Star Wars Revenge of the Sith Read-Along Storybook and CD · as Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 2016 | American Pastoral · as Swede Levov |
| 2016 | Gimme Danger · as Curt Wild |
| 2016 | Our Kind of Traitor · as Perry Makepeace |
| 2015 | Last Days in the Desert · as Jesus |
| 2015 | Jane Got a Gun · as John Bishop |
| 2015 | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Miles Ahead · as Dave Braden |
| 2015 | Humpback Whales · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Mortdecai · as Inspector Alistair Martland |
| 2014 | Son of a Gun · as Brendan Lynch |
| 2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West · as Cowboy At Fair |
| 2014 | Fargo (TV Series) · as Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy |
| 2013 | August: Osage County · as Bill Fordham |
| 2013 | Doll & Em (TV Series) · as Ewan |
| 2013 | Hebrides: Islands on the Edge (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer · as Elmont |
| 2012 | The Impossible · as Henry Bennett |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | The Corrections · as Chip |
| 2011 | Charge · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Teenage Wildlife · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen · as Dr. Alfred Jones |
| 2011 | Perfect Sense · as Michael |
| 2010 | Beginners · as Oliver Fields |
| 2010 | Jackboots on Whitehall · as Chris (voice) |
| 2010 | Nanny McPhee Returns · as Rory Green |
| 2010 | The Ghost Writer · as The Ghost |
| 2009 | The Men Who Stare at Goats · as Bob Wilton |
| 2009 | Amelia · as Gene Vidal |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons · as Camerlengo Patrick Mckenna |
| 2009 | I Love You Phillip Morris · as Phillip Morris |
| 2008 | Incendiary · as Jasper Black |
| 2008 | Deception · as Jonathan Mcquarry |
| 2007 | Cassandra's Dream · as Ian Blaine |
| 2006 | Miss Potter · as Norman Warne |
| 2006 | Scenes of a Sexual Nature · as Billy |
| 2006 | The Doctor, the Tornado and the Kentucky Kid · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker · as Ian Rider |
| 2006 | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters · as Christian |
| 2006 | Soccer Aid (TV Series) |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | The Island · as Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith · as Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 2005 | The Science of Star Wars (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2005 | Troy's Story · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2005 | Robots · as Rodney Copperbottom (voice) |
| 2005 | Valiant · as Valiant (voice) |
| 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 | Down with Love · as Catcher Block |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | Solid Geometry · as Phil |
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones · as Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 2002 | The 74th Annual Academy Awards · as Christian |
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones: Deleted Scenes · as Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down · as Spc John Grimes |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! · as Christian |
| 2001 | The Polar Bears of Churchill, with Ewan McGregor · as Presenter |
| 2000 | Nora · as James Joyce |
| 2000 | Film-Fest DVD: Issue 3 - Toronto · as Stroller (desserts) |
| 1999 | Eye of the Beholder · as Stephen Wilson |
| 1999 | Rogue Trader · as Nick Leeson |
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace · as Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 1999 | Desserts · as Stroller |
| 1998 | Little Voice · as Billy |
| 1998 | Velvet Goldmine · as Curt Wild |
| 1997 | A Life Less Ordinary · as Robert Lewis |
| 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 | Karaoke (TV Series) · as Young Man |
| 1996 | Trainspotting · as Renton |
| 1995 | Blue Juice · as Dean Raymond |
| 1995 | The Pillow Book · as Jerome |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. (TV Series) · as David Robert Armstrong |
| 1994 | Shallow Grave · as Alex Law |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Duncan Stewart |
| 1994 | Being Human · as Alvarez |
| 1993 | Scarlet and Black (TV Series) · as Julien Sorel |
| 1993 | Lipstick on Your Collar (TV Series) · as Private Hopper |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Ford |
| 1985 | Screen One (TV Series) · as Tom Clayton |
| 1982 | Nature (TV Series) · as Host |
The Land of Sometimes · as The Wish Collector (voice) | |
Everest · as George Mallory |
| 2025 | Long Way Home (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2025 | 82nd Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2023 | Choose Irvine · as Self |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return · as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer |
| 2022 | The Last Movie Stars (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2020 | Long Way Up (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | 2020 Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2019 | A Little Late with Lilly Singh (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor · as Self |
| 2018 | 75th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2017 | The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2016 | The Bug · as Self |
| 2016 | Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2016 | The Star Wars Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Sunday Today with Willie Geist (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2016 | The VICE Guide to Film (TV Series) · as Self - Actor, Trainspotting, Shallow Grave |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2015 | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The First Film · as Self - 'made In Yorkshire' Book |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The IMDb Studio at Sundance (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Son of a Gun: Stunts and Action · as Self - Actor |
| 2014 | Variety: Actors on Actors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Ladies of London (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Oscars · as Self - Presenter |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2013 | Muse of Fire · as Self |
| 2013 | 70th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2012 | Premio Donostia a Ewan McGregor · as Self - Winner |
| 2012 | Katie (2012) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Good night and Buenafuente (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2012 | Bomber Boys · as Self |
| 2012 | The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2012 | The 38th Annual People's Choice Awards · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | The Men of 'Haywire' · as Self - Actor |
| 2012 | Haywire: Gina Carano in Training · as Self - Actor |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Conan (2010) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | The Battle of Britain · as Self |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | The Jay Leno Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Kate Garraway’s Life Stories (TV Series) · as Self - Fellow Unicef Ambassador |
| 2008 | Charley Boorman: By Any Means (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Long Way Down (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | British Film Forever (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Xposé (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Comic Relief 2007: The Big One · as Self |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | The Missing Face · as Self |
| 2006 | Race to Dakar (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | 50 Films to See Before You Die · as Self |
| 2006 | CBeebies Bedtime Stories (TV Series) · as Self - Storyteller |
| 2006 | Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2 · as Self |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Within a Minute: The Making of 'Episode III' · as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Entertainment Tonight Canada (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Live 8 · as Self |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Feel the Force · as Self |
| 2005 | The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2005 · as Self - Presenter |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Faster & Faster · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2004 | The Culture Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Long Way Round (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | The Paul O'Grady Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | The 100 Greatest Musicals · as Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Tribeca Film Festival Presents · as Self |
| 2002 | From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' · as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 2002 | Top Gear (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | Tinseltown TV (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | American Idol (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | 2002 MTV Movie Awards · as Self - Presenter & Winner |
| 2002 | The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2001 | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome · as Self |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | The Beginning: Making 'Episode I' · as Self |
| 2001 | Lorraine (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | L'invité (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2000 | Killing Priscilla · as Self |
| 2000 | Entertainers with Byron Allen (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1999 | Kulturjournal (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Teen Choice Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | The Unauthorized 'Star Wars' Story · as Self |
| 1998 | Welcome to Hollywood · as Ewan Mcgregor |
| 1997 | An Audience with Elton John · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | 1997 MTV Movie Awards · as Self |
| 1996 | 1996 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Whoever That Fails (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | TFI Friday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Caiga quien caiga - CQC (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Sidewalks Entertainment (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | In the Wild (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | GMTV (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | The Big Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Soccer AM (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1989 | Troldspejlet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | This Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1987 | NPA (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | SAG Foundation Conversations (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1978 | An Audience With (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | The Hollywood Greats (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 1958 | Blue Peter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1954 | The Early Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Nominee |
| 2025 | Long Way Home (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | A Gentleman in Moscow (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Mother Couch · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Bleeding Love · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Halston (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Long Way Up (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2007 | Long Way Down (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | The Missing Face · as Executive Producer |
| 2004 | Long Way Round (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2000 |
| 2025 | Long Way Home (TV Series) · as Creator |
| 2020 | Long Way Up (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 2011 | Marley Africa Road Trip (TV Series) · as Co-Executive Producer |
| 2007 | Long Way Down (TV Series) · as Creator |
| 2004 | Long Way Round (TV Series) · as Creator |