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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) |
| 2019 | Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier · as Narrator |
| 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 | Stay · as Sam Foster |
| 2005 | Valiant · as Valiant (voice) |
| 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) |
| 2004 | Faster & Faster · as Narrator (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 Narrator (voice) |
The Land of Sometimes · as The Wish Collector (voice) |