Ewan McGregor

Acting • Born 1971-03-31

Acting5Perth, Scotland, UK

Biography

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.

Filmography

187 credits

Young Adam

Movie • 2003

Joe Taylor

Black Hawk Down

Movie • 2001

SPC John Grimes

Big Fish

Movie • 2003

Ed Bloom (young)

Trainspotting

Movie • 1996

Renton

The Island

Movie • 2005

Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln

Nightwatch

Movie • 1997

Martin Bells

Moulin Rouge!

Movie • 2001

Christian

Velvet Goldmine

Movie • 1998

Curt Wild

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Movie • 1999

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Movie • 2002

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Movie • 2005

Obi-Wan Kenobi

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Movie • 2009

Bob Wilton

Emma

Movie • 1996

Frank Churchill

Down with Love

Movie • 2003

Catcher Block

Cassandra's Dream

Movie • 2007

Ian Blaine

Faster

Movie • 2003

Narrator (voice)

Rogue Trader

Movie • 1999

Nick Leeson

The Ghost Writer

Movie • 2010

The Ghost

Stay

Movie • 2005

Sam Foster

A Life Less Ordinary

Movie • 1997

Robert Lewis

Little Voice

Movie • 1998

Billy

I Love You Phillip Morris

Movie • 2010

Phillip Morris

Amelia

Movie • 2009

Gene Vidal

Brassed Off

Movie • 1996

Andy Barrow

The Pillow Book

Movie • 1995

Jerome

Robots

Movie • 2005

Rodney Copperbottom (voice)

Deception

Movie • 2008

Jonathan McQuarry

Stormbreaker

Movie • 2006

Ian Rider

Shallow Grave

Movie • 1994

Alex Law

Angels & Demons

Movie • 2009

Camerlengo Patrick McKenna

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

Movie • 2010

Rory Green

Nora

Movie • 2000

James Joyce

Miss Potter

Movie • 2006

Norman Warne

Valiant

Movie • 2005

Valiant (voice)

50 Films to See Before You Die

Movie • 2006

Self

Incendiary

Movie • 2008

Jasper Black

The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid

Movie • 2006

Narrator (voice)

The Battle of Britain

Movie • 2010

Self

The Serpent's Kiss

Movie • 1997

Meneer Chrome

Scenes of a Sexual Nature

Movie • 2006

Billy

Eye of the Beholder

Movie • 2000

Stephen Wilson

Blue Juice

Movie • 1995

Dean Raymond

Spooks & Creeps

Movie • 2004

Stroller ("Desserts")

The Impossible

Movie • 2012

Henry Bennett

Haywire

Movie • 2011

Kenneth

Jack the Giant Slayer

Movie • 2013

Elmont

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Movie • 2012

Dr. Alfred Jones

Perfect Sense

Movie • 2011

Michael

Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III

Movie • 2005

Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi

Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor

Movie • 2001

Self

Beginners

Movie • 2011

Oliver Fields

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Movie • 2012

(archive footage)

Jackboots on Whitehall

Movie • 2010

Chris (voice)

Solid Geometry

Movie • 2002

Phil

August: Osage County

Movie • 2013

Bill Fordham

T2 Trainspotting

Movie • 2017

Renton

Movie • 2016

Dave Braden

Killing Priscilla

Movie • 2000

Self

American Pastoral

Movie • 2016

Swede Levov

The End of Oak Street

Movie • 2026

Greg

Being Human

Movie • 1994

Alvarez

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

Movie • 2022

Self

Live 8

Movie • 2005

Self

Bomber Boys

Movie • 2012

Self

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Movie • 2015

Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)

Beauty and the Beast

Movie • 2017

Lumière

Doggin' Around

Movie • 1994

Tom Clayton

The Beginning: Making Episode I

Movie • 2001

Self

Humpback Whales

Movie • 2015

Narrator (voice)

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

Movie • 2016

Self

Muse of Fire

Movie • 2013

Self

Zoe

Movie • 2018

Cole

Now You See It

Movie • 2017

Voiceover (voice)

Red Point

Movie • 2017

Brown

Welcome to Hollywood

Movie • 2000

Ewan McGregor

Family Style

Movie • 1993

Jimmie

Anno Domini

Movie • 2000

The Stranger

Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene

Movie • 2007

Narrator (voice)

The Land of Sometimes

Movie • 2026

The Wish Collector (voice)

Christopher Robin

Movie • 2018

Christopher Robin

And the Winner Isn't

Movie • 2017

Self

Faster & Faster

Movie • 2004

Self - Narrator (voice)

From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'

Movie • 2002

Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi

RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor

Movie • 2018

Self

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

Movie • 2001

Self

The Cow

Movie

Charlie Granger

Doctor Sleep

Narrator (voice)

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

Movie • 2001

Self

A Movie Is Made For Pooh

Movie • 2018

Self

Gina Carano in Training

Movie • 2012

Raymond & Ray

Movie • 2022

Raymond

Happy M’Gee

Movie • 2000

Happy

The New Ten Commandments

Movie • 2008

Self (archive footage)

Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook

Movie • 2020

Self

The Dark Fantastic

Movie • 2025

Self

Memories of "Trainspotting"

Movie • 2008

Self

A Short Film About Making Beginners

Movie • 2011

Top Gear

TV • 2002

Self

TV • 1996

Self

Count Alexander Rostov

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV • 2003

Self - Guest

Goldene Kamera

TV • 1984

Self

The Culture Show

TV • 2004

Self

The Graham Norton Show

TV • 2007

Self

Obi-Wan Kenobi

TV • 2022

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Buenas noches y Buenafuente

Kavanagh Q.C.

TV • 1995

David Robert Armstrong

The Spot

Elle Style Awards

TV • 1997

Self - Winner

Karaoke

TV • 1996

Young Man

The Oscars

TV • 1953

Self - Presenter