Ewan McGregor profile
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Ewan McGregor

31st March 1971 Perth, Scotland, UK Acting

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.

121 Movies 66 TV Shows 1 In Production 188 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Zoe poster
Zoe 19th July 2018 as Cole
Mortdecai poster
Mortdecai 21st January 2015 as Inspector Alistair Martland
Charge poster
Charge 10th December 2011 as Narrator (voice)
Fastest poster
Fastest 20th September 2011 as Narrator (voice)
Amelia poster
Amelia 22nd October 2009 as Gene Vidal
Stay poster
Stay 24th September 2005 as Sam Foster
The Island poster
The Island 21st July 2005 as Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln
Valiant poster
Valiant 25th March 2005 as Valiant (voice)
Robots poster
Robots 10th March 2005 as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
Big Fish poster
Big Fish 10th December 2003 as Ed Bloom (young)
Faster poster
Faster 15th May 2003 as Narrator (voice)
Nora poster
Nora 5th April 2000 as James Joyce
Emma poster
Emma 2nd August 1996 as Frank Churchill
Fargo poster
Fargo 15th April 2014 as Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy
Conan poster
Conan 8th November 2010 as Self
ER poster
ER 19th September 1994 as Duncan Stewart
Nature poster
Nature 10th October 1982 as Narrator (voice)
The End of Oak Street poster Coming soon
The End of Oak Street 12th August 2026 as Greg Platt