Ewan McGregor

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1971-03-31 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Perth, Scotland, UK

Ewan McGregor

Biography

Ewan Gordon McGregor (/ˈjuːən/ YOO-ən; born 31 March 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 mu...

Acting

2003

Young Adam

as Joe Taylor

2001

Black Hawk Down

as SPC John Grimes

2003

Big Fish

as Ed Bloom (young)

1996

Trainspotting

as Renton

2005

The Island

as Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln

1997

Nightwatch

as Martin Bells

2001

Moulin Rouge!

as Christian

1998

Velvet Goldmine

as Curt Wild

1996

Emma

as Frank Churchill

2003

Down with Love

as Catcher Block

2007

Cassandra's Dream

as Ian Blaine

2003

Faster

as Narrator (voice)

1999

Rogue Trader

as Nick Leeson

2010

The Ghost Writer

as The Ghost

1997

A Life Less Ordinary

as Robert Lewis

2005

Stay

as Sam Foster

1998

Little Voice

as Billy

2010

I Love You Phillip Morris

as Phillip Morris

2009

Amelia

as Gene Vidal

1996

Brassed Off

as Andy Barrow

1995

2005

Robots

as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)

2008

Deception

as Jonathan McQuarry

2006

Stormbreaker

as Ian Rider

1994

Shallow Grave

as Alex Law

2009

Angels & Demons

as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna

2000

Nora

as James Joyce

2006

Miss Potter

as Norman Warne

2005

Valiant

as Valiant (voice)

2008

Incendiary

as Jasper Black

1997

The Serpent's Kiss

as Meneer Chrome

1999

Eye of the Beholder

as Stephen Wilson

1995

Blue Juice

as Dean Raymond

2004

Spooks & Creeps

as Stroller ("Desserts")

2012

The Impossible

as Henry Bennett

2011

Haywire

as Kenneth

2012

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

as Dr. Alfred Jones

2011

Perfect Sense

as Michael

2011

Beginners

as Oliver Fields

2012

2010

Jackboots on Whitehall

as Chris (voice)

2002

2013

August: Osage County

as Bill Fordham

2017

2015

Jane Got a Gun

as John Bishop

2011

Charge

as Narrator (voice)

2015

Mortdecai

as Inspector Alistair Martland

2000

Desserts

as Stroller

2016

Our Kind of Traitor

as Perry Makepeace

2005

Troy's Story

as Narrator (voice)

2024

Bleeding Love

as Father

2022

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer

2014

Son of a Gun

as Brendan Lynch

2023

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

as Self (archive footage)

2024

2016

Miles Ahead

as Dave Braden

2016

American Pastoral

as Swede Levov

1994

Being Human

as Alvarez

2005

Live 8

as Self

2012

2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)

2017

1994

Doggin' Around

as Tom Clayton

2015

Humpback Whales

as Narrator (voice)

2013

2018

Zoe

as Cole

2000

Anno Domini

as The Stranger

2017

Red Point

as Brown

1993

Family Style

as Jimmie

2000

Welcome to Hollywood

as Ewan McGregor

2017

Now You See It

as Voiceover (voice)

2016

Gimme Danger

as Curt Wild (archive footage) (uncredited)

-

The Land of Sometimes

as The Wish Collector (voice)

2018

Christopher Robin

as Christopher Robin

2004

Faster & Faster

as Narrator (voice)

-

The Cow

as Charlie Granger

2019

Doctor Sleep

as Danny Torrance

2011

Teenage Wildlife

as Narrator (voice)

2011

Fastest

as Narrator (voice)

2021

The Birthday Cake

as Father Kelly

2004

The Story of Star Wars

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

2019

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)

2022

2019

Wild Ways of the Vikings

as Narrator (voice)

2022

Raymond & Ray

as Raymond

2000

2008

The New Ten Commandments

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1999

Tube Tales

as Director

2024

Bleeding Love

as Executive Producer

2016

2000

Nora

as Producer

2024

Mother, Couch

as Executive Producer

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