Ewan McGregor
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1971-03-31
Place of Birth
Perth, Scotland, UK
Ewan McGregor
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.
Also Known For
Young Adam
Sep 26, 2003
Black Hawk Down
Dec 28, 2001
Big Fish
Dec 25, 2003
Trainspotting
Feb 23, 1996
The Island
Jul 21, 2005
Nightwatch
Jan 31, 1997
Moulin Rouge!
May 18, 2001
Velvet Goldmine
Aug 28, 1998
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
May 19, 1999
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
May 15, 2002
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
May 17, 2005
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Oct 17, 2009
Emma
Aug 02, 1996
Down with Love
May 08, 2003
Cassandra's Dream
Oct 31, 2007
Faster
May 15, 2003
Rogue Trader
Jun 25, 1999
The Ghost Writer
Feb 12, 2010
Stay
Sep 24, 2005
A Life Less Ordinary
Oct 24, 1997
Little Voice
Nov 05, 1998
I Love You Phillip Morris
Feb 04, 2010
Amelia
Oct 22, 2009
Brassed Off
Nov 01, 1996
The Pillow Book
Sep 01, 1995
Robots
Mar 10, 2005
Deception
Apr 24, 2008
Stormbreaker
Jul 21, 2006
Shallow Grave
Dec 22, 1994
Angels & Demons
Apr 20, 2009
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Mar 26, 2010
Nora
Apr 05, 2000
Miss Potter
Dec 03, 2006
Valiant
Mar 25, 2005
50 Films to See Before You Die
Jul 22, 2006
Incendiary
Jan 20, 2008
The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid
Jul 18, 2006
The Battle of Britain
Sep 19, 2010
The Serpent's Kiss
May 14, 1997
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Nov 03, 2006
Eye of the Beholder
Sep 04, 1999
Blue Juice
Sep 15, 1995
Spooks & Creeps
Oct 26, 2004
The Impossible
Sep 09, 2012
Haywire
Nov 01, 2011
Jack the Giant Slayer
Feb 27, 2013
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Mar 09, 2012
Perfect Sense
Sep 29, 2011
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
Nov 01, 2005
Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor
Oct 07, 2001
Beginners
Jun 03, 2011
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Feb 04, 2012
Jackboots on Whitehall
Oct 08, 2010
Solid Geometry
Aug 22, 2002
August: Osage County
Dec 26, 2013
T2 Trainspotting
Jan 27, 2017
WAMEGO: Addendum
Dec 15, 2020
Jane Got a Gun
Dec 31, 2015
Charge
Dec 10, 2011
Mortdecai
Jan 21, 2015
Desserts
Jun 03, 2000
Our Kind of Traitor
May 05, 2016
Troy's Story
Mar 11, 2005
Bleeding Love
Feb 16, 2024
Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story
Jun 17, 2022
Ice Bear
Jan 01, 2014
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Sep 07, 2022
Son of a Gun
Oct 16, 2014
A Million Ways to Die in the West
May 22, 2014
Last Days in the Desert
May 13, 2016
Mother, Couch
Jul 05, 2024
Miles Ahead
Jan 22, 2016
Killing Priscilla
Jun 02, 2000
American Pastoral
Oct 20, 2016
Flowervale Street
Aug 12, 2026
Being Human
May 06, 1994
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Dec 09, 2022
Live 8
Nov 07, 2005
Bomber Boys
Feb 05, 2012
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Dec 15, 2015
Beauty and the Beast
Mar 16, 2017
Doggin' Around
Oct 16, 1994
The Beginning: Making Episode I
Oct 16, 2001
Humpback Whales
Feb 13, 2015
The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car
Dec 13, 2016
Muse of Fire
Sep 26, 2013
Zoe
Jul 19, 2018
Now You See It
Jan 07, 2017
Red Point
Feb 15, 2017
Welcome to Hollywood
Oct 27, 2000
Family Style
Jan 01, 1993
Anno Domini
Jan 01, 2000
Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene
Mar 15, 2007
The Land of Sometimes
Christopher Robin
Aug 01, 2018
And the Winner Isn't
Dec 08, 2017
Faster & Faster
Nov 20, 2004
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Nov 12, 2002
RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor
Mar 25, 2018
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
May 01, 2001
The Cow
Doctor Sleep
Oct 30, 2019
Teenage Wildlife
Oct 17, 2011
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Feb 05, 2020
Fastest
Sep 20, 2011
The Birthday Cake
Jun 18, 2021
The Story of Star Wars
Aug 18, 2004
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Dec 18, 2019
Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier
Jan 23, 2019
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Nov 09, 2022
Wild Ways of the Vikings
Feb 13, 2019
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Nov 25, 2001
A Movie Is Made For Pooh
Nov 02, 2018
Gina Carano in Training
May 01, 2012
Raymond & Ray
Oct 14, 2022
Happy M’Gee
Jan 27, 2000
The New Ten Commandments
Jan 02, 2008
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
Feb 04, 2020
The Dark Fantastic
Jun 15, 2025
Memories of "Trainspotting"
Jun 01, 2008
Top Gear
Oct 20, 2002
Soccer Aid
May 22, 2006
Lipstick on Your Collar
Feb 21, 1993
This Morning
Oct 03, 1988
Soccer AM
Aug 12, 1995
Long Way Down
Oct 28, 2007
Tales from the Crypt
Jun 10, 1989
The View
Aug 11, 1997
Staged
Jun 10, 2020
TFI Friday
Feb 09, 1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
May 25, 1992
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Jun 08, 2002
Long Way Round
Oct 18, 2004
American Idol
Jun 11, 2002
The Early Show
Nov 01, 1999
Race to Dakar
Oct 17, 2006
The Jay Leno Show
Sep 14, 2009
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sep 13, 1993
ER
Sep 19, 1994
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Sep 16, 2019
Nature
Oct 10, 1982
The Jonathan Ross Show
Sep 03, 2011
Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury
Jul 18, 2021
Hebrides: Islands on the Edge
May 06, 2013
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
Mar 29, 2010
Scarlet and Black
Oct 31, 1993
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Jan 03, 2005
Doll & Em
Feb 18, 2014
Doll & Em
Feb 18, 2014
Fargo
Apr 15, 2014
An Audience with...
Jan 08, 1978
Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart
May 11, 2016
Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission
Apr 22, 2012
Karaoke
Apr 28, 1996
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014
Teen Choice Awards
Aug 01, 1999
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
The Last Movie Stars
Jul 21, 2022
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Mar 23, 2015
A Gentleman in Moscow
Mar 29, 2024
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jan 26, 2003
Goldene Kamera
Feb 03, 1984
The Culture Show
Nov 11, 2004
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
Obi-Wan Kenobi
May 26, 2022
Buenas noches y Buenafuente
Apr 15, 2012
Nature
Oct 10, 1982
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Aug 02, 2015
Halston
May 14, 2021
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Feb 06, 2014
Long Way Up
Sep 18, 2020
Long Way Home
May 09, 2025
Real Time with Bill Maher
Feb 21, 2003
Stormborn
Nov 30, 2020
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Conan
Nov 08, 2010
Parkinson
Jan 09, 1998
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Sep 08, 2003
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
Feb 04, 1994
Kavanagh Q.C.
Jan 03, 1995