Ewan McGregor

Acting

Born Mar 31, 1971

From Perth, Scotland, UK

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.

Ewan McGregor

Known For

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

Beauty and the Beast

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Black Hawk Down

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Doctor Sleep

Big Fish

Robots

Filmography — Acting

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

Beauty and the Beast

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Black Hawk Down

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Doctor Sleep

Big Fish

Robots

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Jack the Giant Slayer

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Moulin Rouge!

Angels & Demons

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

Trainspotting

The Island

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

The Impossible

Christopher Robin

The End of Oak Street

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Mortdecai

I Love You Phillip Morris

August: Osage County

Stay

T2 Trainspotting

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Valiant

Son of a Gun

Nightwatch

Perfect Sense

Emma

Brassed Off

Shallow Grave

Stormbreaker

Jane Got a Gun

Down with Love

Haywire

Miss Potter

The Ghost Writer

Young Adam

Beginners

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Deception

Zoe

The Pillow Book

Velvet Goldmine

The Land of Sometimes

Raymond & Ray

Amelia

Rogue Trader

Eye of the Beholder

Cassandra's Dream

Last Days in the Desert

Our Kind of Traitor

American Pastoral

Little Voice

Live 8

A Life Less Ordinary

Blue Juice

Mother, Couch

Incendiary

Scenes of a Sexual Nature

Muse of Fire

The Story of Star Wars