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Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Birthday: 1971-03-31 | Place of Birth: Perth, Scotland, UK

Ewan Gordon McGregor OBE (born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor who has starred in numerous film and musical roles. His first professional role was in 1993, as a leading role in the British Channel 4 series Lipstick on Your Collar. He then achieved international fame with his portrayals of heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama films Trainspotting (1996) and T2 Trainspotting (2017), Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005) and the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022), poet Christian in the musical film Moulin Rouge! (2001), SPC John Grimes in Black Hawk Down (2001), young Edward Bloom in Big Fish (2003), Rodney Copperbottom in Robots (2005), Camerlengo Father Patrick McKenna in Angels and Demons (2009), "the ghost" in Roman Polanski's political thriller The Ghost Writer (2010), Dr. Alfred Jones in the romantic comedy-drama Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011), Lumière in the live-action adaptation of the musical romantic fantasy Beauty and the Beast (2017), the adult version of the titular character in the fantasy comedy-drama Christopher Robin (2018), the adult version of Dan Torrance in the horror film Doctor Sleep (2019), and Black Mask in the DC Extended Universe superhero film Birds of Prey (2020). In 2021, he portrayed fashion designer Halston in a Netflix miniseries Halston. In 2018, McGregor won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for his dual role as brothers Ray & Emmit Stussy in the third season of FX anthology series Fargo, and received Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy for both Moulin Rouge! and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. McGregor has also starred in theatre productions of Guys and Dolls (2005–2007) and Othello (2007–2008). He was ranked number 36 on Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list in 1997. In a 2004 poll for the BBC, McGregor was named the fourth most influential person in British culture.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Long Way Home

as    Self

2024
A Gentleman in Moscow

as    Count Alexander Rostov

2024
Mother, Couch

as    David

2024
Bleeding Love

as    Father

2023
Obi-Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut

as    Obi-Wan Kenobi

2023
Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut

as    Obi-Wan Kenobi

2023
Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut

as    Obi-Wan Kenobi

2023
Obi-Wan Kenobi: The Patterson Cut

as    Obi-Wan Kenobi

2023
2023
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

as    Self (archive footage)

2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

as    Cricket (voice)

2022
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi

as    Obi-Wan Kenobi

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut

as    Obi-Wan Kenobi

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: The Patterson Cut

as    Obi-Wan Kenobi

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut

as    Obi-Wan Kenobi

2022
KENOBI - A Star Wars Story

as    Obi-Wan Kenobi

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: The Patterson Cut

as    Obi-Wan Kenobi

2022
Raymond & Ray

as    Raymond

2022
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

as    Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer

2021
The Birthday Cake

as    Father Kelly

2021
Halston

as    Halston

2021
Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury

as    Narrator (voice)

2020
Long Way Up

as    Self

2005