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Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Birthday: 1971-03-31 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
The Land of Sometimes

as    The Wish Collector (voice)

2025
Long Way Home

as    Self

2025
The Dark Fantastic

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
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
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