Ewan McGregor
Born: 1971-03-31 in Perth, Scotland, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
2025
- Long Way Home as Self
- The Dark Fantastic as Self
2024
- Bleeding Love as Father
- A Gentleman in Moscow as Count Alexander Rostov
- Mother, Couch as David
2022
- Obi-Wan Kenobi as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as Cricket (voice)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer
- Raymond & Ray as Raymond
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema as Self
- The Last Movie Stars as Self
- Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story as Narrator (voice)
2021
- Halston as Halston
- The Birthday Cake as Father Kelly
- Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury as Narrator (voice)
2020
- Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) as Roman Sionis
- WAMEGO: Addendum
- Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook as Self
- Staged as Ewan
- Long Way Up as Self
- Stormborn
2019
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
- Doctor Sleep as Danny Torrance
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- Wild Ways of the Vikings as Narrator (voice)
- Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier as Narrator
2018
- Zoe as Cole
- Christopher Robin as Christopher Robin
- A Movie Is Made For Pooh as Self
- RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor as Self
2017
- Beauty and the Beast as Lumière
- Red Point as Brown
- And the Winner Isn't as Self
- T2 Trainspotting as Renton
- Now You See It as Voiceover (voice)
2016
- American Pastoral as Swede Levov
- Our Kind of Traitor as Perry Makepeace
- Last Days in the Desert as Jesus
- Miles Ahead as Dave Braden
- Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car as Self
2015
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Jane Got a Gun as John Bishop
- Mortdecai as Inspector Alistair Martland
- Humpback Whales as Narrator (voice)
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Fargo as Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- A Million Ways to Die in the West as Cowboy at Fair
- Son of a Gun as Brendan Lynch
- Doll & Em as Sleazy Ewan McGregor
- Ice Bear
2013
- Jack the Giant Slayer as Elmont
- August: Osage County as Bill Fordham
- Muse of Fire as Self
- Hebrides: Islands on the Edge as Narrator (voice)
2012
- The Impossible as Henry Bennett
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen as Dr. Alfred Jones
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- Bomber Boys as Self
- Gina Carano in Training
- Buenas noches y Buenafuente as Self - Interviewee
- Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission as Self
2011
- Perfect Sense as Michael
- The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- Haywire as Kenneth
- Beginners as Oliver Fields
- Charge as Narrator (voice)
- Fastest as Narrator (voice)
- Teenage Wildlife as Narrator (voice)
2010
- Conan as Self
- Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang as Rory Green
- Jackboots on Whitehall as Chris (voice)
- The Ghost Writer as The Ghost
- I Love You Phillip Morris as Phillip Morris
- The Battle of Britain as Self
- Justin Lee Collins: Good Times as Self
2009
- Angels & Demons as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
- The Men Who Stare at Goats as Bob Wilton
- The Jay Leno Show as Self
- Amelia as Gene Vidal
2008
- Deception as Jonathan McQuarry
- Incendiary as Jasper Black
- Memories of "Trainspotting" as Self
- The New Ten Commandments as Self (archive footage)
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Cassandra's Dream as Ian Blaine
- Long Way Down as Self
- Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene as Narrator (voice)
2006
- Stormbreaker as Ian Rider
- Miss Potter as Norman Warne
- The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid as Narrator (voice)
- Scenes of a Sexual Nature as Billy
- Soccer Aid
- 50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
- Race to Dakar as Self
2005
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Robots as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
- Valiant as Valiant (voice)
- The Island as Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln
- Stay as Sam Foster
- Live 8 as Self
- Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Troy's Story as Narrator (voice)
2004
- Faster & Faster as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Story of Star Wars as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- The Culture Show as Self
- Long Way Round as Self
- Spooks & Creeps as Stroller ("Desserts")
2003
- Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Big Fish as Ed Bloom (young)
- Young Adam as Joe Taylor
- Faster as Narrator (voice)
- Down with Love as Catcher Block
2002
- Top Gear as Self
- American Idol as Self
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- Solid Geometry as Phil
- From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
2001
- Black Hawk Down as SPC John Grimes
- R2-D2: Beneath the Dome as Self
- Moulin Rouge! as Christian
- The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' as Self
- The Beginning: Making Episode I as Self
- Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor as Self
2000
- Anno Domini as The Stranger
- Nora as James Joyce
- Desserts as Stroller
- Welcome to Hollywood as Ewan McGregor
- Killing Priscilla as Self
- Happy M’Gee as Happy
1999
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Rogue Trader as Nick Leeson
- Tube Tales ... (Director)
- Eye of the Beholder as Stephen Wilson
- The Early Show as Self
- Teen Choice Awards as Self
1998
- Little Voice as Billy
- Parkinson as Self
- Velvet Goldmine as Curt Wild
1997
- The View as Self
- A Life Less Ordinary as Robert Lewis
- Nightwatch as Martin Bells
- The Serpent's Kiss as Meneer Chrome
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Trainspotting as Renton
- Brassed Off as Andy Barrow
- TFI Friday as Self
- Emma as Frank Churchill
- Karaoke as Young Man
1995
- Soccer AM as Self
- Blue Juice as Dean Raymond
- Kavanagh Q.C. as David Robert Armstrong
- The Pillow Book as Jerome
1994
- ER as Duncan Stewart
- Being Human as Alvarez
- Doggin' Around as Tom Clayton
- Shallow Grave as Alex Law
- Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras as Self
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Family Style as Jimmie
- Lipstick on Your Collar as Private Hopper
- Scarlet and Black as Julien Sorel
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Ford
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- This Morning as Self
1984
- Goldene Kamera as Self
1982
- Nature as Host
1978
- An Audience with... as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee