Ewan McGregor
Acting Born Mar 31, 1971 Perth, Scotland, UK 213 credits
Biography
Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor born on March 31, 1971, in Perth, Scotland. Throughout his professional career, he has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2013, his contributions to drama and charity were formally recognized when he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. With a career spanning decades, he has established himself as a prominent figure in the entertainment industry, maintaining a significant body of work that includes 195 known credits. His professional journey reflects a consistent presence in both film and television, marked by international acclaim and formal honors for his dedication to his craft and philanthropic efforts.
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Career overview
McGregor began his professional acting career while studying drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His early work included a leading role in the 1993 British television series Lipstick on Your Collar. He subsequently achieved international recognition for his portrayal of the character Mark Renton in the 1996 film Trainspotting. Following this success, he secured a major role in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, appearing as Obi-Wan Kenobi between 1999 and 2005. These performances solidified his status as a versatile actor capable of leading high-profile international productions.
His career continued to progress through the early 2000s with a variety of starring roles across different genres. He appeared in the 2001 musical Moulin Rouge! and the 2001 action film Black Hawk Down. These projects demonstrated his range as a performer, allowing him to transition between dramatic, musical, and action-oriented roles. With 195 known credits to his name, McGregor remains an active and established presence in the film and television industry, building upon the foundation established during his early years of training and initial television appearances.
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Hayden Christensen
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Stanley Tucci
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Natalie Portman
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Oliver Ford Davies
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Ahmed Best
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Anthony Daniels
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Frank Oz
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Silas Carson
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Career timeline
The End of Oak StreetStar Wars: Maul - Shadow LordThe Land of Sometimes
Long Way HomeLong Way Home · Executive ProducerLong Way Home · CreatorThe Dark Fantastic
A Gentleman in MoscowA Gentleman in Moscow · Executive ProducerMother, CouchMother, Couch · Executive ProducerBleeding Love
Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting
Obi-Wan KenobiObi-Wan Kenobi · Executive ProducerObi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's ReturnGuillermo del Toro's PinocchioThe Last Movie Stars
HalstonHalston · Executive ProducerThe Birthday CakeJerusalem: City of Faith and Fury
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)StagedLong Way UpLong Way Up · Executive ProducerLong Way Up · Creator
A Little Late with Lilly SinghStar Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerDoctor SleepWild Shetland: Scotland's Viking FrontierWild Ways of the Vikings
Christopher RobinZoeA Movie Is Made For PoohRAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor
Beauty and the BeastT2 TrainspottingAnd the Winner Isn'tRed PointNow You See It
American PastoralAmerican Pastoral · DirectorOur Kind of TraitorLast Days in the DesertMiles Ahead
The Late Late Show with James CordenClose Up with The Hollywood ReporterStar Wars: The Force AwakensMortdecaiJane Got a Gun
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonLate Night with Seth MeyersFargoVariety Studio: Actors on ActorsOff Camera with Sam Jones
Jack the Giant SlayerAugust: Osage CountyMuse of FireHebrides: Islands on the Edge
The ImpossibleSalmon Fishing in the YemenFinal Cut: Ladies and GentlemenBuenas noches y BuenafuenteGina Carano in Training
The Jonathan Ross ShowHaywirePerfect SenseBeginnersTeenage Wildlife
ConanNanny McPhee and the Big BangThe Ghost WriterI Love You Phillip MorrisJustin Lee Collins: Good Times
The Jay Leno ShowAngels & DemonsThe Men Who Stare at GoatsAmelia
DeceptionIncendiaryMemories of "Trainspotting"The New Ten Commandments
The Graham Norton ShowLong Way DownLong Way Down · ProducerLong Way Down · Executive ProducerLong Way Down · Creator
Miss PotterSoccer AidStormbreakerScenes of a Sexual NatureRace to Dakar
The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithRobotsThe IslandStay
The Culture ShowLong Way RoundLong Way Round · Executive ProducerLong Way Round · CreatorThe Story of Star Wars
Real Time with Bill MaherJimmy Kimmel Live!The Ellen DeGeneres ShowBig FishYoung Adam
Top GearAmerican IdolAnt & Dec's Saturday Night TakeawayStar Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesFrom Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
Black Hawk DownMoulin Rouge!R2-D2: Beneath the DomeThe Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode IThe Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
Welcome to HollywoodKilling PriscillaNoraNora · ProducerHappy M’Gee
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceThe Early ShowEye of the BeholderRogue TraderTube Tales · Director
ParkinsonVelvet GoldmineLittle Voice
The ViewNightwatchElle Style AwardsA Life Less OrdinaryThe Serpent's Kiss
Full filmography
- The End of Oak Street (2026) as Greg Platt
- Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord (2026) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
- The Land of Sometimes (2026) as The Wish Collector (voice)
- Long Way Home (2025) as Self
- Long Way Home (2025) Executive Producer
- Long Way Home (2025) Creator
- The Dark Fantastic (2025) as Self
- A Gentleman in Moscow (2024) as Count Alexander Rostov
- A Gentleman in Moscow (2024) Executive Producer
- Mother, Couch (2024) as David
- Mother, Couch (2024) Executive Producer
- Bleeding Love (2024) as Father
- Bleeding Love (2024) Executive Producer
- Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting (2023)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) Executive Producer
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022) as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) as Cricket (voice)
- The Last Movie Stars (2022) as Self
- Raymond & Ray (2022) as Raymond
- A Cooler Climate (2022) Thanks
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022) as Self
- Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story (2022) as Narrator (voice)
- Halston (2021) as Halston
- Halston (2021) Executive Producer
- The Birthday Cake (2021) as Father Kelly
- Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury (2021) as Narrator (voice)
- Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) as Roman Sionis
- Staged (2020) as Ewan
- Long Way Up (2020) as Self
- Long Way Up (2020) Executive Producer
- Long Way Up (2020) Creator
- Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook (2020) as Self
- Stormborn (2020)
- WAMEGO: Addendum (2020)
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh (2019) as Self
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
- Doctor Sleep (2019) as Danny Torrance
- Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier (2019) as Narrator
- Wild Ways of the Vikings (2019) as Narrator (voice)
- Christopher Robin (2018) as Christopher Robin
- Zoe (2018) as Cole
- A Movie Is Made For Pooh (2018) as Self
- RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor (2018) as Self
- Beauty and the Beast (2017) as Lumière
- T2 Trainspotting (2017) as Renton
- And the Winner Isn't (2017) as Self
- Red Point (2017) as Brown
- Now You See It (2017) as Voiceover (voice)
- Salt Bike: A Year with the Baron (2017) as Narrator
- American Pastoral (2016) as Swede Levov
- American Pastoral (2016) Director
- Our Kind of Traitor (2016) as Perry Makepeace
- Last Days in the Desert (2016) as Jesus
- Miles Ahead (2016) as Dave Braden
- Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart (2016) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car (2016) as Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) as Self
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)
- Mortdecai (2015) as Inspector Alistair Martland
- Jane Got a Gun (2015) as John Bishop
- Humpback Whales (2015) as Narrator (voice)
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
- Fargo (2014) as Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014) as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014) as Self
- A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) as Cowboy at Fair
- Son of a Gun (2014) as Brendan Lynch
- Doll & Em (2014) as Sleazy Ewan McGregor
- Doll & Em (2014) as Ewan
- Ice Bear (2014)
- Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) as Elmont
- August: Osage County (2013) as Bill Fordham
- Muse of Fire (2013) as Self
- Hebrides: Islands on the Edge (2013) as Narrator (voice)
- The Impossible (2012) as Henry Bennett
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012) as Dr. Alfred Jones
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) as (archive footage)
- Buenas noches y Buenafuente (2012) as Self - Interviewee
- Gina Carano in Training (2012)
- Bomber Boys (2012) as Self
- Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission (2012) as Self
- The Jonathan Ross Show (2011) as Self
- Haywire (2011) as Kenneth
- Perfect Sense (2011) as Michael
- Beginners (2011) as Oliver Fields
- Teenage Wildlife (2011) as Narrator (voice)
- Fastest (2011) as Narrator (voice)
- A Short Film About Making Beginners (2011)
- Charge (2011) as Narrator (voice)
- Conan (2010) as Self
- Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010) as Rory Green
- The Ghost Writer (2010) as The Ghost
- I Love You Phillip Morris (2010) as Phillip Morris
- Justin Lee Collins: Good Times (2010) as Self
- Jackboots on Whitehall (2010) as Chris (voice)
- The Battle of Britain (2010) as Self
- The Jay Leno Show (2009) as Self
- Angels & Demons (2009) as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
- The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) as Bob Wilton
- Amelia (2009) as Gene Vidal
- Deception (2008) as Jonathan McQuarry
- Incendiary (2008) as Jasper Black
- Memories of "Trainspotting" (2008) as Self
- The New Ten Commandments (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Long Way Down (2007) as Self
- Long Way Down (2007) Producer
- Long Way Down (2007) Executive Producer
- Long Way Down (2007) Creator
- British Film Forever (2007)
- Cassandra's Dream (2007) as Ian Blaine
- Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene (2007) as Narrator (voice)
- Miss Potter (2006) as Norman Warne
- Soccer Aid (2006)
- Stormbreaker (2006) as Ian Rider
- Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006) as Billy
- Race to Dakar (2006) as Self
- 50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) as Self
- The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid (2006) as Narrator (voice)
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) as Self
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Robots (2005) as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
- The Island (2005) as Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln
- Stay (2005) as Sam Foster
- Valiant (2005) as Valiant (voice)
- Live 8 (2005) as Self
- Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III (2005) as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Troy's Story (2005) as Narrator (voice)
- The Culture Show (2004) as Self
- Long Way Round (2004) as Self
- Long Way Round (2004) Executive Producer
- Long Way Round (2004) Creator
- The Story of Star Wars (2004) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
- Spooks & Creeps (2004) as Stroller ("Desserts")
- Faster & Faster (2004) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) as Self
- Big Fish (2003) as Ed Bloom (young)
- Young Adam (2003) as Joe Taylor
- Down with Love (2003) as Catcher Block
- Faster (2003) as Narrator (voice)
- Top Gear (2002) as Self
- American Idol (2002) as Self
- Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002) as Self
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II (2002) as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Solid Geometry (2002) as Phil
- Black Hawk Down (2001) as SPC John Grimes
- Moulin Rouge! (2001) as Christian
- R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001) as Self
- The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I (2001) as Self
- The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' (2001) as Self
- The Polar Bears of Churchill with Ewan McGregor (2001) as Self
- Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor (2001) as Self
- Welcome to Hollywood (2000) as Ewan McGregor
- Killing Priscilla (2000) as Self
- Nora (2000) as James Joyce
- Nora (2000) Producer
- Happy M’Gee (2000) as Happy
- Anno Domini (2000) as The Stranger
- Desserts (2000) as Stroller
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- The Early Show (1999) as Self
- Eye of the Beholder (1999) as Stephen Wilson
- Rogue Trader (1999) as Nick Leeson
- Tube Tales (1999) Director
- The Unauthorized Star Wars Story (1999) as Self
- Teen Choice Awards (1999) as Self
- Parkinson (1998) as Self
- Velvet Goldmine (1998) as Curt Wild
- Little Voice (1998) as Billy
- The View (1997) as Self
- Nightwatch (1997) as Martin Bells
- Elle Style Awards (1997) as Self - Winner
- A Life Less Ordinary (1997) as Robert Lewis
- The Serpent's Kiss (1997) as Meneer Chrome
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- Trainspotting (1996) as Renton
- TFI Friday (1996) as Self
- Emma (1996) as Frank Churchill
- Karaoke (1996) as Young Man
- Brassed Off (1996) as Andy Barrow
- Soccer AM (1995) as Self
- Kavanagh Q.C. (1995) as David Robert Armstrong
- Blue Juice (1995) as Dean Raymond
- The Pillow Book (1995) as Jerome
- ER (1994) as Duncan Stewart
- Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (1994) as Self
- Shallow Grave (1994) as Alex Law
- Being Human (1994) as Alvarez
- Doggin' Around (1994) as Tom Clayton
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- Lipstick on Your Collar (1993) as Private Mick Hopper
- Scarlet and Black (1993) as Julien Sorel
- Family Style (1993) as Jimmie
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
- Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Ford
- Screen One (1989) as Tom Clayton
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
- This Morning (1988) as Self
- Goldene Kamera (1984) as Self
- Nature (1982) as Host
- Nature (1982) as Narrator (voice)
- An Audience with... (1978) as Self
- Omnibus (1967)
- The Oscars (1953) as Self - Presenter
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
- The Spot
- The Cow as Charlie Granger