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