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Ewan McGregor
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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), fa…
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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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Ewan McGregor's Filmography
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The End of Oak Street
as Greg Platt
Untold UK: Vinnie Jones
as Self - (archive footage)
The Land of Sometimes
as The Wish Collector (voice)
The Dark Fantastic
as Self
Mother, Couch
as David
Bleeding Love
as Father
Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting”
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
as Self
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
as Cricket (voice)
Raymond & Ray
as Raymond
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer
Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story
as Narrator (voice)
The Birthday Cake
as Father Kelly
No Poster
WAMEGO: Addendum
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
as Roman Sionis
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
as Self
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
Doctor Sleep
as Danny Torrance
Wild Ways of the Vikings
as Narrator (voice)
Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier
as Narrator
A Movie Is Made For Pooh
as Self
Christopher Robin
as Christopher Robin
Zoe
as Cole
RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor
as Self
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
Beauty and the Beast
as Lumière
Red Point
as Brown
T2 Trainspotting
as Renton
Now You See It
as Voiceover (voice)
Salt Bike: A Year with the Baron
as Narrator
The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car
as Self
American Pastoral
as Swede Levov
Last Days in the Desert
as Jesus
Our Kind of Traitor
as Perry Makepeace
Miles Ahead
as Dave Braden
Jane Got a Gun
as John Bishop
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)
Humpback Whales
as Narrator (voice)
Mortdecai
as Inspector Alistair Martland
Son of a Gun
as Brendan Lynch
A Million Ways to Die in the West
as Cowboy at Fair
Ice Bear
August: Osage County
as Bill Fordham
Muse of Fire
as Self
Jack the Giant Slayer
as Elmont
The Impossible
as Henry Bennett
No Poster
Gina Carano in Training
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
as Dr. Alfred Jones
Bomber Boys
as Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Charge
as Narrator (voice)
Haywire
as Kenneth
No Poster
Teenage Wildlife
as Narrator (voice)
Perfect Sense
as Michael
Fastest
as Narrator (voice)
Beginners
as Oliver Fields
A Short Film About Making Beginners
Jackboots on Whitehall
as Chris (voice)
The Battle of Britain
as Self
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
as Mr. Green
The Ghost Writer
as The Ghost
I Love You Phillip Morris
as Phillip Morris
Amelia
as Gene Vidal
The Men Who Stare at Goats
as Bob Wilton
Angels & Demons
as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
Memories of "Trainspotting"
as Self
Deception
as Jonathan McQuarry
Incendiary
as Jasper Black
The New Ten Commandments
as Self (archive footage)
Cassandra's Dream
as Ian Blaine
Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene
as Narrator (voice)
Miss Potter
as Norman Warne
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
as Billy
50 Films to See Before You Die
as Self
Stormbreaker
as Ian Rider
The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid
as Narrator (voice)
Live 8
as Self
Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III
as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
Stay
as Sam Foster
The Island
as Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Valiant
as Valiant (voice)
Troy's Story
as Narrator (voice)
Robots
as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
Faster & Faster
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Spooks & Creeps
as Stroller ("Desserts")
The Story of Star Wars
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Big Fish
as Ed Bloom (young)
Young Adam
as Joe Taylor
Faster
as Narrator (voice)
Down with Love
as Catcher Block
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
Solid Geometry
as Phil
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Black Hawk Down
as Grimes
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
as Self
Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor
as Self
The Polar Bears of Churchill with Ewan McGregor
as Self
Moulin Rouge!
as Christian
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
as Self
Welcome to Hollywood
as Ewan McGregor
Desserts
as Stroller
No Poster
Killing Priscilla
as Self
Nora
as James Joyce
No Poster
Happy M’Gee
as Happy
Anno Domini
as The Stranger
Eye of the Beholder
as Stephen Wilson
Rogue Trader
as Nick Leeson
The Unauthorized Star Wars Story
as Self
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Little Voice
as Billy
Velvet Goldmine
as Curt Wild
A Life Less Ordinary
as Robert Lewis
The Serpent's Kiss
as Meneer Chrome
Nightwatch
as Martin Bells
Brassed Off
as Andy Barrow
Emma
as Frank Churchill
Trainspotting
as Renton
Blue Juice
as Dean Raymond
The Pillow Book
as Jerome
Shallow Grave
as Alex Law
Doggin' Around
as Tom Clayton
Being Human
as Alvarez
Family Style
as Jimmie
No Poster
The Cow
as Charlie Granger