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
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
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Beauty and the Beast
2017
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
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Trainspotting
1996
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Big Fish
2003
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Angels & Demons
2009
Acting
2026
The End of Oak Street
as Greg
2025
The Dark Fantastic
as Self
2025
Long Way Home
as Self
(10 episodes)
2024
Bleeding Love
as Father
2024
Mother, Couch
as David
2024
A Gentleman in Moscow
as Count Alexander Rostov
(8 episodes)
2022
Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story
as Narrator (voice)
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
as Self
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
as Cricket (voice)
2022
Raymond & Ray
as Raymond
2022
The Last Movie Stars
as Self
(1 episode)
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
(6 episodes)
2021
The Birthday Cake
as Father Kelly
2021
Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury
as Narrator (voice)
(6 episodes)
2021
Halston
as Halston
(5 episodes)
2020
WAMEGO: Addendum
2020
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
as Roman Sionis
2020
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
as Self
2020
Staged
as Ewan
(1 episode)
2020
Long Way Up
as Self
(11 episodes)
2020
Stormborn
2019
Doctor Sleep
as Danny Torrance
2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
2019
Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier
as Narrator
2019
Wild Ways of the Vikings
as Narrator (voice)
2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self
(1 episode)
2018
Zoe
as Cole
2018
Christopher Robin
as Christopher Robin
2018
RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor
as Self
2018
A Movie Is Made For Pooh
as Self
2017
T2 Trainspotting
as Renton
2017
Beauty and the Beast
as Lumière
2017
Now You See It
as Voiceover (voice)
2017
Red Point
as Brown
2017
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
2016
Our Kind of Traitor
as Perry Makepeace
2016
Last Days in the Desert
as Jesus
2016
Miles Ahead
as Dave Braden
2016
American Pastoral
as Swede Levov
2016
The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car
as Self
2016
Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(4 episodes)
2015
Jane Got a Gun
as John Bishop
2015
Mortdecai
as Inspector Alistair Martland
2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)
2015
Humpback Whales
as Narrator (voice)
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
(1 episode)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
(1 episode)
2014
Ice Bear
2014
Son of a Gun
as Brendan Lynch
2014
A Million Ways to Die in the West
as Cowboy at Fair
2014
Doll & Em
as Sleazy Ewan McGregor
(1 episode)
2014
Doll & Em
as Ewan
(1 episode)
2014
Fargo
as Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy
(10 episodes)
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
(2 episodes)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
(4 episodes)
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
(1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
(4 episodes)
2013
Jack the Giant Slayer
as Elmont
2013
August: Osage County
as Bill Fordham
2013
Muse of Fire
as Self
2013
Hebrides: Islands on the Edge
as Narrator (voice)
(4 episodes)
2012
The Impossible
as Henry Bennett
2012
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
as Dr. Alfred Jones
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012
Bomber Boys
as Self
2012
Gina Carano in Training
2012
Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission
as Self
(2 episodes)
2012
Buenas noches y Buenafuente
as Self - Interviewee
(1 episode)
2011
Haywire
as Kenneth
2011
Perfect Sense
as Michael
2011
Beginners
as Oliver Fields
2011
Charge
as Narrator (voice)
2011
Teenage Wildlife
as Narrator (voice)
2011
Fastest
as Narrator (voice)
2011
A Short Film About Making Beginners
2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self
(1 episode)
2010
The Ghost Writer
as The Ghost
2010
I Love You Phillip Morris
as Phillip Morris
2010
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
as Rory Green
2010
The Battle of Britain
as Self
2010
Jackboots on Whitehall
as Chris (voice)
2010
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
as Self
(1 episode)
2010
Conan
as Self
(2 episodes)
2009
The Men Who Stare at Goats
as Bob Wilton
2009
Amelia
as Gene Vidal
2009
Angels & Demons
as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
2009
The Jay Leno Show
as Self
(1 episode)
2008
Deception
as Jonathan McQuarry
2008
Incendiary
as Jasper Black
2008
The New Ten Commandments
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Memories of "Trainspotting"
as Self
2007
Cassandra's Dream
as Ian Blaine
2007
Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene
as Narrator (voice)
2007
Long Way Down
as Self
(6 episodes)
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
(8 episodes)
2006
Stormbreaker
as Ian Rider
2006
Miss Potter
as Norman Warne
2006
50 Films to See Before You Die
as Self
2006
The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid
as Narrator (voice)
2006
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
as Billy
2006
Soccer Aid
2006
Race to Dakar
as Self
(7 episodes)
2005
The Island
as Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
2005
Stay
as Sam Foster
2005
Robots
as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
2005
Valiant
as Valiant (voice)
2005
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
2005
Troy's Story
as Narrator (voice)
2005
Live 8
as Self
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
(1 episode)
2004
Spooks & Creeps
as Stroller ("Desserts")
2004
Faster & Faster
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2004
The Story of Star Wars
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2004
Long Way Round
as Self
(7 episodes)
2004
The Culture Show
as Self
(1 episode)
2003
Young Adam
as Joe Taylor
2003
Big Fish
as Ed Bloom (young)
2003
Down with Love
as Catcher Block
2003
Faster
as Narrator (voice)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
(4 episodes)
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
(1 episode)
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
(1 episode)
2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
2002
Solid Geometry
as Phil
2002
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
2002
Top Gear
as Self
(1 episode)
2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
as Self
(1 episode)
2002
American Idol
as Self
(1 episode)
2001
Black Hawk Down
as SPC John Grimes
2001
Moulin Rouge!
as Christian
2001
Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor
as Self
2001
The Beginning: Making Episode I
as Self
2001
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
as Self
2001
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self
2000
Nora
as James Joyce
2000
Desserts
as Stroller
2000
Killing Priscilla
as Self
2000
Welcome to Hollywood
as Ewan McGregor
2000
Anno Domini
as The Stranger
2000
Happy M’Gee
as Happy
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
1999
Rogue Trader
as Nick Leeson
1999
The Early Show
as Self
(1 episode)
1999
Teen Choice Awards
as Self
(1 episode)
1998
Velvet Goldmine
as Curt Wild
1998
Little Voice
as Billy
1998
Parkinson
as Self
(3 episodes)
1997
Nightwatch
as Martin Bells
1997
A Life Less Ordinary
as Robert Lewis
1997
The Serpent's Kiss
as Meneer Chrome
1997
The View
as Self
(2 episodes)
1997
Elle Style Awards
as Self - Winner
(2 episodes)
1996
Trainspotting
as Renton
1996
Emma
as Frank Churchill
1996
Brassed Off
as Andy Barrow
1996
TFI Friday
as Self
(1 episode)
1996
The Daily Show
as Self
(1 episode)
1996
Karaoke
as Young Man
(1 episode)
1995
The Pillow Book
as Jerome
1995
Blue Juice
as Dean Raymond
1995
Soccer AM
as Self
(1 episode)
1995
Kavanagh Q.C.
as David Robert Armstrong
(1 episode)
1994
Shallow Grave
as Alex Law
1994
Being Human
as Alvarez
1994
Doggin' Around
as Tom Clayton
1994
ER
as Duncan Stewart
(1 episode)
1994
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
as Self
(2 episodes)
1993
Family Style
as Jimmie
1993
Lipstick on Your Collar
as Private Mick Hopper
(6 episodes)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
(1 episode)
1993
Scarlet and Black
as Julien Sorel
(3 episodes)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1989
Tales from the Crypt
as Ford
(1 episode)
1988
This Morning
as Self
(1 episode)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
(1 episode)
1984
Goldene Kamera
as Self
(1 episode)
1982
Nature
as Host
(1 episode)
1982
Nature
as Narrator (voice)
(1 episode)
1978
An Audience with...
as Self
(1 episode)
1953
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
(1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
(1 episode)
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The Cow
as Charlie Granger
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The Spot
Directing
2016
American Pastoral
Director
1999
Tube Tales
Director
Production
2025
Long Way Home
Executive Producer
2024
Bleeding Love
Executive Producer
2024
Mother, Couch
Executive Producer
2024
A Gentleman in Moscow
Executive Producer
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Executive Producer
2021
Halston
Executive Producer
2020
Long Way Up
Executive Producer
2007
Long Way Down
Producer
2007
Long Way Down
Executive Producer
2004
Long Way Round
Executive Producer
2000
Nora
Producer
Creator
2025
Long Way Home
Creator
2020
Long Way Up
Creator
2007
Long Way Down
Creator
2004
Long Way Round
Creator