Ewan McGregor
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 31, 1971 (age 55)
- Place of birth
- Perth, Scotland, UK
- Credits
- 197
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
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Beauty and the Beast
2017Movie
Lumière
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
Filmography
The End of Oak Street
2026Movie
Greg Platt
Untold UK: Vinnie Jones
2026Movie
Self - (archive footage)
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
2026TV
Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
The Land of Sometimes
2026Movie
The Wish Collector (voice)
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2025TV
Self (footage)
The Dark Fantastic
2025Movie
Self
Long Way Home
2025TV
Self
Mother, Couch
2024Movie
David
A Gentleman in Moscow
2024TV
Count Alexander Rostov
Bleeding Love
2024Movie
Father
Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting”
2023Movie
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
2022Movie
Self
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022Movie
Cricket (voice)
Raymond & Ray
2022Movie
Raymond
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022Movie
Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer
The Last Movie Stars
2022TV
Self
Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story
2022Movie
Narrator (voice)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022TV
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury
2021TV
Narrator (voice)
The Birthday Cake
2021Movie
Father Kelly
Halston
2021TV
Halston
WAMEGO: Addendum
2020Movie
Stormborn
2020TV
Long Way Up
2020TV
Self
Staged
2020TV
Ewan
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020Movie
Roman Sionis
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
2020Movie
Self
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
Doctor Sleep
2019Movie
Danny Torrance
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019TV
Self
Wild Ways of the Vikings
2019Movie
Narrator (voice)
Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier
2019Movie
Narrator
A Movie Is Made For Pooh
2018Movie
Self
Christopher Robin
2018Movie
Christopher Robin
Zoe
2018Movie
Cole
RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor
2018Movie
Self
And the Winner Isn't
2017Movie
Self
Beauty and the Beast
2017Movie
Lumière
Red Point
2017Movie
Brown
T2 Trainspotting
2017Movie
Renton
Now You See It
2017Movie
Voiceover (voice)
Salt Bike: A Year with the Baron
2017Movie
Narrator
The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car
2016Movie
Self
American Pastoral
2016Movie
Swede Levov
Last Days in the Desert
2016Movie
Jesus
Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart
2016TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Our Kind of Traitor
2016Movie
Perry Makepeace
Miles Ahead
2016Movie
Dave Braden
Jane Got a Gun
2015Movie
John Bishop
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015TV
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015TV
Self
Humpback Whales
2015Movie
Narrator (voice)
Mortdecai
2015Movie
Inspector Alistair Martland
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014TV
Self
Son of a Gun
2014Movie
Brendan Lynch
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014Movie
Cowboy at Fair
Fargo
2014TV
Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
Doll & Em
2014TV
Sleazy Ewan McGregor, Ewan
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014TV
Self
Ice Bear
2014Movie
August: Osage County
2013Movie
Bill Fordham
Muse of Fire
2013Movie
Self
Hebrides: Islands on the Edge
2013TV
Narrator (voice)
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013Movie
Elmont
The Impossible
2012Movie
Henry Bennett
Gina Carano in Training
2012Movie
Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission
2012TV
Self
Buenas noches y Buenafuente
2012TV
Self - Interviewee
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
2012Movie
Dr. Alfred Jones
Bomber Boys
2012Movie
Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012Movie
(archive footage)
Charge
2011Movie
Narrator (voice)
Haywire
2011Movie
Kenneth
Teenage Wildlife
2011Movie
Narrator (voice)
Perfect Sense
2011Movie
Michael
Fastest
2011Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011TV
Self
Beginners
2011Movie
Oliver Fields
A Short Film About Making Beginners
2011Movie
Conan
2010TV
Self
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010Movie
Chris (voice)
The Battle of Britain
2010Movie
Self
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
2010TV
Self
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010Movie
Mr. Green
The Ghost Writer
2010Movie
The Ghost
I Love You Phillip Morris
2010Movie
Phillip Morris
Amelia
2009Movie
Gene Vidal
The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009Movie
Bob Wilton
The Jay Leno Show
2009TV
Self
Angels & Demons
2009Movie
Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
Memories of "Trainspotting"
2008Movie
Self
Deception
2008Movie
Jonathan McQuarry
Incendiary
2008Movie
Jasper Black
The New Ten Commandments
2008Movie
Self (archive footage)
Cassandra's Dream
2007Movie
Ian Blaine
Long Way Down
2007TV
Self
British Film Forever
2007TV
Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene
2007Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
Miss Potter
2006Movie
Norman Warne
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
2006Movie
Billy
Race to Dakar
2006TV
Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006Movie
Self
Stormbreaker
2006Movie
Ian Rider
The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid
2006Movie
Narrator (voice)
Soccer Aid
2006TV
Live 8
2005Movie
Self
Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III
2005Movie
Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
Stay
2005Movie
Sam Foster
The Island
2005Movie
Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Valiant
2005Movie
Valiant (voice)
Troy's Story
2005Movie
Narrator (voice)
Robots
2005Movie
Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005TV
Self
Faster & Faster
2004Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Culture Show
2004TV
Self
Spooks & Creeps
2004Movie
Stroller ("Desserts")
Long Way Round
2004TV
Self
Parkinson
2004TV
Self - Guest
The Story of Star Wars
2004Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Big Fish
2003Movie
Ed Bloom (young)
Young Adam
2003Movie
Joe Taylor
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
Faster
2003Movie
Narrator (voice)
Down with Love
2003Movie
Catcher Block
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003TV
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - Guest
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
2002Movie
Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
Top Gear
2002TV
Self
Solid Geometry
2002Movie
Phil
American Idol
2002TV
Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002TV
Self
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Black Hawk Down
2001Movie
Grimes
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001Movie
Self
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
2001Movie
Self
Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor
2001Movie
Self
The Polar Bears of Churchill with Ewan McGregor
2001Movie
Self
Moulin Rouge!
2001Movie
Christian
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
2001Movie
Self
Welcome to Hollywood
2000Movie
Ewan McGregor
Desserts
2000Movie
Stroller
Killing Priscilla
2000Movie
Self
Nora
2000Movie
James Joyce
Happy M’Gee
2000Movie
Happy
Anno Domini
2000Movie
The Stranger
Eye of the Beholder
1999Movie
Stephen Wilson
The Early Show
1999TV
Self
Teen Choice Awards
1999TV
Self
Rogue Trader
1999Movie
Nick Leeson
The Unauthorized Star Wars Story
1999Movie
Self
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Little Voice
1998Movie
Billy
Velvet Goldmine
1998Movie
Curt Wild
Parkinson
1998TV
Self
A Life Less Ordinary
1997Movie
Robert Lewis
Elle Style Awards
1997TV
Self - Winner
The View
1997TV
Self
The Serpent's Kiss
1997Movie
Meneer Chrome
Nightwatch
1997Movie
Martin Bells
Brassed Off
1996Movie
Andy Barrow
Emma
1996Movie
Frank Churchill
The Daily Show
1996TV
Self
Karaoke
1996TV
Young Man
Trainspotting
1996Movie
Renton
TFI Friday
1996TV
Self
Blue Juice
1995Movie
Dean Raymond
The Pillow Book
1995Movie
Jerome
Soccer AM
1995TV
Self
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995TV
David Robert Armstrong
Shallow Grave
1994Movie
Alex Law
Doggin' Around
1994Movie
Tom Clayton
ER
1994TV
Duncan Stewart
Being Human
1994Movie
Alvarez
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1994TV
Self
Scarlet and Black
1993TV
Julien Sorel
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
Lipstick on Your Collar
1993TV
Private Mick Hopper
Family Style
1993Movie
Jimmie
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Screen One
1989TV
Tom Clayton
Tales from the Crypt
1989TV
Ford
This Morning
1988TV
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Self - Guest
Goldene Kamera
1984TV
Self
Nature
1982TV
Host, Narrator (voice)
The South Bank Show
1978TV
An Audience with...
1978TV
Self
Omnibus
1967TV
The Oscars
1953TV
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Nominee
The Spot
TV
The Cow
Movie
Charlie Granger