Ewan McGregor

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

3/31/1971

Place of Birth

Perth, Scotland, UK

Also Known As

Γιούαν Γκόρντον ΜακΓκρέγκορЮен Мак-ГрегорЮен Макґреґор

Ewan McGregor

Biography

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 progre...

Known For

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

as Lumière

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)

Black Hawk Down

Black Hawk Down

as SPC John Grimes

A Million Ways to Die in the West

A Million Ways to Die in the West

as Cowboy at Fair

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

as Roman Sionis

Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons

as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna

Robots

Robots

as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

Jack the Giant Slayer

Jack the Giant Slayer

as Elmont

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

as Cricket (voice)

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

as Rory Green

From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'

From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'

as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi

Big Fish

Big Fish

as Ed Bloom (young)

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

The Island

The Island

as Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln

Valiant

Valiant

as Valiant (voice)

The Impossible

The Impossible

as Henry Bennett

Doctor Sleep

Doctor Sleep

as Danny Torrance

Career Timeline

2026

Flowervale Street

Role unknown

2025

The Dark Fantastic

as Self

Long Way Home

as Self

2024

Mother, Couch

as David

A Gentleman in Moscow

as Count Alexander Rostov

Bleeding Love

as Father

2022

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

The Last Movie Stars

as Self

Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story

as Narrator (voice)

Obi-Wan Kenobi

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

2021

Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury

as Narrator (voice)

The Birthday Cake

as Father Kelly

Halston

as Halston

2020

WAMEGO: Addendum

Role unknown

Stormborn

Role unknown

Long Way Up

as Self

Staged

as Ewan

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

as Roman Sionis

Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook

as Self

2019

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)

Doctor Sleep

as Danny Torrance

A Little Late with Lilly Singh

as Self

Wild Ways of the Vikings

as Narrator (voice)

Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier

as Narrator

2018

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

2017

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)

2016

The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car

as Self

American Pastoral

as Swede Levov

Last Days in the Desert

as Jesus

Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Our Kind of Traitor

as Perry Makepeace

Miles Ahead

as Dave Braden

2015

Jane Got a Gun

as John Bishop

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden

as Self

Humpback Whales

as Narrator (voice)

Mortdecai

as Inspector Alistair Martland

2014

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Son of a Gun

as Brendan Lynch

A Million Ways to Die in the West

as Cowboy at Fair

Fargo

as Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Doll & Em

as Sleazy Ewan McGregor

Doll & Em

as Ewan

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Off Camera with Sam Jones

as Self

Ice Bear

Role unknown

2013

August: Osage County

as Bill Fordham

Muse of Fire

as Self

Hebrides: Islands on the Edge

as Narrator (voice)

Jack the Giant Slayer

as Elmont

2012

The Impossible

as Henry Bennett

Gina Carano in Training

Role unknown

Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission

as Self

Buenas noches y Buenafuente

as Self - Interviewee

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

as Dr. Alfred Jones

Bomber Boys

as Self

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as (archive footage)

2011

Charge

as Narrator (voice)

Haywire

as Kenneth

Teenage Wildlife

as Narrator (voice)

Perfect Sense

as Michael

Fastest

as Narrator (voice)

The Jonathan Ross Show

as Self

Beginners

as Oliver Fields

2010

Conan

as Self

Jackboots on Whitehall

as Chris (voice)

The Battle of Britain

as Self

Justin Lee Collins: Good Times

as Self

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

as Rory Green

The Ghost Writer

as The Ghost

I Love You Phillip Morris

as Phillip Morris

2009

Amelia

as Gene Vidal

The Men Who Stare at Goats

as Bob Wilton

The Jay Leno Show

as Self

Angels & Demons

as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna

2008

Memories of "Trainspotting"

as Self

Deception

as Jonathan McQuarry

Incendiary

as Jasper Black

The New Ten Commandments

as Self (archive footage)

2007

Cassandra's Dream

as Ian Blaine

Long Way Down

as Self

Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene

as Narrator (voice)

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

2006

Miss Potter

as Norman Warne

Scenes of a Sexual Nature

as Billy

Race to Dakar

as Self

50 Films to See Before You Die

as Self

Stormbreaker

as Ian Rider

The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid

as Narrator (voice)

Soccer Aid

Role unknown

2005

Live 8

as Self

Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of 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)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

2004

Faster & Faster

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Culture Show

as Self

Spooks & Creeps

as Stroller ("Desserts")

Long Way Round

as Self

The Story of Star Wars

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

2003

Big Fish

as Ed Bloom (young)

Young Adam

as Joe Taylor

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Faster

as Narrator (voice)

Down with Love

as Catcher Block

Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

2002

From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'

as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi

Top Gear

as Self

Solid Geometry

as Phil

American Idol

as Self

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

as Self

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

2001

Black Hawk Down

as SPC John Grimes

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

as Self

The Beginning: Making Episode I

as Self

Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor

as Self

Moulin Rouge!

as Christian

The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'

as Self

2000

Welcome to Hollywood

as Ewan McGregor

Desserts

as Stroller

Killing Priscilla

as Self

Nora

as James Joyce

Happy M’Gee

as Happy

Anno Domini

as The Stranger

1999

The Early Show

as Self

Eye of the Beholder

as Stephen Wilson

Teen Choice Awards

as Self

Rogue Trader

as Nick Leeson

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

1998

Little Voice

as Billy

Velvet Goldmine

as Curt Wild

Parkinson

as Self

1997

A Life Less Ordinary

as Robert Lewis

The View

as Self

The Serpent's Kiss

as Meneer Chrome

Nightwatch

as Martin Bells

1996

Brassed Off

as Andy Barrow

Emma

as Frank Churchill

The Daily Show

as Self

Karaoke

as Young Man

Trainspotting

as Renton

TFI Friday

as Self

1995

Blue Juice

as Dean Raymond

The Pillow Book

as Jerome

Soccer AM

as Self

Kavanagh Q.C.

as David Robert Armstrong

1994

Shallow Grave

as Alex Law

Doggin' Around

as Tom Clayton

ER

as Duncan Stewart

Being Human

as Alvarez

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

as Self

1993

Scarlet and Black

as Julien Sorel

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Lipstick on Your Collar

as Private Hopper

Family Style

as Jimmie

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Role unknown

1989

Tales from the Crypt

as Ford

1988

This Morning

as Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

1984

Goldene Kamera

as Self

1982

Nature

as Host

Nature

as Narrator (voice)

1978

An Audience with...

as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee