Ewan McGregor
Born March 31, 1971 · Perth, Scotland, UK
Ewan McGregor is a Scottish actor born on March 31, 1971. He gained international recognition for starring in Trainspotting (1996) and the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999-2005). His career has spanned various genres, including musicals like Moulin Rouge! (2001), action films, and television series such as Fargo (2017).
2
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8.1
Avg. rating
Trainspotting
Best-reviewed
1996–2026
Years active
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 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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Selected Filmography
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon(2014)TV Series · 4 epsas Self
- The Daily Show(1996)TV Series · 1 epas Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers(2014)TV Series · 4 epsas Self - Guest
- Real Time with Bill Maher(2003)TV Series · 1 epas Self
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson(2005)TV Series · 1 epas Self
- Conan(2010)TV Series · 2 epsas Self
- The Graham Norton Show(2007)TV Series · 8 epsas Self
- Fargo(2014)TV Series · 10 epsas Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy
- The Late Late Show with James Corden(2015)TV Series · 1 epas Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!(2003)TV Series · 5 epsas Self - Guest
- ER(1994)TV Series · 1 epas Duncan Stewart
- The View(1997)TV Series · 2 epsas Self
- Top Gear(2002)TV Series · 1 epas Self
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark(1988)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
- Nature(1982)TV Series · 1 epas Narrator (voice)
- Golden Globe Awards(1944)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Nominee
- American Idol(2002)TV Series · 1 epas Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien(1993)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
- Parkinson(1998)TV Series · 3 epsas Self
- Omnibus(1967)TV Series · 1 ep