1971-03-31 ( 54 years old ) in Perth, Scotland, UK
Ewan Gordon McGregor (/ˈjuːən/ YOO-ən; born 31 March 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.
Movies
Flowervale Street
2026-08-13
Mother, Couch
2024-07-05
Bleeding Love
2024-02-16
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
2023-09-10
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022-11-09
Raymond & Ray
2022-10-14
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022-09-07
Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story
2022-06-17
The Birthday Cake
2021-06-18
WAMEGO: Addendum
2020-12-15
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019-12-18
Doctor Sleep
2019-10-30
Wild Ways of the Vikings
2019-02-13
Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier
2019-01-23
A Movie Is Made For Pooh
2018-11-02
Christopher Robin
2018-08-01
Zoe
2018-07-19
RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor
2018-03-25
And the Winner Isn't
2017-12-08
Beauty and the Beast
2017-03-16
Red Point
2017-02-15
T2 Trainspotting
2017-01-27
Now You See It
2017-01-07
The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car
2016-12-13
American Pastoral
2016-10-20
Gimme Danger
2016-08-05
Last Days in the Desert
2016-05-13
Our Kind of Traitor
2016-05-05
Miles Ahead
2016-01-22
Jane Got a Gun
2015-12-31
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015-12-15
Humpback Whales
2015-02-13
Mortdecai
2015-01-21
Son of a Gun
2014-10-16
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014-05-22
Ice Bear
2014-01-01
August: Osage County
2013-12-26
Muse of Fire
2013-09-26
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013-02-27
The Impossible
2012-09-09
Gina Carano in Training
2012-05-01
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
2012-03-09
Bomber Boys
2012-02-05
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012-02-04
Charge
2011-12-10
Haywire
2011-11-01
Teenage Wildlife
2011-10-17
Perfect Sense
2011-09-29
Fastest
2011-09-20
Beginners
2011-06-03
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010-10-08
The Battle of Britain
2010-09-19
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010-03-26
The Ghost Writer
2010-02-12
I Love You Phillip Morris
2010-02-04
Amelia
2009-10-22
The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009-10-17
Angels & Demons
2009-04-23
Deception
2008-04-24
Incendiary
2008-01-20
The New Ten Commandments
2008-01-02
Cassandra's Dream
2007-10-31
Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene
2007-03-15
Miss Potter
2006-12-03
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
2006-11-03
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006-07-22
Stormbreaker
2006-07-21
The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid
2006-07-18
Live 8
2005-11-07
Stay
2005-09-24
The Island
2005-07-21
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005-05-17
Valiant
2005-03-25
Troy's Story
2005-03-11
Robots
2005-03-10
Faster & Faster
2004-11-20
Spooks & Creeps
2004-10-26
The Story of Star Wars
2004-08-18
Big Fish
2003-12-25
Young Adam
2003-09-26
Faster
2003-05-15
Down with Love
2003-05-08
Solid Geometry
2002-11-28
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002-05-15
Black Hawk Down
2001-12-28
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001-11-25
The Beginning: Making Episode I
2001-10-16
Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor
2001-10-07
Moulin Rouge!
2001-05-18
Desserts
2000-06-03
Killing Priscilla
2000-06-02
Nora
2000-04-05
Happy M’Gee
2000-01-27
Anno Domini
2000-01-01
Eye of the Beholder
1999-09-04
Rogue Trader
1999-06-25
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999-05-19
Little Voice
1998-11-05
Welcome to Hollywood
1998-10-01
Velvet Goldmine
1998-08-28
A Life Less Ordinary
1997-10-24
The Serpent's Kiss
1997-05-14
Nightwatch
1997-01-31
Brassed Off
1996-11-01
Emma
1996-08-02
Trainspotting
1996-02-23
Blue Juice
1995-09-15
The Pillow Book
1995-09-01
Shallow Grave
1994-12-22
Doggin' Around
1994-10-16
Being Human
1994-05-06
Family Style
1993-01-01
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