Biography
Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor who has starred in numerous film and musical roles. His first professional role was in 1993, as a leading role in the British Channel 4 series Lipstick on Your Collar. He then achieved international fame with his portrayals of heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama films Trainspotting (1996) and T2 Trainspotting (2017), Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005) and the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022), poet Christian in the musical film Moulin Rouge! (2001), SPC John Grimes in Black Hawk Down (2001), young Edward Bloom in Big Fish (2003), Rodney Copperbottom in Robots (2005), Camerlengo Father Patrick McKenna in Angels and Demons (2009), "the ghost" in Roman Polanski's political thriller The Ghost Writer (2010), Dr. Alfred Jones in the romantic comedy-drama Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011), Lumière in the live-action adaptation of the musical romantic fantasy Beauty and the Beast (2017), the adult version of the titular character in the fantasy comedy-drama Christopher Robin (2018), the adult version of Dan Torrance in the horror film Doctor Sleep (2019), and Black Mask in the DC Extended Universe superhero film Birds of Prey (2020). In 2021, he portrayed fashion designer Halston in a Netflix miniseries Halston.
In 2018, McGregor won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for his dual role as brothers Ray & Emmit Stussy in the third season of FX anthology series Fargo, and received Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy for both Moulin Rouge! and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. McGregor has also starred in theatre productions of Guys and Dolls (2005–2007) and Othello (2007–2008). He was ranked number 36 on Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list in 1997. In a 2004 poll for the BBC, McGregor was named the fourth most influential person in British culture.
Filmography
all 188
Movies 125
self 64
TV Shows 63
Narrator 13
Producer 5
Voice 4
Director 1
Flowervale Street (2025)
Mother, Couch! (2024)
A Gentleman in Moscow (2024)
Bleeding Love (2024)
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open (2023)
Choose Irvine Welsh. (2023)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
Raymond & Ray (2022)
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022)
The Last Movie Stars (2022)
Speed is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story (2022)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury (2021)
The Birthday Cake (2021)
Halston (2021)
WAMEGO: Addendum (2020)
Stormborn (2020)
Long Way Up (2020)
Staged (2020)
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Doctor Sleep (2019)
A Little Late with Lilly Singh (2019)
Wild Ways of the Vikings (2019)
Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier (2019)
A Movie Is Made For Pooh (2018)
Christopher Robin (2018)
Zoe (2018)
RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor (2018)
And the Winner Isn't (2017)
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Red Point (2017)
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
Now You See It (2017)
The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car (2016)
American Pastoral (2016)
Gimme Danger (2016)
Last Days in the Desert (2016)
Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart (2016)
Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
Miles Ahead (2016)
Jane Got a Gun (2015)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Humpback Whales (2015)
Mortdecai (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
Son of a Gun (2014)
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
Fargo (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Doll & Em (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014)
Ice Bear (2014)
August: Osage County (2013)
Muse of Fire (2013)
Hebrides: Islands on the Edge (2013)
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
The Impossible (2012)
Gina Carano in Training (2012)
Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission (2012)
Buenas noches y Buenafuente (2012)
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012)
Honest Trailers (2012)
Bomber Boys (2012)
Bomber Boys (2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
Charge (2011)
Haywire (2011)
Teenage Wildlife (2011)
Perfect Sense (2011)
Fastest (2011)
The Jonathan Ross Show (2011)
Beginners (2011)
Ewan McGregor and Mike Mills in San Francisco (2011)
Conan (2010)
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
The Battle of Britain (2010)
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times (2010)
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)
The Ghost Writer (2010)
I Love You Phillip Morris (2010)
Amelia (2009)
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
The Jay Leno Show (2009)
Angels & Demons (2009)
Fractals: Hunting the Hidden Dimension (2008)
Deception (2008)
Incendiary (2008)
The New Ten Commandments (2008)
Long Way Down (2007)
Long Way Down (Special Edition) (2007)
British Film Forever (2007)
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Miss Potter (2006)
Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006)
Race to Dakar (2006)
50 Films to See Before You Die (2006)
Stormbreaker (2006)
The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid (2006)
Soccer Aid (2006)
Live 8 (2005)
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III (2005)
Stay (2005)
The Island (2005)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Science of Star Wars (2005)
Valiant (2005)
Troy's Story (2005)
Robots (2005)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
Faster & Faster (2004)
The Culture Show (2004)
Spooks & Creeps (2004)
Long Way Round (Special Edition) (2004)
Long Way Round (2004)
The Story of Star Wars (2004)
Big Fish (2003)
Young Adam (2003)
Faster (2003)
Down with Love (2003)
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Solid Geometry (2002)
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' (2002)
Top Gear (2002)
American Idol (2002)
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001)
The Beginning: Making 'Episode I' (2001)
Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor (2001)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' (2001)
Desserts (2000)
Killing Priscilla (2000)
Nora (2000)
Anno Domini (2000)
Tube Tales (1999)
The Early Show (1999)
Eye of the Beholder (1999)
Teen Choice Awards (1999)
Rogue Trader (1999)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Little Voice (1998)
Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
The View (1997)
The Serpent's Kiss (1997)
Nightwatch (1997)
Brassed Off (1996)
Emma (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
Karaoke (1996)
Trainspotting (1996)
TFI Friday (1996)
Blue Juice (1995)
The Pillow Book (1995)
Soccer AM (1995)
Kavanagh Q.C. (1995)
Shallow Grave (1994)
Doggin' Around (1994)
ER (1994)
Being Human (1994)
Scarlet and Black (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Lipstick on Your Collar (1993)
Family Style (1993)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
This Morning (1988)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Nature (1982)
An Audience with... (1978)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1966)
Am I Irvine Welsh?
The Land of Sometimes
Everest
The Cow
Magacine
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1971-03-31 (53 years old)
Birth NameEwan Gordon McGregor
Birth PlacePerth, United Kingdom
RelationshipsEve Mavrakis (1995-01-01 - 2020-01-01)
SpouseMary Elizabeth Winstead
ChildrenJamyan McGregor, Clara McGregor
CitizenshipsUnited States of America, Scotland
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States of America
Also Known Asإيوان مكريغور, 이완 맥그리거, ユアン・マクレガー, Юэн МакГрегор, ยวน แม็คเกรเกอร์, 伊万·迈克格雷戈, 伊万·麦克格雷格, Γιούαν Γκόρντον ΜακΓκρέγκορ, Γιούαν ΜακΓκρέγκορ, יואן מקגרגור
AwardsEuropean Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award, European Film Award for Best Actor, Donostia Award, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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