Ewan McGregor
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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.
Overview
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.
Known For
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Golden Globe Awards
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Daily Show
The Graham Norton Show
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
ER
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Teen Choice Awards
Tales from the Crypt
The Early Show
The Late Late Show with James Corden
American Idol
Soccer AM
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Jonathan Ross Show
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Nature
The Jay Leno Show
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Parkinson
Staged
Top Gear
Doll & Em
The Last Movie Stars
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
A Million Ways to Die in the West
The Story of Star Wars
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Karaoke
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Gimme Danger
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Beauty and the Beast
Fargo
Haywire
Emma
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
August: Osage County
The Beginning: Making Episode I
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
Jane Got a Gun
Mortdecai
Jack the Giant Slayer
Stormbreaker
Black Hawk Down
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Impossible
Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor
Down with Love
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Angels & Demons
Bomber Boys
Doctor Sleep
Stormborn
T2 Trainspotting
Moulin Rouge!
Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart
Son of a Gun
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Long Way Round
A Gentleman in Moscow
American Pastoral
Long Way Up
The Ghost Writer
Wild Ways of the Vikings
Raymond & Ray
RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor
Hebrides: Islands on the Edge
Robots
Christopher Robin
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury
Big Fish
Beginners
Valiant
Velvet Goldmine
Halston
Trainspotting
Long Way Home
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut
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