Acting · Perth, Scotland, UK · Born March 31, 1971
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.
MovieThe End of Oak Street
2026
as Greg Platt
TVStar Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
2026
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
MovieThe Land of Sometimes
2026
as The Wish Collector (voice)
MovieThe Dark Fantastic
2025
as Self
TVLong Way Home
2025
as Self
MovieMother, Couch
2024
as David
TVA Gentleman in Moscow
2024
as Count Alexander Rostov
MovieBleeding Love
2024
as Father
MovieOff the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting
2023
MovieGuillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
2022
as Self
MovieGuillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022
as Cricket (voice)
MovieRaymond & Ray
2022
as Raymond
MovieObi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer
TVThe Last Movie Stars
2022
as Self
MovieSpeed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story
2022
as Narrator (voice)
TVObi-Wan Kenobi
2022
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
TVJerusalem: City of Faith and Fury
2021
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Birthday Cake
2021
as Father Kelly
TVHalston
2021
as Halston
WAMEGO: Addendum
2020
TVStormborn
2020
TVLong Way Up
2020
as Self
TVStaged
2020
as Ewan
MovieBirds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020
as Roman Sionis
MovieDoctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
2020
as Self
MovieStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
MovieDoctor Sleep
2019
as Danny Torrance
TVA Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019
as Self
MovieWild Ways of the Vikings
2019
as Narrator (voice)
MovieWild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier
2019
as Narrator
MovieA Movie Is Made For Pooh
2018
as Self
MovieChristopher Robin
2018
as Christopher Robin
MovieZoe
2018
as Cole
MovieRAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor
2018
as Self
MovieAnd the Winner Isn't
2017
as Self
MovieBeauty and the Beast
2017
as Lumière
MovieRed Point
2017
as Brown
MovieT2 Trainspotting
2017
as Renton
MovieNow You See It
2017
as Voiceover (voice)
MovieSalt Bike: A Year with the Baron
2017
as Narrator
MovieThe Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car
2016
as Self
MovieAmerican Pastoral
2016
as Swede Levov
MovieLast Days in the Desert
2016
as Jesus
TVHighlands: Scotland's Wild Heart
2016
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieOur Kind of Traitor
2016
as Perry Makepeace
MovieMiles Ahead
2016
as Dave Braden
MovieJane Got a Gun
2015
as John Bishop
MovieStar Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)
TVClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
TVThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self
MovieHumpback Whales
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMortdecai
2015
as Inspector Alistair Martland
TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MovieSon of a Gun
2014
as Brendan Lynch
MovieA Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
as Cowboy at Fair
TVFargo
2014
as Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TVDoll & Em
2014
as Sleazy Ewan McGregor
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
TVOff Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
MovieIce Bear
2014
MovieAugust: Osage County
2013
as Bill Fordham
MovieMuse of Fire
2013
as Self
TVHebrides: Islands on the Edge
2013
as Narrator (voice)
MovieJack the Giant Slayer
2013
as Elmont
MovieThe Impossible
2012
as Henry Bennett
Gina Carano in Training
2012
TVEwan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission
2012
as Self
TVBuenas noches y Buenafuente
2012
as Self - Interviewee
MovieSalmon Fishing in the Yemen
2012
as Dr. Alfred Jones
MovieBomber Boys
2012
as Self
MovieFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
MovieCharge
2011
as Narrator (voice)
MovieHaywire
2011
as Kenneth
Teenage Wildlife
2011
as Narrator (voice)
MoviePerfect Sense
2011
as Michael
MovieFastest
2011
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Jonathan Ross Show
2011
as Self
MovieBeginners
2011
as Oliver Fields
A Short Film About Making Beginners
2011
TVConan
2010
as Self
MovieJackboots on Whitehall
2010
as Chris (voice)
MovieThe Battle of Britain
2010
as Self
TVJustin Lee Collins: Good Times
2010
as Self
MovieNanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
as Rory Green
MovieThe Ghost Writer
2010
as The Ghost
MovieI Love You Phillip Morris
2010
as Phillip Morris
MovieAmelia
2009
as Gene Vidal
MovieThe Men Who Stare at Goats
2009
as Bob Wilton
TVThe Jay Leno Show
2009
as Self
MovieAngels & Demons
2009
as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
MovieMemories of "Trainspotting"
2008
as Self
MovieDeception
2008
as Jonathan McQuarry
MovieIncendiary
2008
as Jasper Black
MovieThe New Ten Commandments
2008
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCassandra's Dream
2007
as Ian Blaine
TVLong Way Down
2007
as Self
TVBritish Film Forever
2007
MovieLegacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene
2007
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MovieMiss Potter
2006
as Norman Warne
MovieScenes of a Sexual Nature
2006
as Billy
TVRace to Dakar
2006
as Self
Movie50 Films to See Before You Die
2006
as Self
MovieStormbreaker
2006
as Ian Rider
MovieThe Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid
2006
as Narrator (voice)
TVSoccer Aid
2006
MovieLive 8
2005
as Self
MovieWithin a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III
2005
as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
MovieStay
2005
as Sam Foster
MovieThe Island
2005
as Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln
MovieStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
MovieValiant
2005
as Valiant (voice)
MovieTroy's Story
2005
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRobots
2005
as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
MovieFaster & Faster
2004
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVThe Culture Show
2004
as Self
Spooks & Creeps
2004
as Stroller ("Desserts")
TVLong Way Round
2004
as Self
MovieThe Story of Star Wars
2004
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
MovieBig Fish
2003
as Ed Bloom (young)
MovieYoung Adam
2003
as Joe Taylor
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
MovieFaster
2003
as Narrator (voice)
MovieDown with Love
2003
as Catcher Block
TVReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
MovieFrom Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
2002
as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
TVTop Gear
2002
as Self
MovieSolid Geometry
2002
as Phil
TVAmerican Idol
2002
as Self
TVAnt & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
as Self
MovieStar Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
MovieBlack Hawk Down
2001
as SPC John Grimes
MovieR2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001
as Self
MovieThe Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
2001
as Self
MovieTrips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor
2001
as Self
MovieThe Polar Bears of Churchill with Ewan McGregor
2001
as Self
MovieMoulin Rouge!
2001
as Christian
MovieThe Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
2001
as Self
MovieWelcome to Hollywood
2000
as Ewan McGregor
MovieDesserts
2000
as Stroller
Killing Priscilla
2000
as Self
MovieNora
2000
as James Joyce
Happy M’Gee
2000
as Happy
MovieAnno Domini
2000
as The Stranger
MovieEye of the Beholder
1999
as Stephen Wilson
TVThe Early Show
1999
as Self
TVTeen Choice Awards
1999
as Self
MovieRogue Trader
1999
as Nick Leeson
MovieThe Unauthorized Star Wars Story
1999
as Self
MovieStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
MovieLittle Voice
1998
as Billy
MovieVelvet Goldmine
1998
as Curt Wild
TVParkinson
1998
as Self
MovieA Life Less Ordinary
1997
as Robert Lewis
TVElle Style Awards
1997
as Self - Winner
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieThe Serpent's Kiss
1997
as Meneer Chrome
MovieNightwatch
1997
as Martin Bells
MovieBrassed Off
1996
as Andy Barrow
MovieEmma
1996
as Frank Churchill
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
TVKaraoke
1996
as Young Man
MovieTrainspotting
1996
as Renton
TVTFI Friday
1996
as Self
MovieBlue Juice
1995
as Dean Raymond
MovieThe Pillow Book
1995
as Jerome
TVSoccer AM
1995
as Self
TVKavanagh Q.C.
1995
as David Robert Armstrong
MovieShallow Grave
1994
as Alex Law
MovieDoggin' Around
1994
as Tom Clayton
TVER
1994
as Duncan Stewart
MovieBeing Human
1994
as Alvarez
TVSydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1994
as Self
TVScarlet and Black
1993
as Julien Sorel
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVLipstick on Your Collar
1993
as Private Mick Hopper
MovieFamily Style
1993
as Jimmie
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
TVScreen One
1989
as Tom Clayton
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Ford
TVThis Morning
1988
as Self
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
TVNature
1982
as Host
TVAn Audience with...
1978
as Self
TVOmnibus
1967
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self - Presenter
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The Cow
as Charlie Granger
The Spot
