
Ewan Gordon McGregor was born 31 March 1971 in Crieff, Scotland. At 16, he left Crieff and Morrison Academy to join the Perth Repertory Theatre. His parents encouraged him to leave school and pursue his acting goals rather than be unhappy. McGregor studied drama for a year at Kirkcaldly in Fife, then enrolled at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama for a three-year course. He studied alongside Daniel Craig and Alistair McGowan among others, and left right before graduating after snagging the role of Private Mick Hopper in Dennis Potter's 1993 six-part Channel 4 series "Lipstick on Your Collar" (1993). His first notable role was that of Alex Law in Shallow Grave (1994), directed by Danny Boyle, written by John Hodge and produced by Andrew MacDonald. This was followed by The Pillow Book (1996) and Trainspotting (1996), the latter of which brought him to the public's attention. He is now one of the most critically acclaimed actors of his generation, and portrays Obi-wan Kenobi in the first three Star Wars episodes. McGregor is married to French production designer Eve Mavrakis, whom he met while working on the TV show "Kavanagh QC" (1995). They married in France in the summer of 1995 and have two daughters, Clara Mathilde and Esther Rose. McGregor has formed a production company with friends Jonny Lee Miller, Sean Pertwee, Jude Law and Sadie Frost. Called Natural Nylon, they hope it will make innovative films that do not conform to Hollywood standards.
Movie | The Birthday Cake | Father Kelly | 2022 |
Movie | Pinocchio | Cricket (voice) | 2022 |
Movie | Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | Roman Sionis / Black Mask | 2020-02-05 |
Movie | Doctor Sleep | Danny Torrance | 2019-10-30 |
Movie | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) | 2019-12-18 |
Movie | Christopher Robin | Christopher Robin | 2018-08-02 |
Movie | Zoe | Cole | 2018-07-19 |
Movie | T2 Trainspotting | Mark "Rent Boy" Renton | 2017-01-27 |
Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
Movie | Red Point | Brown | 2017-02-15 |
Movie | Beauty and the Beast | Lumière | 2017-03-16 |
Movie | Miles Ahead | Dave Braden | 2016-01-22 |
Movie | Our Kind of Traitor | Perry Makepeace | 2016-05-05 |
Movie | American Pastoral | Swede Levov | 2016-10-20 |
Movie | Last Days in the Desert | Jesus | 2016-05-13 |
Series | Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 2016-05-11 |
Movie | Gimme Danger | Curt Wild (archive footage) | 2016-10-28 |
Movie | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited) | 2015-12-15 |
Movie | Mortdecai | Inspektor Alistair Martland | 2015-01-21 |
Movie | Jane Got a Gun | John Bishop | 2015-12-31 |
Series | Doll & Em | Sleazy Ewan McGregor | 2014-02-18 |
Series | Fargo | Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy | 2014-04-15 |
Movie | Son of a Gun | Brendan Lynch | 2014-10-16 |
Movie | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Cowboy at Fair | 2014-05-22 |
Movie | Jack the Giant Slayer | Elmont | 2013-02-27 |
Movie | Muse of Fire | Himself | 2013-09-26 |
Movie | August: Osage County | Bill Fordham | 2013-12-26 |
Movie | Bomber Boys | Himself | 2012-02-05 |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | 2012-02-04 | |
Movie | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Dr. Alfred Jones | 2012-03-09 |
Series | Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission | Himself | 2012-04-22 |
Movie | The Impossible | Henry Bennett | 2012-09-09 |
Movie | Fastest | Narrator (voice) | 2011-09-20 |
Movie | Perfect Sense | Michael | 2011-09-29 |
Movie | Charge | Narrator (voice) | 2011-12-10 |
Movie | Haywire | Kenneth | 2011-11-06 |
Movie | Teenage Wildlife | Narrator | 2011-10-17 |
Movie | The Ghost Writer | The Ghost | 2010-02-12 |
Movie | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Rory Green | 2010-03-26 |
Movie | Jackboots on Whitehall | Chris (voice) | 2010-10-08 |
Movie | The Battle of Britain | Himself | 2010-09-19 |
Movie | Beginners | Oliver Fields | 2010-09-11 |
Series | Justin Lee Collins: Good Times | Unknown | 2010-03-29 |
Movie | I Love You Phillip Morris | Phillip Morris | 2009-01-18 |
Movie | Amelia | Gene Vidal | 2009-10-22 |
Movie | The Men Who Stare at Goats | Bob Wilton | 2009-10-17 |
Movie | Angels & Demons | Camerlengo Patrick McKenna | 2009-05-13 |
Movie | Incendiary | Jasper Black | 2008-01-20 |
Movie | Deception | Jonathan McQuarry | 2008-04-24 |
Movie | Cassandra's Dream | Ian Blaine | 2007-06-18 |
Series | Long Way Down | Himself | 2007-10-28 |
Movie | Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene | Himself | 2007-03-15 |
Series | Soccer Aid | Unknown | 2006-05-22 |
Movie | The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 2006-07-18 |
Movie | Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Billy | 2006-11-03 |
Movie | Stormbreaker | Ian Rider | 2006-07-21 |
Series | Race to Dakar | Himself | 2006-10-17 |
Movie | Miss Potter | Norman Warne | 2006-12-03 |
Movie | Valiant | Valiant (voice) | 2005-03-25 |
Movie | Robots | Rodney Copperbottom (voice) | 2005-03-10 |
Movie | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2005-05-17 |
Movie | Within a Minute: The Making of Episode III | Himself/Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2005-11-01 |
Movie | Stay | Sam Foster | 2005-09-24 |
Movie | The Island | Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln | 2005-07-21 |
Movie | The Story of Star Wars | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | 2004-08-18 |
Series | Long Way Round | Himself | 2004-10-18 |
Movie | Faster & Faster | Narrator (voice) | 2004-11-20 |
Movie | Spooks & Creeps | Stroller ("Desserts") | 2004-10-26 |
Movie | Down with Love | Catcher Block | 2003-05-08 |
Movie | Young Adam | Joe Taylor | 2003-09-26 |
Movie | Big Fish | Younger Ed Bloom | 2003-12-25 |
Movie | Faster | Narrator | 2003-05-15 |
Movie | The Essence of Combat: Making ‘Black Hawk Down’ | Himself | 2003-06-03 |
Movie | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2002-05-15 |
Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Unknown | 2002-06-08 |
Series | American Idol | Unknown | 2002-06-11 |
Series | Top Gear | Unknown | 2002-10-20 |
Movie | From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' | Himself/Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2002-11-12 |
Movie | Solid Geometry | Phil | 2002-11-28 |
Movie | The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' | 2001-05-01 | |
Movie | The Beginning: Making 'Episode I' | Himself | 2001-02-01 |
Movie | Moulin Rouge! | Christian | 2001-05-24 |
Movie | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
Movie | Black Hawk Down | Spec. John Grimes | 2001-12-28 |
Series | Pop Idol | Unknown | 2001-10-06 |
Movie | Nora | James Joyce | 2000-04-05 |
Movie | Anno Domini | The Stranger | 2000-01-01 |
Movie | Killing Priscilla | Himself | 2000-06-02 |
Movie | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 1999-05-19 |
Movie | Desserts | Stroller | 1999-02-01 |
Movie | Eye of the Beholder | Stephen Wilson | 1999-09-04 |
Movie | Rogue Trader | Nick Leeson | 1999-06-25 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Movie | Velvet Goldmine | Curt Wild | 1998-10-23 |
Movie | Little Voice | Billy | 1998-11-05 |
Movie | Welcome to Hollywood | Ewan McGregor | 1998-10-01 |
Movie | Nightwatch | Martin Bells | 1997-01-31 |
Movie | The Serpent's Kiss | Meneer Chrome | 1997-05-14 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | A Life Less Ordinary | Robert Lewis | 1997-10-24 |
Series | TFI Friday | Unknown | 1996-02-09 |
Movie | Trainspotting | Mark "Rent Boy" Renton | 1996-02-23 |
Series | Karaoke | Young Man | 1996-04-28 |
Movie | Brassed Off | Andy Barrow | 1996-11-01 |
Movie | Emma | Frank Churchill | 1996-08-02 |
Movie | The Pillow Book | Jerome | 1996-05-12 |
Movie | Blue Juice | Dean Raymond | 1995-09-15 |
Series | Soccer AM | Unknown | 1995-08-12 |
Movie | Shallow Grave | Alex Law | 1994-12-22 |
Movie | Being Human | Alvarez | 1994-05-06 |
Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
Movie | Doggin' Around | Tom Clayton | 1994-10-16 |
Movie | Family Style | Jimmie | 1993-01-01 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Series | Scarlet and Black | Julien Sorel | 1993-10-31 |
Series | Lipstick on Your Collar | Private Hopper | 1993-02-21 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
Series | Nature | Himself - Host | 1982-10-10 |