Ewan McGregor

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1971-03-31 (53 years old)

Place of Birth Perth, Scotland, UK

Also Known As إيوان مكريغور, 이완 맥그리거, ユアン・マクレガー, ยวน แม็คเกรเกอร์, 伊万·迈克格雷戈, 伊万·麦克格雷格, Γιούαν Γκόρντον ΜακΓκρέγκορ, יואן מקגרגור, 伊旺·麥奎格, Юен Мак-Грегор, Юен Макґреґор, Еван Макгрегор, ایوان مک گرگور

Ewan McGregor

Biography

Ewan Gordon McGregor (born March 3, 1971) is a Scottish actor who has starred in numerous film and musical roles. He 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. 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, he was named the fourth most influential person in British culture. From June 2005 to April 2007, he starred alongside Jane Krakowski, Douglas Hodge and Jenna Russell in the Donmar Warehouse revival of Guys and Dolls after it transferred to the Piccadilly Theatre in London. He played the leading role of Sky Masterson. He received the LastMinute.com award for Best Actor for his performance in 2005, and he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2007. In 2011, he was awarded with the SIFF Golden Space Needle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Acting at the Seattle International Film Festival. At the San Sebastián International Film Festival in 2012, he was awarded the Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award and became the youngest recipient of the award. In 2010, he was appointed by the French government as a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres (Knight of the Order of the Arts and Letters). He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to drama and charity. In September 2024, McGregor received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has been involved in charity work and has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK since 2004. He became a naturalised US citizen after 2016 so he would be able to vote in the 2020 US presidential election. In 1995, he married Eve Mavrakis, a French-Greek Jewish production designer whom he met on the set of Kavanagh QC. Together they have four daughters, two of them adopted, one a street child from Mongolia he met while travelling in Long Way Round. They separated in September 2018, he filed for divorce in May 2017, and their divorce was finalized in 2020. His daughter Clara had roles in his movies Christopher Robin, The Birthday Cake, and Bleeding Love. In May 2017, he began a relationship with American actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead, whom he met on the set of the third season of the Fargo television series. Their son, Laurie, was born on June 27, 2021 and they married in April 2022. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Known For

Actor

Am I Irvine Welsh?

as Mark 'Rent Boy' Renton (archive footage)

The Land of Sometimes

as The Wish Collector

The Cow

as Charlie Granger

Everest

as George Mallory

2024
Mother, Couch

as David

2024
Bleeding Love

as Father

2024
A Gentleman in Moscow

as Count Alexander Rostov

2023
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

as Self (archive footage)

2022
2022
Raymond & Ray

as Raymond

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer

2022
KENOBI - A Star Wars Story

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

2021
The Birthday Cake

as Father Kelly

2021
2021
Halston

as Halston

2020
Long Way Up

as Self

2020
Staged

as Ewan

2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)

2019
Doctor Sleep

as Danny Torrance

2019
Wild Ways of the Vikings

as Narrator (voice)

2018
Christopher Robin

as Christopher Robin

2018
Zoe

as Cole

2017
2017
Red Point

as Brown

2017
2017
Now You See It

as Voiceover (voice)

2016
American Pastoral

as Swede Levov

2016
Gimme Danger

as Curt Wild (archive footage) (uncredited)

2016
Our Kind of Traitor

as Perry Makepeace

2016
Miles Ahead

as Dave Braden

2016
2015
Jane Got a Gun

as John Bishop

2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)

2015
Humpback Whales

as Narrator (voice)

2015
Mortdecai

as Inspector Alistair Martland

2014
Son of a Gun

as Brendan Lynch

2014
2014
Fargo

as Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy

2014
Doll & Em

as Sleazy Ewan McGregor

2014
Doll & Em

as Ewan

2013
August: Osage County

as Bill Fordham

2013
Muse of Fire

as Self

2013
2013
Hebrides: Islands on the Edge

as Narrator (voice)

2012
The Impossible

as Henry Bennett

2012
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

as Dr. Alfred Jones

2012
Bomber Boys

as Self

2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as (archive footage)

2012
Buenas noches y Buenafuente

as Self - Interviewee

2012
Honest Trailers

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

2012
Bomber Boys

as Self

2011
Charge

as Narrator (voice)

2011
Haywire

as Kenneth

2011
Teenage Wildlife

as Narrator (voice)

2011
Perfect Sense

as Michael

2011
Fastest

as Narrator (voice)

2011
Beginners

as Oliver Fields

2010
Jackboots on Whitehall

as Chris (voice)

2010
The Ghost Writer

as The Ghost

2010
I Love You Phillip Morris

as Phillip Morris

2010
Conan

as Self

2009
Amelia

as Gene Vidal

2009
2009
Angels & Demons

as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna

2009
2008
Deception

as Jonathan McQuarry

2008
Incendiary

as Jasper Black

2007
Cassandra's Dream

as Ian Blaine

2007
2006
Miss Potter

as Norman Warne

2006
Stormbreaker

as Ian Rider

2006
2005
Live 8

as Self

2005
Stay

as Sam Foster

2005
The Island

as Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln

2005
Valiant

as Valiant (voice)

2005
Troy's Story

as Narrator (voice)

2005
Robots

as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)

2005
VM Show Vol. 2

as Renton (archive footage)

2004
Faster & Faster

as Narrator (voice)

2004
Spooks & Creeps

as Stroller ("Desserts")

2004
The Story of Star Wars

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

2004
2004
2003
Big Fish

as Ed Bloom (young)

2003
Young Adam

as Joe Taylor

2003
Faster

as Narrator (voice)

2003
Down with Love

as Catcher Block

2003
2002
2002
Top Gear

as Self

2002
2001
Black Hawk Down

as SPC John Grimes

2001
Moulin Rouge!

as Christian

2000
Desserts

as Stroller

2000
2000
Nora

as James Joyce

2000
Anno Domini

as The Stranger

1999
Eye of the Beholder

as Stephen Wilson

1999
Rogue Trader

as Nick Leeson

1999
1999
Teen Choice Awards

as Self - Nominee

1998
Little Voice

as Billy

1998
Welcome to Hollywood

as Ewan McGregor

1998
Velvet Goldmine

as Curt Wild

1998
Parkinson

as Self

1997
A Life Less Ordinary

as Robert Lewis

1997
The Serpent's Kiss

as Meneer Chrome

1997
Nightwatch

as Martin Bells

1997
The View

as Self

1996
Brassed Off

as Andy Barrow

1996
Emma

as Frank Churchill

1996
Trainspotting

as Renton

1996
1996
Karaoke

as Young Man

1996
TFI Friday

as Self

1995
Blue Juice

as Dean Raymond

1995
The Pillow Book

as Jerome

1995
Soccer AM

as Self

1995
Kavanagh Q.C.

as David Robert Armstrong

1994
Shallow Grave

as Alex Law

1994
Doggin' Around

as Tom Clayton

1994
Being Human

as Alvarez

1994
ER

as Duncan Stewart

1993
Family Style

as Jimmie

1993
Scarlet and Black

as Julien Sorel

1993
1993
Lipstick on Your Collar

as Private Hopper

1988
This Morning

as Self

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

1982
Nature

as Host

1982
Nature

as Narrator (voice)

Producer

2024
Bleeding Love

as Executive Producer

2024
Mother, Couch

as Executive Producer

2024
A Gentleman in Moscow

as Executive Producer

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi

as Executive Producer

2021
Halston

as Executive Producer

2020
Long Way Up

as Executive Producer

2007
Long Way Down

as Producer

2004
Long Way Round

as Producer

2000
Nora

as Producer

Creator

2007
Long Way Down

as Creator

2004
Long Way Round

as Creator

Director

2016
American Pastoral

as Director

1999
Tube Tales

as Director