Ewan McGregor

Biography

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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Daily Show

Fargo

The Graham Norton Show

Real Time with Bill Maher

ER

Conan

All Movies (126)

• The End of Oak Street2026 · as Greg Platt
• Waffle F1 The Movie: 22026 · as Himself
• The Land of Sometimes2026 · as The Wish Collector (voice)
• The Dark Fantastic2025 · as Self
• Mother, Couch2024 · as David
• Bleeding Love2024 · as Father
• Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting2023
• Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema2022 · as Self
• Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022 · as Cricket (voice)
• Raymond & Ray2022 · as Raymond
• Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return2022 · as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer
• Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story2022 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Birthday Cake2021 · as Father Kelly
• WAMEGO: Addendum2020
• Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)2020 · as Roman Sionis
• Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook2020 · as Self
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019 · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
• Doctor Sleep2019 · as Danny Torrance
• Wild Ways of the Vikings2019 · as Narrator (voice)
• Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier2019 · as Narrator
• A Movie Is Made For Pooh2018 · as Self
• Christopher Robin2018 · as Christopher Robin
• Zoe2018 · as Cole
• RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor2018 · as Self
• And the Winner Isn't2017 · as Self
• Beauty and the Beast2017 · as Lumière
• Red Point2017 · as Brown
• T2 Trainspotting2017 · as Renton
• Now You See It2017 · as Voiceover (voice)
• Salt Bike: A Year with the Baron2017 · as Narrator
• The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car2016 · as Self
• American Pastoral2016 · as Swede Levov
• Last Days in the Desert2016 · as Jesus
• Our Kind of Traitor2016 · as Perry Makepeace
• Miles Ahead2016 · as Dave Braden
• Jane Got a Gun2015 · as John Bishop
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens2015 · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)
• Humpback Whales2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• Mortdecai2015 · as Inspector Alistair Martland
• Son of a Gun2014 · as Brendan Lynch
• A Million Ways to Die in the West2014 · as Cowboy at Fair
• Ice Bear2014
• August: Osage County2013 · as Bill Fordham
• Muse of Fire2013 · as Self
• Jack the Giant Slayer2013 · as Elmont
• The Impossible2012 · as Henry Bennett
• Gina Carano in Training2012
• Salmon Fishing in the Yemen2012 · as Dr. Alfred Jones
• Bomber Boys2012 · as Self
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• Charge2011 · as Narrator (voice)
• Haywire2011 · as Kenneth
• Teenage Wildlife2011 · as Narrator (voice)
• Perfect Sense2011 · as Michael
• Fastest2011 · as Narrator (voice)
• Beginners2011 · as Oliver Fields
• A Short Film About Making Beginners2011
• Jackboots on Whitehall2010 · as Chris (voice)
• The Battle of Britain2010 · as Self
• Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang2010 · as Rory Green
• The Ghost Writer2010 · as The Ghost
• I Love You Phillip Morris2010 · as Phillip Morris
• Amelia2009 · as Gene Vidal
• The Men Who Stare at Goats2009 · as Bob Wilton
• Angels & Demons2009 · as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
• Memories of "Trainspotting"2008 · as Self
• Deception2008 · as Jonathan McQuarry
• Incendiary2008 · as Jasper Black
• The New Ten Commandments2008 · as Self (archive footage)
• Cassandra's Dream2007 · as Ian Blaine
• Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene2007 · as Narrator (voice)
• Miss Potter2006 · as Norman Warne
• Scenes of a Sexual Nature2006 · as Billy
• 50 Films to See Before You Die2006 · as Self
• Stormbreaker2006 · as Ian Rider
• The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid2006 · as Narrator (voice)
• Live 82005 · as Self
• Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III2005 · as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Stay2005 · as Sam Foster
• The Island2005 · as Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith2005 · as Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Valiant2005 · as Valiant (voice)
• Troy's Story2005 · as Narrator (voice)
• Robots2005 · as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
• Faster & Faster2004 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Spooks & Creeps2004 · as Stroller ("Desserts")
• The Story of Star Wars2004 · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
• Big Fish2003 · as Ed Bloom (young)
• Young Adam2003 · as Joe Taylor
• Faster2003 · as Narrator (voice)
• Down with Love2003 · as Catcher Block
• From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'2002 · as Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Solid Geometry2002 · as Phil
• Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002 · as Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Black Hawk Down2001 · as SPC John Grimes
• R2-D2: Beneath the Dome2001 · as Self
• The Beginning: Making Episode I2001 · as Self
• Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor2001 · as Self
• The Polar Bears of Churchill with Ewan McGregor2001 · as Self
• Moulin Rouge!2001 · as Christian
• The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'2001 · as Self
• Welcome to Hollywood2000 · as Ewan McGregor
• Desserts2000 · as Stroller
• Killing Priscilla2000 · as Self
• Nora2000 · as James Joyce
• Happy M’Gee2000 · as Happy
• Anno Domini2000 · as The Stranger
• Eye of the Beholder1999 · as Stephen Wilson
• Rogue Trader1999 · as Nick Leeson
• The Unauthorized Star Wars Story1999 · as Self
• Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace1999 · as Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Little Voice1998 · as Billy
• Velvet Goldmine1998 · as Curt Wild
• A Life Less Ordinary1997 · as Robert Lewis
• The Serpent's Kiss1997 · as Meneer Chrome
• Nightwatch1997 · as Martin Bells
• Brassed Off1996 · as Andy Barrow
• Emma1996 · as Frank Churchill
• Trainspotting1996 · as Renton
• Blue Juice1995 · as Dean Raymond
• The Pillow Book1995 · as Jerome
• Shallow Grave1994 · as Alex Law
• Doggin' Around1994 · as Tom Clayton
• Being Human1994 · as Alvarez
• Family Style1993 · as Jimmie
• The Cow— · as Charlie Granger

All TV Shows (70)

• Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord2026 · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
• Long Way Home2025 · as Self
• A Gentleman in Moscow2024 · as Count Alexander Rostov
• The Last Movie Stars2022 · as Self
• Obi-Wan Kenobi2022 · as Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury2021 · as Narrator (voice)
• Halston2021 · as Halston
• Stormborn2020
• Long Way Up2020 · as Self
• Staged2020 · as Ewan
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh2019 · as Self
• Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart2016 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Fargo2014 · as Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• Doll & Em2014 · as Sleazy Ewan McGregor
• Doll & Em2014 · as Ewan
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• Hebrides: Islands on the Edge2013 · as Narrator (voice)
• Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission2012 · as Self
• Buenas noches y Buenafuente2012 · as Self - Interviewee
• The Jonathan Ross Show2011 · as Self
• Conan2010 · as Self
• Justin Lee Collins: Good Times2010 · as Self
• The Jay Leno Show2009 · as Self
• Long Way Down2007 · as Self
• British Film Forever2007
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• Race to Dakar2006 · as Self
• Soccer Aid2006
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• The Culture Show2004 · as Self
• Long Way Round2004 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Top Gear2002 · as Self
• American Idol2002 · as Self
• Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway2002 · as Self
• The Early Show1999 · as Self
• Teen Choice Awards1999 · as Self
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• Elle Style Awards1997 · as Self - Winner
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Karaoke1996 · as Young Man
• TFI Friday1996 · as Self
• Soccer AM1995 · as Self
• Kavanagh Q.C.1995 · as David Robert Armstrong
• ER1994 · as Duncan Stewart
• Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras1994 · as Self
• Scarlet and Black1993 · as Julien Sorel
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Lipstick on Your Collar1993 · as Private Mick Hopper
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Screen One1989 · as Tom Clayton
• Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Ford
• This Morning1988 · as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
• Nature1982 · as Host
• Nature1982 · as Narrator (voice)
• An Audience with...1978 · as Self
• Omnibus1967
• The Oscars1953 · as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• The Spot—