Ewan McGregor

Birthday

1971-03-31

Place of Birth

Perth, Scotland, UK

Biography

Ewan Gordon McGregor OBE (born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor who has starred in numerous film and musical roles. His first professional role was in 1993, as a leading role in the British Channel 4 series Lipstick on Your Collar. He then achieved international fame with his portrayals of heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama films Trainspotting (1996) and T2 Trainspotting (2017), Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005) and the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022), poet Christian in the musical film Moulin Rouge! (2001), SPC John Grimes in Black Hawk Down (2001), young Edward Bloom in Big Fish (2003), Rodney Copperbottom in Robots (2005), Camerlengo Father Patrick McKenna in Angels and Demons (2009), "the ghost" in Roman Polanski's political thriller The Ghost Writer (2010), Dr. Alfred Jones in the romantic comedy-drama Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011), Lumière in the live-action adaptation of the musical romantic fantasy Beauty and the Beast (2017), the adult version of the titular character in the fantasy comedy-drama Christopher Robin (2018), the adult version of Dan Torrance in the horror film Doctor Sleep (2019), and Black Mask in the DC Extended Universe superhero film Birds of Prey (2020). In 2021, he portrayed fashion designer Halston in a Netflix miniseries Halston. In 2018, McGregor 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. McGregor has also starred in theatre productions of Guys and Dolls (2005–2007) and Othello (2007–2008). 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, McGregor was named the fourth most influential person in British culture.
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Halston

Halston

2021 7.5
Halston

as Halston

2021
Doctor Sleep

Doctor Sleep

2019 7.3
Doctor Sleep

as Danny Torrance

2019
Zoe

Zoe

2018 6.1
Zoe

as Cole

2018
T2 Trainspotting

T2 Trainspotting

2017 7.2
T2 Trainspotting

as Mark "Rent Boy" Renton

2017
Gimme Danger

Gimme Danger

2016 7.2
Gimme Danger

as Curt Wild (archive footage) (uncredited)

2016
Mortdecai

Mortdecai

2015 5.5
Mortdecai

as Inspector Alistair Martland

2015
Haywire

Haywire

2011 5.8
Haywire

as Kenneth

2011
Beginners

Beginners

2011 7.2
Beginners

as Oliver Fields

2011
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