
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 | Zoe | 2018-04-21 | |
Movie | T2 Trainspotting | Mark Renton | 2017-01-27 |
Movie | Gaza Surf Club | Himself | 2017-03-30 |
Movie | Beauty and the Beast | Lumière | 2017-03-16 |
Movie | Sweet Virginia | Chris (voice) | 2017-11-17 |
Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Himself | 2017-12-08 |
Series | Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 2016-05-11 |
Movie | Our Kind of Traitor | Perry Makepeace | 2016-05-05 |
Movie | Last Days in the Desert | Jesus | 2016-05-13 |
Movie | The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car | Himself | 2016-12-13 |
Movie | American Pastoral | Swede Levov | 2016-10-20 |
Movie | Gimme Danger | Curt Wild (archive footage) | 2016-10-28 |
Movie | Mortdecai | Inspektor Alistair Martland | 2015-01-21 |
Movie | Humpback Whales | Narrator (voice) | 2015-02-13 |
Movie | Pixels | Alvarez | 2015-07-16 |
Movie | Jane Got a Gun | John Bishop | 2015-12-31 |
Movie | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) | 2015-12-15 |
Movie | Miles Ahead | Dave Braden | 2015-10-10 |
Series | Fargo | Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy | 2014-04-15 |
Movie | Neighbors | Bob Wilton | 2014-05-08 |
Series | Doll & Em | Sleazy Ewan McGregor | 2014-02-18 |
Movie | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Cowboy at Fair | 2014-05-22 |
Movie | Son of a Gun | Brendan Lynch | 2014-10-16 |
Movie | Muse of Fire | Himself | 2013-09-26 |
Movie | Jack the Giant Slayer | Elmont | 2013-02-27 |
Movie | August: Osage County | Bill Fordham | 2013-12-26 |
Movie | Bomber Boys | Himself | 2012-02-05 |
Series | Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission | Himself | 2012-04-22 |
Movie | The Impossible | Henry Bennett | 2012-09-09 |
Movie | Perfect Sense | Michael | 2011-01-24 |
Movie | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Dr. Alfred Jones | 2011-09-10 |
Movie | Haywire | Kenneth | 2011-11-06 |
Movie | Charge | Narrator | 2011-12-10 |
Movie | Nightmare Factory | Michael | 2011-10-27 |
Series | Justin Lee Collins: Good Times | Unknown | 2010-03-29 |
Movie | The Ghost Writer | The Ghost | 2010-02-12 |
Movie | Beginners | Oliver Fields | 2010-09-11 |
Movie | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Rory Green | 2010-03-26 |
Movie | The Battle of Britain | Himself | 2010-09-19 |
Movie | Jackboots on Whitehall | Chris (voice) | 2010-10-08 |
Movie | Long Way Down | 2010-11-30 | |
Movie | I Love You Phillip Morris | Phillip Morris | 2009-01-18 |
Movie | Watchmen | Robert Lewis | 2009-03-05 |
Movie | The Men Who Stare at Goats | Bob Wilton | 2009-10-17 |
Movie | Angels & Demons | Camerlengo Patrick McKenna | 2009-05-13 |
Movie | Amelia | Gene Vidal | 2009-10-22 |
Movie | Incendiary | Jasper Black | 2008-01-20 |
Movie | Deception | Jonathan McQuarry | 2008-04-24 |
Movie | Changeling | Phillip Morris | 2008-01-30 |
Movie | Cassandra's Dream | Ian Blaine | 2007-06-18 |
Series | Long Way Down | 2007-10-28 | |
Series | Soccer Aid | Unknown | 2006-05-22 |
Movie | The Doctor, The Tornado And The Kentucky Kid | Himself | 2006-01-01 |
Movie | Stormbreaker | Ian Rider | 2006-07-21 |
Series | Race to Dakar | 2006-10-17 | |
Movie | Miss Potter | Norman Warne | 2006-12-03 |
Movie | Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Billy | 2006-11-03 |
Movie | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2005-05-17 |
Movie | Valiant | Valiant (voice) | 2005-03-25 |
Movie | Planespotting | Bob Wilton | 2005-02-20 |
Movie | Robots | Rodney Copperbottom (voice) | 2005-03-10 |
Movie | The Island | Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln | 2005-07-20 |
Movie | The Story of Star Wars | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2005-08-18 |
Movie | Within a Minute: The Making of Episode III | Himself/Obi-Wan Kenobi | 2005-11-01 |
Movie | Stay | Sam Foster | 2005-09-24 |
Series | Long Way Round | Himself | 2004-10-18 |
Movie | Spooks & Creeps | Stroller ("Desserts") | 2004-10-26 |
Movie | Down with Love | Catcher Block | 2003-05-08 |
Movie | Faster | Narrator | 2003-05-15 |
Movie | Big Fish | Younger Ed Bloom | 2003-12-25 |
Movie | Young Adam | Joe Taylor | 2003-09-26 |
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 |
Movie | Solid Geometry | Phil | 2002-11-28 |
Series | Top Gear | Unknown | 2002-10-20 |
Movie | The Beginning: Making 'Episode I' | Himself | 2001-02-01 |
Movie | Moulin Rouge! | Christian | 2001-03-09 |
Series | Pop Idol | Unknown | 2001-10-06 |
Movie | The Discovery of Heaven | Swede Levov | 2001-10-01 |
Movie | Black Hawk Down | Spec. John Grimes | 2001-12-28 |
Movie | Nora | James Joyce | 2000-04-05 |
Movie | Killing Priscilla | Himself | 2000-06-02 |
Movie | Desserts | Stroller | 1999-02-01 |
Movie | Rogue Trader | Nick Leeson | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Obi Wan Kenobi | 1999-05-19 |
Movie | Eye of the Beholder | Stephen Wilson | 1999-09-04 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Movie | Welcome to Hollywood | Ewan McGregor | 1998-10-01 |
Movie | Velvet Goldmine | Curt Wild | 1998-10-23 |
Movie | Little Voice | Billy | 1998-11-05 |
Movie | Nightwatch | Martin Bells | 1997-01-31 |
Movie | The Serpent's Kiss | Meneer Chrome | 1997-05-14 |
Movie | A Life Less Ordinary | Robert Lewis | 1997-10-24 |
Movie | Regeneration | Ewan McGregor | 1997-08-27 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Trainspotting | Mark Renton | 1996-02-23 |
Series | TFI Friday | Unknown | 1996-02-09 |
Movie | Edie & Pen | Oliver Fields | 1996-05-10 |
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 |
Series | Kavanagh QC | Unknown | 1995-01-03 |
Movie | Blue Juice | Dean Raymond | 1995-09-15 |
Series | Soccer AM | Unknown | 1995-08-12 |
Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
Movie | Being Human | Alvarez | 1994-05-06 |
Movie | Doggin' Around | Tom Clayton | 1994-10-16 |
Movie | Shallow Grave | Alex Law | 1994-12-22 |
Series | Lipstick on Your Collar | Private Hopper | 1993-02-21 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Series | The Scarlet and the Black | Julien Sorel | 1993-10-31 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Loverboy | Rory Green | 1989-04-28 |
Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
Movie | Higher Ground | Phillip Morris | 1988-09-04 |
Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
Series | Nature | Himself - Host | 1982-10-10 |
Series | An Audience with... | Himself | 1978-01-08 |
Movie | For Eyes Only | Ewan McGregor | 1963-07-19 |
Series | The Academy Awards | Ewan McGregor | 1953-03-18 |