About
Ewan McGregor
Overview
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.
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Known for
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2025 | Flowervale Street | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2024 | Long Way Home | Actor | Ewan McGregor | N/A N/A |
2024 | Mother, Couch! | Actor | David | 58 Average |
2024 | A Gentleman in Moscow | Actor | Count Alexander Rostov | 68 Fair |
2024 | Bleeding Love | Actor | Father | 59 Average |
2023 | Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2023 | Obi Wan Kenobi: The Patterson Cut | Actor | Obi-Wan Kenobi | N/A N/A |
2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Actor | Cricket (voice) | 77 Good |
2022 | Raymond & Ray | Actor | Raymond | 59 Average |
2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return | Actor | Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer | 64 Fair |
2022 | Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Actor | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 70 Good |
2021 | Brandon Bott Gets Grounded: The Movie | Actor | Phillip | N/A N/A |
2021 | Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
2021 | The Birthday Cake | Actor | Father Kelly | 58 Average |
2021 | Halston | Actor | Halston | 70 Good |
2020 | WAMEGO: Addendum | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2020 | Stormborn | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2020 | Long Way Up | Actor | Self | 71 Good |
2020 | Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | Actor | Roman Sionis | 68 Fair |
2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Actor | Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) | 62 Fair |
2019 | Doctor Sleep | Actor | Danny Torrance | 70 Good |
2019 | Wild Ways of the Vikings | Actor | Narrator | 58 Average |
2019 | Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier | Actor | Himself - Narrator | 59 Average |
2018 | A Movie Is Made For Pooh | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2018 | Christopher Robin | Actor | Christopher Robin | 70 Good |
2018 | Zoe | Actor | Cole | 59 Average |
2018 | RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2017 | And the Winner Isn't | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Actor | Lumière | 69 Fair |
2017 | Red Point | Actor | Brown | 59 Average |
2017 | T2 Trainspotting | Actor | Renton | 67 Fair |
2017 | Now You See It | Actor | Voiceover (voice) | 58 Average |
2016 | The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2016 | American Pastoral | Actor | Swede Levov | 60 Fair |
2016 | Gimme Danger | Actor | Curt Wild (archive footage) (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
2016 | Last Days in the Desert | Actor | Jesus | 58 Average |
2016 | Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart | Actor | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 68 Fair |
2016 | Our Kind of Traitor | Actor | Perry Makepeace | 59 Average |
2016 | Miles Ahead | Actor | Dave Braden | 60 Fair |
2015 | Jane Got a Gun | Actor | John Bishop | 58 Average |
2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Actor | Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited) | 72 Good |
2015 | Humpback Whales | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
2015 | Mortdecai | Actor | Inspector Alistair Martland | 55 Average |
2014 | Son of a Gun | Actor | Brendan Lynch | 61 Fair |
2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Actor | Cowboy at Fair | 59 Average |
2014 | Ice Bear | Actor | 59 Average |
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2013 | August: Osage County | Actor | Bill Fordham | 66 Fair |
2013 | Muse of Fire | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2013 | Hebrides: Islands on the Edge | Actor | Narrator | 71 Good |
2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | Actor | Elmont | 58 Average |
2012 | The Impossible | Actor | Henry Bennett | 72 Good |
2012 | The Men of Haywire | Actor | 59 Average |
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2012 | Gina Carano in Training | Actor | 59 Average |
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2012 | Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2012 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Actor | Dr. Alfred Jones | 62 Fair |
2012 | Bomber Boys | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
2012 | Bomber Boys | Actor | self cast | N/A N/A |
2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | Actor | (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
2011 | Charge | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
2011 | Haywire | Actor | Kenneth | 57 Average |
2011 | Teenage Wildlife | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
2011 | Perfect Sense | Actor | Michael | 65 Fair |
2011 | Fastest | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 60 Fair |
2011 | Beginners | Actor | Oliver Fields | 65 Fair |
2011 | Ewan McGregor and Mike Mills in San Francisco | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2010 | Jackboots on Whitehall | Actor | Chris (voice) | 58 Average |
2010 | The Battle of Britain | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2010 | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Actor | Rory Green | 62 Fair |
2010 | The Ghost Writer | Actor | The Ghost | 66 Fair |
2010 | I Love You Phillip Morris | Actor | Phillip Morris | 63 Fair |
2009 | Amelia | Actor | Gene Vidal | 58 Average |
2009 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | Actor | Bob Wilton | 59 Average |
2009 | 達文西密碼 - 天使與魔鬼 | Actor | Camerlengo Patrick McKenna | N/A N/A |
2009 | Angels & Demons | Actor | Camerlengo Patrick McKenna | 66 Fair |
2008 | Deception | Actor | Jonathan McQuarry | 59 Average |
2008 | Incendiary | Actor | Jasper Black | 57 Average |
2007 | Cassandra's Dream | Actor | Ian Blaine | 61 Fair |
2007 | Long Way Down | Actor | Himself | 73 Good |
2007 | Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2006 | Miss Potter | Actor | Norman Warne | 62 Fair |
2006 | Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Actor | Billy | 58 Average |
2006 | Race to Dakar | Actor | Himself | 69 Fair |
2006 | 50 Films to See Before You Die | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2006 | Stormbreaker | Actor | Ian Rider | 55 Average |
2006 | The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid | Actor | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
2005 | Live 8 | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2005 | Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III | Actor | Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi | 59 Average |
2005 | Stay | Actor | Sam Foster | 64 Fair |
2005 | The Island | Actor | Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln | 66 Fair |
2005 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Actor | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 73 Good |
2005 | Valiant | Actor | Valiant (voice) | 56 Average |
2005 | Troy's Story | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
2005 | Robots | Actor | Rodney Copperbottom (voice) | 64 Fair |
2004 | Faster & Faster | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 58 Average |
2004 | Spooks & Creeps | Actor | Stroller ("Desserts") | 59 Average |
2004 | Long Way Round (Special Edition) | Actor | Self - Presenter | N/A N/A |
2004 | Long Way Round | Actor | Himself | 77 Good |
2004 | The Story of Star Wars | Actor | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2004 | Star Wars: Storm in a teacup | Actor | Pavian iz Nairobi | N/A N/A |
2003 | Big Fish | Actor | Ed Bloom (young) | 76 Good |
2003 | Young Adam | Actor | Joe Taylor | 58 Average |
2003 | Faster | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
2003 | Down with Love | Actor | Catcher Block | 60 Fair |
2002 | Solid Geometry | Actor | Phil | 58 Average |
2002 | From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' | Actor | Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi | 59 Average |
2002 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Actor | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 65 Fair |
2001 | Black Hawk Down | Actor | SPC John Grimes | 72 Good |
2001 | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2001 | The Beginning: Making Episode I | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2001 | Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Actor | Christian | 74 Good |
2001 | The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2000 | Desserts | Actor | Stroller | 58 Average |
2000 | Killing Priscilla | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2000 | Nora | Actor | James Joyce | 58 Average |
2000 | Anno Domini | Actor | The Stranger | N/A N/A |
1999 | Eye of the Beholder | Actor | Stephen Wilson | 56 Average |
1999 | Rogue Trader | Actor | Nick Leeson | 58 Average |
1999 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Actor | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 65 Fair |
1998 | Little Voice | Actor | Billy | 60 Fair |
1998 | Welcome to Hollywood | Actor | Ewan McGregor | 58 Average |
1998 | Velvet Goldmine | Actor | Curt Wild | 63 Fair |
1997 | A Life Less Ordinary | Actor | Robert Lewis | 60 Fair |
1997 | The Serpent's Kiss | Actor | Meneer Chrome | 58 Average |
1997 | Nightwatch | Actor | Martin Bells | 59 Average |
1996 | Brassed Off | Actor | Andy Barrow | 62 Fair |
1996 | Emma | Actor | Frank Churchill | 63 Fair |
1996 | Karaoke | Actor | Young Man | 69 Fair |
1996 | Trainspotting | Actor | Renton | 78 Good |
1995 | Blue Juice | Actor | Dean Raymond | 57 Average |
1995 | The Pillow Book | Actor | Jerome | 60 Fair |
1994 | Shallow Grave | Actor | Alex Law | 66 Fair |
1994 | Doggin' Around | Actor | Tom Clayton | 59 Average |
1994 | Being Human | Actor | Alvarez | 57 Average |
1993 | Scarlet and Black | Actor | Julien Sorel | 70 Good |
1993 | Lipstick on Your Collar | Actor | Private Hopper | 69 Fair |
1993 | Family Style | Actor | Jimmie | 59 Average |
Am I Irvine Welsh? | Actor | Mark 'Rent Boy' Renton (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
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The Land of Sometimes | Actor | The Wish Collector | N/A N/A |
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Old Thieves II: The goat abode | Actor | Ubivan Kinoshnik | N/A N/A |
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The Cow | Actor | Charlie Granger | N/A N/A |
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Everest | Actor | George Mallory | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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2016 | American Pastoral | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
1999 | Tube Tales | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
Production |
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2024 | Mother, Couch! | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
2024 | A Gentleman in Moscow | Production | Executive Producer | 68 Fair |
2024 | Bleeding Love | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Production | Executive Producer | 70 Good |
2021 | Halston | Production | Executive Producer | 70 Good |
2020 | Long Way Up | Production | Executive Producer | 71 Good |
2007 | Long Way Down Special Edition | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2007 | Long Way Down | Production | Producer | 73 Good |
2004 | Long Way Round | Production | Producer | 77 Good |
2000 | Nora | Production | Producer | 58 Average |