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Ewan McGregor
8 FOLLOWERS • 83 CREDITS • MAR 31, 1971 • 53
Biography
Ewan Gordon McGregor 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.
Known For
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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The Daily Show
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The Graham Norton Show
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Real Time with Bill Maher
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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ER
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Teen Choice Awards
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Tales from the Crypt
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The Early Show
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The Late Late Show with James Corden
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American Idol
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Soccer AM
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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
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The Jonathan Ross Show
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A Little Late with Lilly Singh
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Nature
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The Jay Leno Show
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Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
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Honest Trailers
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Top Gear
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Doll & Em
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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The Last Movie Stars
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A Million Ways to Die in the West
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The Story of Star Wars
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R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
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Beauty and the Beast
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From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
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Fargo
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
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Emma
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Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
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The Beginning: Making 'Episode I'
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Haywire
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Jack the Giant Slayer
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Black Hawk Down
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Stormbreaker
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Jane Got a Gun
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The Impossible
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
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Angels & Demons
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Long Way Down
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
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Moulin Rouge!
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Down with Love
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Halston
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Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
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Beginners
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Raymond & Ray
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Robots
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Long Way Up
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Stay
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Wild Ways of the Vikings
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Long Way Round
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Trainspotting
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Velvet Goldmine
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Obi-Wan Kenobi
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Doctor Sleep
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American Pastoral
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Christopher Robin
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Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut
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A Gentleman in Moscow
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Big Fish
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The Ghost Writer
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RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor
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T2 Trainspotting
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Valiant
Production Credits
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