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