Acting
Ewan Gordon McGregor (born March 31, 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.
The Daily Show
1996 · TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · TV
Conan
2010 · TV
ER
1994 · TV
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · TV
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV
The View
1997 · TV
Fargo
2014 · TV
Nature
1982 · TV
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · TV
Omnibus
1967 · TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV
American Idol
2002 · TV
Top Gear
2002 · TV
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · TV
Soccer AM
1995 · TV
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011 · TV
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
2019 · TV
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · TV
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · TV
The End of Oak Street
2026 · Movie
Parkinson
1998 · TV
The Oscars
1953 · TV
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Movie
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 · Movie
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · TV
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · TV
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002 · TV
The Culture Show
2004 · TV
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005 · Movie
Black Hawk Down
2001 · Movie
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999 · Movie
Beauty and the Beast
2017 · Movie
TFI Friday
1996 · TV
The Jay Leno Show
2009 · TV
An Audience with...
1978 · TV
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
2026 · TV
Staged
2020 · TV
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002 · Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022 · TV
Robots
2005 · Movie
The Island
2005 · Movie
Big Fish
2003 · Movie
Trainspotting
1996 · Movie
Angels & Demons
2009 · Movie
Screen One
1989 · TV
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020 · Movie
The Impossible
2012 · Movie
Jack the Giant Slayer
2013 · Movie
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1994 · TV
Doctor Sleep
2019 · Movie
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995 · TV
The Early Show
1999 · TV
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010 · Movie
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · Movie
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014 · Movie
Elle Style Awards
1997 · TV
Moulin Rouge!
2001 · Movie
Halston
2021 · TV
The Last Movie Stars
2022 · TV
Christopher Robin
2018 · Movie
A Gentleman in Moscow
2024 · TV
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022 · Movie
Valiant
2005 · Movie
This Morning
1988 · TV
Soccer Aid
2006 · TV
T2 Trainspotting
2017 · Movie
August: Osage County
2013 · Movie
Long Way Round
2004 · TV
Stay
2005 · Movie
Mortdecai
2015 · Movie
The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009 · Movie
Long Way Home
2025 · TV
Long Way Up
2020 · TV
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016 · TV
Doll & Em
2014 · TV
I Love You Phillip Morris
2010 · Movie
Young Adam
2003 · Movie
Perfect Sense
2011 · Movie
Haywire
2011 · Movie
The Ghost Writer
2010 · Movie
Karaoke
1996 · TV
Emma
1996 · Movie
Miss Potter
2006 · Movie
British Film Forever
2007 · TV
Long Way Down
2007 · TV
Deception
2008 · Movie
The Land of Sometimes
2026 · Movie
Little Voice
1998 · Movie
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
2012 · Movie
Stormbreaker
2006 · Movie
Beginners
2011 · Movie
Nightwatch
1997 · Movie
American Pastoral
2016 · Movie
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · Movie
Zoe
2018 · Movie
Down with Love
2003 · Movie
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
2010 · TV
Son of a Gun
2014 · Movie
Velvet Goldmine
1998 · Movie
Last Days in the Desert
2016 · Movie
Jane Got a Gun
2015 · Movie
A Life Less Ordinary
1997 · Movie
Welcome to Hollywood
2000 · Movie
Lipstick on Your Collar
1993 · TV
Eye of the Beholder
1999 · Movie
Buenas noches y Buenafuente
2012 · TV
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
2006 · Movie
Scarlet and Black
1993 · TV
Cassandra's Dream
2007 · Movie
Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury
2021 · TV
Our Kind of Traitor
2016 · Movie
Amelia
2009 · Movie
Shallow Grave
1994 · Movie
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001 · Movie
The Pillow Book
1995 · Movie
Brassed Off
1996 · Movie
Rogue Trader
1999 · Movie
Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart
2016 · TV
Raymond & Ray
2022 · Movie
Mother, Couch
2024 · Movie
Blue Juice
1995 · Movie
And the Winner Isn't
2017 · Movie
The Birthday Cake
2021 · Movie
Live 8
2005 · Movie
Incendiary
2008 · Movie
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
2001 · Movie
Miles Ahead
2016 · Movie
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
2002 · Movie
Being Human
1994 · Movie
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010 · Movie
Humpback Whales
2015 · Movie
A Movie Is Made For Pooh
2018 · Movie
Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III
2005 · Movie
The Story of Star Wars
2004 · Movie
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006 · Movie
Bleeding Love
2024 · Movie
Race to Dakar
2006 · TV
Muse of Fire
2013 · Movie
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
2022 · Movie
Teen Choice Awards
1999 · TV
Memories of "Trainspotting"
2008 · Movie
Stormborn
2020 · TV
The Serpent's Kiss
1997 · Movie
Nora
2000 · Movie
The Unauthorized Star Wars Story
1999 · Movie
Red Point
2017 · Movie
Hebrides: Islands on the Edge
2013 · TV
The New Ten Commandments
2008 · Movie
Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission
2012 · TV
The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid
2006 · Movie
Fastest
2011 · Movie
Faster
2003 · Movie
The Battle of Britain
2010 · Movie
Solid Geometry
2002 · Movie
Wild Ways of the Vikings
2019 · Movie
Doggin' Around
1994 · Movie
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
2020 · Movie
Troy's Story
2005 · Movie
Bomber Boys
2012 · Movie
Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor
2001 · Movie
The Dark Fantastic
2025 · Movie
Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story
2022 · Movie
Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting
2023 · Movie
The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge'
2001 · Movie
Ice Bear
2014 · Movie
Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene
2007 · Movie
Desserts
2000 · Movie
Faster & Faster
2004 · Movie
Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier
2019 · Movie
Charge
2011 · Movie
The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car
2016 · Movie
Now You See It
2017 · Movie
Family Style
1993 · Movie
The Polar Bears of Churchill with Ewan McGregor
2001 · Movie
Anno Domini
2000 · Movie
RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor
2018 · Movie
Salt Bike: A Year with the Baron
2017 · Movie
