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Ewan McGregor

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.

Filmography

2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

as Cricket (voice)

Movie
2020
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

as Roman Sionis

Movie
2019
Doctor Sleep

as Danny Torrance

Movie
2017
Beauty and the Beast

as Lumière

Movie
2017
T2 Trainspotting

as Renton

Movie
2016
Miles Ahead

as Dave Braden

Movie
2013
Jack the Giant Slayer

as Elmont

Movie
2012
The Impossible

as Henry Bennett

Movie
2010
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

as Rory Green

Movie
2009
Angels & Demons

as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna

Movie
2006
Miss Potter

as Norman Warne

Movie
2005
The Island

as Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln

Movie
2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

Movie
2005
Robots

as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)

Movie
2003
Big Fish

as Ed Bloom (young)

Movie
2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

Movie
2001
Black Hawk Down

as SPC John Grimes

Movie
2001
Moulin Rouge!

as Christian

Movie
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

Movie
1996
Emma

as Frank Churchill

Movie
1996
Trainspotting

as Renton

Movie
2014
Fargo

as Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy

TV Show