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

• Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord — Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
• 2026The End of Oak Street — Greg Platt
• 2026The Land of Sometimes — The Wish Collector (voice)
• Long Way Home — Self, Executive Producer, Creator
• A Gentleman in Moscow — Count Alexander Rostov, Executive Producer
• 2024Bleeding Love — Father, Executive Producer
• 2024Mother, Couch — David, Executive Producer
• 2023Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting”
• 2022A Cooler Climate — Thanks
• 2022Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio — Cricket (voice)
• Obi-Wan Kenobi — Obi-Wan Kenobi, Executive Producer
• 2022Raymond & Ray — Raymond
• 2022Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story — Narrator (voice)
• Halston — Halston, Executive Producer
• Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury — Narrator (voice)
• 2021The Birthday Cake — Father Kelly
• 2020Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) — Roman Sionis
• Long Way Up — Self, Executive Producer, Creator
• Staged — Ewan
• Stormborn
• 2020WAMEGO: Addendum
• 2019Doctor Sleep — Danny Torrance
• 2019Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
• 2019Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier — Narrator
• 2019Wild Ways of the Vikings — Narrator (voice)
• 2018Christopher Robin — Christopher Robin
• 2018Zoe — Cole
• 2017Beauty and the Beast — Lumière
• 2017Now You See It — Voiceover (voice)
• 2017Red Point — Brown
• 2017Salt Bike: A Year with the Baron — Narrator
• 2017T2 Trainspotting — Renton
• 2016American Pastoral — Swede Levov, Director
• 2016Last Days in the Desert — Jesus
• 2016Miles Ahead — Dave Braden
• 2016Our Kind of Traitor — Perry Makepeace
• 2015Humpback Whales — Narrator (voice)
• 2015Jane Got a Gun — John Bishop
• 2015Mortdecai — Inspector Alistair Martland
• 2015Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) (uncredited)
• 2014A Million Ways to Die in the West — Cowboy at Fair
• Doll & Em — Sleazy Ewan McGregor
• Fargo — Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy
• 2014Ice Bear
• 2014Son of a Gun — Brendan Lynch
• 2013August: Osage County — Bill Fordham
• Hebrides: Islands on the Edge — Narrator (voice)
• 2013Jack the Giant Slayer — Elmont
• 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen — (archive footage)
• 2012Gina Carano in Training
• 2012Salmon Fishing in the Yemen — Dr. Alfred Jones
• 2012The Impossible — Henry Bennett
• 2011A Short Film About Making Beginners
• 2011Beginners — Oliver Fields
• 2011Charge — Narrator (voice)
• 2011Fastest — Narrator (voice)
• 2011Haywire — Kenneth
• 2011Perfect Sense — Michael
• 2011Teenage Wildlife — Narrator (voice)
• 2010I Love You Phillip Morris — Phillip Morris
• 2010Jackboots on Whitehall — Chris (voice)
• 2010Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang — Mr. Green
• 2010The Ghost Writer — The Ghost
• 2009Amelia — Gene Vidal
• 2009Angels & Demons — Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
• 2009The Men Who Stare at Goats — Bob Wilton
• 2008Deception — Jonathan McQuarry
• 2008Incendiary — Jasper Black
• British Film Forever
• 2007Cassandra's Dream — Ian Blaine
• 2007Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene — Narrator (voice)
• Long Way Down — Self, Producer, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2006Miss Potter — Norman Warne
• 2006Scenes of a Sexual Nature — Billy
• Soccer Aid
• 2006Stormbreaker — Ian Rider
• 2006The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid — Narrator (voice)
• 2005Robots — Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
• 2005Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith — Obi-Wan Kenobi
• 2005Stay — Sam Foster
• 2005The Island — Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln
• 2005Troy's Story — Narrator (voice)
• 2005Valiant — Valiant (voice)
• Long Way Round — Self, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2004Spooks & Creeps — Stroller ("Desserts")
• 2004The Story of Star Wars — Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
• 2003Big Fish — Ed Bloom (young)
• 2003Down with Love — Catcher Block
• 2003Faster — Narrator (voice)
• 2003Young Adam — Joe Taylor
• 2002Solid Geometry — Phil
• 2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones — Obi-Wan Kenobi
• 2001Black Hawk Down — Grimes
• 2001Moulin Rouge! — Christian
• 2000Anno Domini — The Stranger
• 2000Desserts — Stroller
• 2000Happy M’Gee — Happy
• 2000Nora — James Joyce, Producer
• 2000Welcome to Hollywood — Ewan McGregor
• 1999Eye of the Beholder — Stephen Wilson
• 1999Rogue Trader — Nick Leeson
• 1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace — Obi-Wan Kenobi
• 1999Tube Tales — Director
• 1998Little Voice — Billy
• 1998Velvet Goldmine — Curt Wild
• 1997A Life Less Ordinary — Robert Lewis
• 1997Nightwatch — Martin Bells
• 1997The Serpent's Kiss — Meneer Chrome
• 1996Brassed Off — Andy Barrow
• 1996Emma — Frank Churchill
• Karaoke — Young Man
• 1996Trainspotting — Renton
• 1995Blue Juice — Dean Raymond
• Kavanagh Q.C. — David Robert Armstrong
• 1995The Pillow Book — Jerome
• 1994Being Human — Alvarez
• 1994Doggin' Around — Tom Clayton
• ER — Duncan Stewart
• 1994Shallow Grave — Alex Law
• 1993Family Style — Jimmie
• Lipstick on Your Collar — Private Mick Hopper
• Scarlet and Black — Julien Sorel
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Screen One — Tom Clayton
• Tales from the Crypt — Ford
• Nature — Host, Narrator (voice)
• The South Bank Show
• Omnibus
• The Cow — Charlie Granger
• The Spot

Appearances as themselves (69)

• 2026Untold UK: Vinnie Jones — Self - (archive footage)
• 2025The Dark Fantastic — Self
• Tim Burton: Life in the Line — Self (footage)
• 2022Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema — Self
• 2022Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return — Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer
• The Last Movie Stars — Self
• 2020Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook — Self
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh — Self
• 2018A Movie Is Made For Pooh — Self
• 2018RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor — Self
• 2017And the Winner Isn't — Self
• Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2016The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2013Muse of Fire — Self
• 2012Bomber Boys — Self
• Buenas noches y Buenafuente — Self - Interviewee
• Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission — Self
• The Jonathan Ross Show — Self
• Conan — Self
• Justin Lee Collins: Good Times — Self
• 2010The Battle of Britain — Self
• The Jay Leno Show — Self
• 2008Memories of "Trainspotting" — Self
• 2008The New Ten Commandments — Self (archive footage)
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 200650 Films to See Before You Die — Self
• Race to Dakar — Self
• 2005Live 8 — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• 2005Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III — Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
• 2004Faster & Faster — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Parkinson — Self - Guest
• The Culture Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• American Idol — Self
• Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway — Self
• 2002From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II — Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Top Gear — Self
• 2001R2-D2: Beneath the Dome — Self
• 2001The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I — Self
• 2001The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of 'Moulin Rouge' — Self
• 2001The Polar Bears of Churchill with Ewan McGregor — Self
• 2001Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor — Self
• 2000Killing Priscilla — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self
• The Early Show — Self
• 1999The Unauthorized Star Wars Story — Self
• Parkinson — Self
• Elle Style Awards — Self - Winner
• The View — Self
• TFI Friday — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Soccer AM — Self
• Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• This Morning — Self
• Goldene Kamera — Self
• An Audience with... — Self
• The Oscars — Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee