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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
Golden Globe Awards
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Daily Show
The Graham Norton Show
Real Time with Bill Maher
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
The Jay Leno Show
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Honest Trailers
Parkinson
Nature
Staged
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
Karaoke
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Beauty and the Beast
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Fargo
Haywire
Emma
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
The Beginning: Making Episode I
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
Stormbreaker
Black Hawk Down
Mortdecai
Jack the Giant Slayer
Jane Got a Gun
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Angels & Demons
Bomber Boys
Down with Love
The Impossible
Trips Money Can't Buy with Ewan McGregor
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Christopher Robin
The Ghost Writer
Stay
Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury
Obi-Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut
Raymond & Ray
A Gentleman in Moscow
Velvet Goldmine
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Big Fish
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Long Way Round
Long Way Up
Stormborn
RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor
Valiant
Long Way Home
T2 Trainspotting
Doctor Sleep
Beginners
Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart
Moulin Rouge!
Robots
Trainspotting
Halston
Hebrides: Islands on the Edge
Son of a Gun
American Pastoral
Bomber Boys
Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut
Long Way Down
Wild Ways of the Vikings
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Production Credits
Long Way Down
Long Way Up
Long Way Round
Obi-Wan Kenobi
American Pastoral
Long Way Home
Halston
A Gentleman in Moscow
Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut
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