Ewan McGregor
Highest Rated: 100% Humpback Whales (2015)
Lowest Rated: 9% Eye of the Beholder (1999)
Birthday: Mar 31, 1971
Birthplace: Perth, Scotland, UK
In perhaps one of the fastest rises in Hollywood, actor Ewan McGregor emerged onto the scene six months shy of graduating drama school to star in his first miniseries. A mere two years later, he was the toast of the independent circuit with his brave performance in Danny Boyle's highly regarded "Trainspotting" (1996), which propelled the young actor to stardom virtually overnight. Ever since his acclaimed portrait of a heroin addict struggling to put his drug days behind him, McGregor was a consistent presence in features like "Emma" (1996) and "A Life Less Ordinary" (1997) as well as blockbusters like smash musical, "Moulin Rouge" (2001). Never shy to speak his mind, he routinely lambasted big budget Hollywood movies, only to find himself playing one of the most beloved characters in one of the most popular film franchise of all time. As Obi-Wan Kenobi in the three "Star Wars" prequels - "The Phantom Menace" (1999), "Attack of the Clones" (2002) and "Revenge of the Sith" (2005) - McGregor deftly channeled the character created by Sir Alec Guinness, while at the same time making it his own. Alternating between smaller indies such as Mike Mills' "Beginners" (2010) and "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" (2012) with mainstream features ranging from dysfunctional family drama "August: Osage County" (2013) to Disney's live-action "Beauty and the Beast" (2017), McGregor remained a viable performer capable of playing just about any role he wished.
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Ewan McGregor
Filmography
Movies
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41% |
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Mother, Couch |
David (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2023 |
57% |
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Bleeding Love |
Unknown (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2023 |
No Score Yet |
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Speed Is Expensive: Philip Vincent and the Million Dollar Motorcycle | Narrator | - | 2023 |
96% |
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Cricket (Voice) | - | 2022 |
48% |
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Raymond & Ray | Raymond (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet |
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Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return | Self | - | 2022 |
22% |
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The Birthday Cake | Father Kelly (Character) | - | 2021 |
79% |
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | Roman Sionis (Character) | $84.1M | 2020 |
79% |
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Doctor Sleep | Dan Torrance (Character) | $31.6M | 2019 |
72% |
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Christopher Robin | Christopher Robin (Character) | $99.2M | 2018 |
35% |
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Zoe | Cole (Character) | - | 2018 |
81% |
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T2 Trainspotting | Renton (Character) | $2.4M | 2017 |
71% |
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Beauty and the Beast | Lumière (Character) | $504.0M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bug: Life and Times of the People's Car | Unknown (Character) | - | 2016 |
24% |
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American Pastoral |
Seymour "Swede" Levov (Character), Director |
$541.5K | 2016 |
72% |
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Our Kind of Traitor | Perry (Character) | $3.2M | 2016 |
74% |
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Miles Ahead | Dave Braden (Character) | $2.6M | 2016 |
41% |
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Jane Got a Gun | John Bishop (Character) | $1.5M | 2016 |
100% |
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Humpback Whales | Narrator | - | 2015 |
76% |
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Last Days in the Desert | Jesus (Character) | - | 2015 |
12% |
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Mortdecai | Alistair Martland (Character) | $7.7M | 2015 |
62% |
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Son of a Gun | Brendan (Character) | - | 2014 |
33% |
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A Million Ways to Die in the West | Cowboy at Fair (Character) | $42.6M | 2014 |
67% |
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August: Osage County | Bill Fordham (Character) | $37.7M | 2013 |
52% |
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Jack the Giant Slayer | Elmont (Character) | - | 2013 |
82% |
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The Impossible | Henry (Character) | $19.0M | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Fastest | Narrator | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Charge | Narrator | - | 2011 |
68% |
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Dr. Alfred Jones (Character) | $73.0K | 2011 |
57% |
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Perfect Sense | Michael (Character) | $1.6K | 2011 |
80% |
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Haywire | Kenneth (Character) | $201.7K | 2011 |
44% |
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Jackboots on Whitehall | Chris (Voice) | - | 2010 |
86% |
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Beginners | Oliver (Character) | $5.8M | 2010 |
76% |
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Nanny McPhee Returns | Rory Green (Character) | $29.0M | 2010 |
84% |
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The Ghost Writer | The Ghost (Character) | $15.5M | 2010 |
71% |
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I Love You Phillip Morris | Phillip Morris (Character) | $2.0M | 2009 |
51% |
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The Men Who Stare at Goats | Bob Wilton (Character) | $32.4M | 2009 |
19% |
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Amelia | Gene Vidal (Character) | $14.2M | 2009 |
36% |
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Angels & Demons | Camerlengo Patrick McKenna (Character) | $133.4M | 2009 |
20% |
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Incendiary | Jasper Black (Character) | - | 2008 |
11% |
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Deception | Jonathan McQuarry (Character) | $4.6M | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Troy's Story: The Legend of Superbike Champion Troy Bayliss | Narrator | - | 2008 |
46% |
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Cassandra's Dream | Ian Blaine (Character) | $969.6K | 2007 |
50% |
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Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Billy (Character) | - | 2006 |
69% |
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Miss Potter | Norman Warne (Character) | $3.0M | 2006 |
35% |
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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker | Ian Rider (Character) | $652.5K | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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The Doctor, the Tornado and the Kentucky Kid | Narrator | - | 2006 |
26% |
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Stay | Dr. Sam Foster (Character) | $3.6M | 2005 |
32% |
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Valiant | Valiant (Voice) | $19.5M | 2005 |
40% |
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The Island | Lincoln Six-Echo (Character) | $35.8M | 2005 |
79% |
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Obi-Wan Kenobi (Character) | $380.3M | 2005 |
64% |
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Robots | Rodney Copperbottom (Voice) | - | 2005 |
62% |
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Young Adam | Joe Taylor (Character) | $767.2K | 2003 |
53% |
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Faster | Narrator | - | 2003 |
76% |
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Big Fish | Young Edward Bloom (Character) | $66.3M | 2003 |
60% |
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Down With Love | Catcher Block (Character) | $20.3M | 2003 |
65% |
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Obi-Wan Kenobi (Character) | $310.7M | 2002 |
77% |
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Black Hawk Down | Grimes (Character) | $108.6M | 2001 |
75% |
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Moulin Rouge | Christian (Character) | $57.4M | 2001 |
64% |
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Nora |
James Joyce (Character), Co-Producer |
$12.3K | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Tube Tales | Director | - | 1999 |
30% |
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Rogue Trader | Nick Leeson (Character) | - | 1999 |
52% |
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Obi-Wan Kenobi (Character) | $452.0M | 1999 |
9% |
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Eye of the Beholder |
Stephen Wilson/ |
$16.5M | 1999 |
27% |
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Nightwatch | Martin Bells (Character) | $1.2M | 1998 |
80% |
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Little Voice | Billy (Character) | $4.6M | 1998 |
63% |
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Velvet Goldmine | Curt Wild (Character) | $1.0M | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Desserts | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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The Serpent's Kiss | Meneer Chrome (Character) | - | 1997 |
41% |
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A Life Less Ordinary | Robert Lewis (Character) | $4.3M | 1997 |
80% |
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Brassed Off | Andy (Character) | $2.6M | 1996 |
84% |
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Emma | Frank Churchill (Character) | $22.2M | 1996 |
68% |
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The Pillow Book | Jerome (Character) | $2.4M | 1996 |
90% |
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Trainspotting | Mark "Rent-boy" Renton (Character) | $16.6M | 1996 |
73% |
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Shallow Grave | Alex Law (Character) | $1.7M | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Blue Juice | Dean Raymond (Character) | $2.8K | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doggin' Around | Tom Clayton (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Scarlet and the Black | Unknown (Character) | - | 1993 |
TV
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92% | 81% | A Gentleman in Moscow | Count Alexander Rostov (Character) | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2017-2018 2020-2021 2024 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2014 2020 2022 2024 |
No Score Yet | 41% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2013 2015-2017 2019 2021-2022 2024 |
82% | 61% | Obi-Wan Kenobi |
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Character), Executive Producer |
2022 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2016-2017 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2017 2021 |
67% | 81% | Halston |
Halston (Character), Executive Producer |
2021 |
100% | 82% | Long Way Up |
Unknown (Character), Executive Producer |
2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2011-2012 2015-2017 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Real Time With Bill Maher | Guest | 2020 |
82% | 16% | A Little Late With Lilly Singh | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2012 2016 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2012-2013 2015 2018-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nature | Narrator | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 13% | The View | Guest | 2016 2018 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Highlands: Wild Heart of Scotland | Narrator | 2016 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter | Guest | 2017 |
93% | 85% | Fargo |
Emmit Stussy/ |
2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vice Guide to Film | Unknown (Character) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Islands on the Edge | Narrator | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hebrides: Islands on the Edge | Narrator | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission | Host | 2012 |
31% | No Score Yet | The Jay Leno Show | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 66% | Top Gear | Guest | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Duncan Stewart (Guest Star) | 1997 |
82% | 90% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1996 |