Acting credits
174
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Ewan McGregor
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.9
Moderate attention
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Movies: 114Series: 61Crew credits: 12
TMDB ID: 3061
IMDb ID: nm0000191
Known for: Acting
Born: March 31, 1971
Age: 54
Place of birth: Perth, Scotland, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2026
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.45
Wikidata: Q165518
Also known as
Ewan Gordon McGregor
Other jobs
Executive Producer (8)Director (2)Producer (2)
Biography
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ewan McGregor.
Aug 12
Flowervale Street
2026 Movie
Mar 20
The Land of Sometimes
as The Wish Collector (voice)
2026 Movie
The Dark Fantastic
as Self
2025 Movie
5.6
Mother, Couch
as David
2024 Movie
6.4
Bleeding Love
as Father
2024 Movie
7.5
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
as Self
2022 Movie
8.0
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
as Cricket (voice)
2022 Movie
6.2
Raymond & Ray
as Raymond
2022 Movie
6.8
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer
2022 Movie
7.0
Speed Is Expensive: The Philip Vincent Story
as Narrator (voice)
2022 Movie
5.1
The Birthday Cake
as Father Kelly
2021 Movie
6.9
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
as Roman Sionis
2020 Movie
Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook
as Self
2020 Movie
6.3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice)
2019 Movie
7.1
Doctor Sleep
as Danny Torrance
2019 Movie
6.6
Wild Ways of the Vikings
as Narrator (voice)
2019 Movie
7.7
Wild Shetland: Scotland's Viking Frontier
as Narrator
2019 Movie
8.0
A Movie Is Made For Pooh
as Self
2018 Movie
7.3
Christopher Robin
as Christopher Robin
2018 Movie
5.9
Zoe
as Cole
2018 Movie
4.9
RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin McGregor
as Self
2018 Movie
5.7
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
2017 Movie
7.0
Beauty and the Beast
as Lumière
2017 Movie
5.3
Red Point
as Brown
2017 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ewan McGregor.
8.0
Long Way Home
as Self • 10 eps
2025 Series
6.8
A Gentleman in Moscow
as Count Alexander Rostov • 8 eps
2024 Series
6.9
The Last Movie Stars
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.0
Obi-Wan Kenobi
as Obi-Wan Kenobi • 6 eps
2022 Series
Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury
as Narrator (voice) • 6 eps
2021 Series
7.0
Halston
as Halston • 5 eps
2021 Series
Stormborn
3 eps
2020 Series
7.5
Long Way Up
as Self • 11 eps
2020 Series
7.9
Staged
as Ewan • 1 eps
2020 Series
3.5
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
5.9
Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 4 eps
2016 Series
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
5.3
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
4.5
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
8.3
Fargo
as Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy • 10 eps
2014 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest • 4 eps
2014 Series
6.4
Doll & Em
as Sleazy Ewan McGregor • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 4 eps
2014 Series
4.0
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
9.7
Hebrides: Islands on the Edge
as Narrator (voice) • 4 eps
2013 Series
Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission
as Self • 2 eps
2012 Series
6.0
Buenas noches y Buenafuente
as Self - Interviewee • 1 eps
2012 Series
5.3
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.1
Conan
as Self • 2 eps
2010 Series