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Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor
OBE
McGregor in 2023
Born
Ewan Gordon McGregor

(1971-03-31) 31 March 1971 (age 53)
Perth, Scotland
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Alma materGuildhall School of Music and Drama
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present
WorksFull list
Spouses
  • Eve Mavrakis
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    (m. 1995; div. 2020)​
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    (m. 2022)​
Children5, including Clara
RelativesDenis Lawson (uncle)
AwardsFull list

Ewan Gordon McGregor OBE (/ˈjuːən/ YOO-ən;[1] 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.[2]

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).[3] 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 the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his portrayal of fashion designer Halston in the miniseries Halston (2021).[4]

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.

  1. ^ Kamla Bhatt (13 October 2016). "Ewan McGregor on Acting, His Parents & 'American Pastoral'". The Kamla Show (Podcast). Event occurs at 0:02. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  2. ^ "BAFTA LA To Honor Ewan McGregor at the 2016 British Academy Britannia Awards". BAFTA. 14 September 2016. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hello – Bio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie Nominees / Winners 2021". Television Academy. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

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