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Ewan McGregor in 2012

Ewan McGregor made his acting debut in 1993 in the British television series Lipstick on Your Collar. He followed this one year later by appearing in Bill Forsyth's Being Human and Danny Boyle's thriller Shallow Grave. Two years later, he played heroin addict Mark Renton in Danny Boyle's Trainspotting which won him international recognition. He reprised the role in the sequel film T2 Trainspotting (2017).

In 1999, he played the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the first of the Star Wars prequel trilogy Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace; the character was originally played by Alec Guinness in the first Star Wars trilogy. He played the role again in its sequels Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005). In the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the 2019 film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, McGregor reprised the role of Obi-Wan in voice cameos. In 2019, it was announced that he would reprise his role in an exclusive Disney+ series centered around the character.[1] His uncle, Denis Lawson, had played Wedge Antilles in the original trilogy. For his role as Christian in the 2001 jukebox musical romantic drama film, Moulin Rouge! he received his first nomination for a Golden Globe, for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Eleven years later, he was nominated for Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012), in the same category.

In 2010, McGregor's performance as The Ghost Writer in Roman Polanski's psychological thriller The Ghost Writer won the European Film Award for Best Actor. In 2016, McGregor made his directorial feature film debut in American Pastoral.

Film

Year Title Role Director Notes
1994 Being Human Alvarez Bill Forsyth
1994 Shallow Grave Alex Law Danny Boyle
1995 Blue Juice Dean Raymond Carl Prechezer
1996 Trainspotting Mark Renton Danny Boyle
1996 The Pillow Book Jerome Peter Greenaway
1996 Emma Frank Churchill Douglas McGrath
1996 Brassed Off Andy Barrow Mark Herman
1997 Nightwatch Martin Bells Ole Bornedal
1997 The Serpent's Kiss Meneer Chrome Philippe Rousselot
1997 A Life Less Ordinary Robert Lewis Danny Boyle
1998 Velvet Goldmine Curt Wild Todd Haynes
1998 Little Voice Billy Mark Herman
1999 Desserts Stroller Jeff Stark Short film
1999 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Obi-Wan Kenobi George Lucas
1999 Rogue Trader Nick Leeson James Dearden
1999 Eye of the Beholder Stephen Wilson/The Eye Stephan Elliott
1999 Tube Tales None Himself Also director: segment "Bone"
2000 Nora James Joyce Pat Murphy Also co-producer
2001 Moulin Rouge! Christian Baz Luhrmann
2001 Black Hawk Down SPC John Grimes Ridley Scott
2002 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Obi-Wan Kenobi George Lucas
2002 Solid Geometry Phil Denis Lawson Short film
2003 Down with Love Catcher Block Peyton Reed
2003 Young Adam Joe Taylor David Mackenzie
2003 Faster Narrator Mark Neale Voice
2003 Big Fish Edward Bloom (young) Tim Burton
2005 Robots Rodney Copperbottom Chris Wedge Voice
2005 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Obi-Wan Kenobi George Lucas
2005 Valiant Valiant Gary Chapman Voice
2005 The Island Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln Michael Bay
2005 Stay Dr. Sam Foster Marc Forster
2006 Stormbreaker Ian Rider Geoffrey Sax
2006 Scenes of a Sexual Nature Billy Ed Blum
2006 Miss Potter Norman Warne Chris Noonan
2007 Cassandra's Dream Ian Blane Woody Allen
2008 Incendiary Jasper Black Sharon Maguire
2008 Deception Jonathan McQuarry Marcel Langenegger
2009 Angels & Demons Camerlengo Father Patrick McKenna Ron Howard
2009 I Love You Phillip Morris Phillip Morris John Requa & Glenn Ficarra
2009 The Men Who Stare at Goats Bob Wilton Grant Heslov
2009 Amelia Gene Vidal Mira Nair
2010 The Ghost Writer The Ghost Writer Roman Polanski Alternative title: The Ghost
2010 Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Rory Green Susanna White
2010 Jackboots on Whitehall Chris The McHenry Brothers Voice
2010 Beginners Oliver Fields Mike Mills
2011 Perfect Sense Michael David Mackenzie
2011 Fastest Narrator Mark Neale Voice
2011 Haywire Kenneth Steven Soderbergh
2012 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Dr. Alfred Jones Lasse Hallström
2012 The Impossible Henry Bennett J. A. Bayona
2013 Jack the Giant Slayer Elmont Bryan Singer
2013 August: Osage County Bill Fordham John Wells
2014 A Million Ways to Die in the West Cowboy at Fair Seth MacFarlane Cameo
2014 Son of a Gun Brendan Lynch Julius Avery
2015 Mortdecai Inspector Alistair Martland David Koepp
2015 Last Days in the Desert Yeshua / Satan Rodrigo García
2015 Miles Ahead Dave Brill Don Cheadle
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Obi-Wan Kenobi J. J. Abrams Voice cameo[2]
2016 Jane Got a Gun John Bishop Gavin O'Connor
2016 Our Kind of Traitor Peregrine "Perry" Makepeace Susanna White
2016 American Pastoral Seymour "Swede" Levov Himself Also director
2017 T2 Trainspotting Mark Renton Danny Boyle
2017 Beauty and the Beast Lumière Bill Condon
2018 Zoe Cole Drake Doremus
2018 Christopher Robin Christopher Robin Marc Forster
2019 Doctor Sleep[3] Danny "Dan" Torrance Mike Flanagan
2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Obi-Wan Kenobi J. J. Abrams Voice cameo
2020 Birds of Prey[4] Roman Sionis / Black Mask Cathy Yan
2021 Pinocchio The Talking Cricket Guillermo del Toro
Mark Gustafson
Post-production; Voice
TBA The Birthday Cake Father Kelly Jimmy Giannopoulos Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Lipstick on Your Collar PTE Mick Hopper 6 episodes
1993 Scarlet and Black Julien Sorel Mini-series
1995 Kavanagh QC David Robert Armstrong Episode: "Nothing But the Truth"
1996 Karaoke Young Man Episode: "Tuesday"
1996 Tales from the Crypt Ford Episode: "Cold War"
1997 ER Duncan Stewart Episode: "The Long Way Around"
2002 The Polar Bears of Churchill with Ewan McGregor Himself Documentary series
2004 Long Way Round Himself Documentary series
2007 Long Way Down Himself Documentary series
2010 The Battle of Britain Himself Documentary
2012 Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission Himself Documentary
2012 Bomber Boys Himself Documentary
2013 The Corrections Chip Lambert Unaired pilot
2013 Hebrides: Islands on the Edge Himself as Narrator (voice) Documentary series
2015 Doll & Em Ewan 2 episodes
2016 Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart Himself as Narrator (voice) Documentary series
2017 Fargo Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy /
Android Minsky’s Scientist Companion
10 episodes[5]
2020 Long Way Up Himself Documentary series
2022 Untitled Obi-Wan Kenobi series[1] Obi-Wan Kenobi Also executive producer[6]

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs Joe Orton Hampstead Theatre
2005 Guys and Dolls Sky Masterson Piccadilly Theatre
2007 Othello Iago Donmar Warehouse
2014 The Real Thing Henry American Airlines Theatre[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The Galaxy Far, Far Away Just Got A Little Bigger…". StarWars.com. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  2. ^ Breznican, Anthony (20 December 2015). "Obi-Wan and Yoda are secretly in Star Wars: The Force Awakens". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  3. ^ Sharf, Zack; Sharf, Zack (June 13, 2018). "'The Shining' Sequel: Ewan McGregor Bringing Adult Danny Torrance to the Big Screen in 'Doctor Sleep'".
  4. ^ "'Birds of Prey' Villain Will Be Black Mask, One of Batman's Deadliest Foes". August 11, 2018.
  5. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (20 May 2016). "'Fargo': Ewan McGregor Set As the Lead In Season 3 Of FX Limited Series In Dual Role". Deadline.com. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Deborah Chow to Direct Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Exclusively on Disney+". September 27, 2019.
  7. ^ Stasio, Marilyn (30 October 2014). "Broadway Review: 'The Real Thing' with Ewan McGregor". Variety. Retrieved 9 December 2014.