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Ewan Gordon McGregor OBE (/ ˈ j uː ə n / 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.
Ewan Gordon McGregor was born on March 31, 1971 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, to Carol Diane (Lawson) and James Charles McGregor, both teachers. His uncle is actor Denis Lawson. He was raised in Crieff.
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Ewan McGregor. Actor: Moulin Rouge!. Ewan Gordon McGregor was born on March 31, 1971 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, to Carol Diane (Lawson) and James Charles McGregor, both teachers. His uncle is actor Denis Lawson. He was raised in Crieff. At age 16, he left Morrison Academy to join the Perth Repertory Theatre. His parents encouraged him to leave school and pursue his acting goals rather ...
- March 31, 1971
- Overview
- Early life
- Trainspotting and Danny Boyle
- Star Wars
- Moulin Rouge!, Fargo, and Halston
- Theater and other credits
- Personal life
Ewan McGregor (born March 31, 1971, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland) Scottish actor of stage, film, and television who is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Obi-Wan Kenobi in the second Star Wars trilogy: Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones (2002), and Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sit...
Ewan McGregor, whose brother, Colin McGregor, became a fighter pilot with the Royal Air Force (RAF), is the son of schoolteachers Carol (née Lawson) McGregor and James McGregor. They encouraged his pursuit of a life in the arts, and he studied at a number of theaters in Scotland before moving to London for a three-year stint at the Guildhall School...
In 1996 McGregor reunited with Boyle, assuming the star-making role of the heroin-addicted Mark Renton in Trainspotting. The dark comedy, which was based on the novel by Irvine Welsh, takes an unsparing look at the ravages of drugs and poverty in 1990s Scotland, and it includes a famous surreal scene in which Renton dives into a revolting toilet in...
In 1999 McGregor took on arguably his best-known role, Obi-Wan Kenobi, in Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace. Playing the character made famous by Alec Guinness in the original trilogy, McGregor shared scenes with such costars as Liam Neeson and Natalie Portman. McGregor reprised the role in the two sequels (2002 and 2005). He also provided th...
During this time McGregor also appeared in movies that highlighted his versatility. In 1998 he played an Iggy Pop-inspired singer in Velvet Goldmine, Todd Haynes’s exploration of music and gender fluidity. He later starred in Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! (2001), a visually stunning musical set in 1890s Paris. McGregor portrayed a bohemian writer who falls in love with a doomed courtesan (played by Nicole Kidman). His other credits from 2001 include Ridley Scott’s acclaimed military drama Black Hawk Down, about a 1993 battle between U.S. soldiers and armed rebels in Mogadishu, Somalia. McGregor later teamed up with director Tim Burton on the fantastical drama Big Fish (2003) and then appeared with Renée Zellweger in Miss Potter (2006), a biopic about children’s author Beatrix Potter.
Noted for his commitment to roles, McGregor was highly sought after. His credits from 2010 include Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer, a thriller about an author hired to pen a politician’s memoirs, and the family comedy Nanny McPhee Returns. That year he also starred with Christopher Plummer in Beginners, a well-received dramedy about a man who discovers that his dying father is gay. McGregor later appeared in The Impossible (2012), about tourists caught in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami; August: Osage County (2013), a family drama starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts; and A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), a comedic western. In 2016 McGregor went behind the camera to direct American Pastoral, an adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel about a couple whose daughter becomes a terrorist; McGregor also starred in the drama.
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McGregor has memorably appeared on stage throughout his career. In 2005 he appeared in a West End production of the musical Guys and Dolls, earning acclaim as Sky Masterson. He then played Iago to Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Othello in a 2007 production of Shakespeare’s famed drama. In 2014 McGregor appeared in his first Broadway production, starring alongside Maggie Gyllenhaal in Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing.
An avid motorcycle enthusiast, McGregor and longtime friend Charley Boorman filmed three docuseries in which they rode their motorcycles around the world: Long Way Round (2004–10), Long Way Down (2007), and Long Way Up (2020). McGregor also narrated the documentary Speed Is Expensive: Philip Vincent and the Million Dollar Motorcycle (2023).
In 1995 McGregor married production designer Eve Mavrakis, and they had four daughters. The couple separated in 2017 and divorced three years later. While filming Fargo, he met actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and they married in 2022. The couple share a son.
Although McGregor left Scotland as a teen, he has remained proud of his roots. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2013 for his efforts on behalf of charity and the arts, and he wore a Scottish kilt for the ceremony. After the United Kingdom voted (2016) to leave the European Union, McGregor came out in support of Scottish independence.
Ewan Gordon McGregor was born on 31 March 1971, in Perth, Scotland, to James Charles Stewart and Carole Diane. His father was a physical education teacher and his mother was a school administrator and a teacher.
May 14, 2021 · Ewan McGregor was born on March 31, 1971. He celebrated his 50th birthday in 2021. His mother, Carol Diane (née Lawson), is a retired teacher at Crieff High School, and his father, James Charles Stewart 'Jim' McGregor, is a retired PE teacher and careers master at Morrison's Academy in Crieff.
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Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor who has starred in numerous film and musical roles. His first professional role was in 1993, as a leading role in the British Channel 4 series Lipstick on Your Collar. He then achieved international fame with his portrayals of heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama films Trainspotting (1996) and T2 Trainspotting (2017), Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars ...
