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Ewan McGregor

Ewan Gordon McGregor (/ˈjuːən/ YOO-ən; 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. While studying drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, McGregor began h... more

Ewan Gordon McGregor (/ˈjuːən/ YOO-ən; 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.

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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Trainspotting
(1996)
Crime, Drama
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his ...
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller
8.1
91%
83
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Big Fish
(2003)
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
Runtime:
125 min
Director:
Tim Burton
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter
8.0
76%
58
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
(2015)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.
Runtime:
136 min
Director:
J.J. Abrams
Cast:
Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Adam Driver
7.8
93%
80
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Black Hawk Down
(2001)
Action, History, War
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Runtime:
145 min
Director:
Ridley Scott
Cast:
Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Jason Isaacs, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner
7.7
76%
74
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
(2005)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power -- and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
Runtime:
140 min
Director:
George Lucas
Cast:
Hayden Christensen, Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid
7.5
80%
68
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Moulin Rouge!
(2001)
Drama, Music, Romance
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.
Runtime:
128 min
Director:
Baz Luhrmann
Cast:
Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Jim Broadbent
7.6
76%
66
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The Impossible
(2012)
Drama, Thriller
In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of the sea, followed by a wall of black water that devours everything in its path. Though M...
Runtime:
113 min
7.6
N/A
73
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Beauty and the Beast
(2017)
Family, Fantasy, Romance
A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.
Runtime:
129 min
Director:
Bill Condon
Cast:
Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Emma Thompson
7.2
71%
65
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The Ghost Writer
(2010)
Mystery, Thriller
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.
Runtime:
128 min
Director:
Roman Polanski
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Jon Bernthal, Kim Cattrall, Kim Cattrall
7.2
84%
77
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The Island
(2005)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last uncontaminated location on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie.
Runtime:
136 min
Director:
Michael Bay
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou
6.8
40%
50
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T2 Trainspotting
(2017)
Crime, Drama
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner, Robert Carlyle
7.2
79%
67
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Angels & Demons
(2009)
Mystery, Thriller
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati - a secret, underground organization - after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.
Runtime:
138 min
Director:
Ron Howard
Cast:
Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgård
6.7
37%
48
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Beginners
(2011)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 44 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life – which included a younger...
Runtime:
105 min
Director:
Mike Mills
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox
7.2
84%
81
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
(2019)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
Runtime:
142 min
Cast:
Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Adam Driver
6.6
51%
53
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August: Osage County
(2013)
Comedy, Drama
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
Runtime:
121 min
Director:
John Wells
Cast:
Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Ewan McGregor, Margo Martindale
7.2
64%
58
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
(1999)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.
Runtime:
136 min
Director:
George Lucas
Cast:
Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman
6.5
52%
51
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
(2002)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could change the galaxy forever.
Runtime:
142 min
Director:
George Lucas
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Christopher Lee
6.5
65%
54
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Shallow Grave
(1994)
Crime, Thriller
When accountant David, doctor Juliet and journalist Alex are searching for a fourth roommate for their trendy flat, they settle on the aloof Hugo. However, they soon find Hugo dead of a drug overdose, beside a large sum of cash. After some deliberation, the three others decide to keep the money and to dismember and bury Hugo's body. So...
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor, Ken Stott, Keith Allen
7.3
70%
67
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Christopher Robin
(2018)
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and loveable stuffed animals, Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the rest of the gang, to rekindle their friendship and remind him of endless days of childlike wonder and make-believe, when doin...
Runtime:
104 min
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Jim Cummings, Mark Gatiss, Hayley Atwell, Jim Cummings
7.3
N/A
60
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Stay
(2005)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he find...
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Marc Forster
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, Naomi Watts, Kate Burton, Elizabeth Reaser
6.8
27%
41
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I Love You Phillip Morris
(2009)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Steve Russell is a small-town cop. Bored with his bland lifestyle, Russell turns to fraud as a means of shaking things up. Before long, Russell's criminal antics have landed him behind bars, where he encounters the charismatic Phillip Morris. Smitten, Russell devotes his entire life to being with Morris regardless of the consequences.
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Cast:
Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, Brennan Brown
6.6
71%
65
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Perfect Sense
(2011)
Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
In Glasgow, Scotland, while a mysterious pandemic begins to spread around the world, Susan, a brilliant epidemiologist, falls in love with Michael, a skillful cook.
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
David Mackenzie
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Eva Green, Ewen Bremner, Stephen Dillane, Denis Lawson
7.1
54%
55
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Robots
(2005)
Animation, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Big Weld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha
Cast:
Robin Williams, Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Mel Brooks, Mel Brooks
6.4
64%
64
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
(2012)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.
Runtime:
107 min
6.8
67%
58
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The Men Who Stare at Goats
(2009)
Comedy, War
A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Grant Heslov
Cast:
George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Robert Patrick
6.2
51%
54
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Velvet Goldmine
(1998)
Drama, Music
Almost a decade has elapsed since Bowiesque glam-rock superstar Brian Slade escaped the spotlight of the London scene. Now, investigative journalist Arthur Stuart is on assignment to uncover the truth behind the enigmatic Slade. Stuart, himself forged by the music of the 1970s, explores the larger-than-life stars who were once his idol...
Runtime:
118 min
Director:
Todd Haynes
Cast:
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ewan McGregor, Christian Bale, Toni Collette, Eddie Izzard
7.0
59%
65
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Cassandra's Dream
(2007)
Crime, Drama
The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Woody Allen, Richard Lintern
Cast:
Colin Farrell, Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Sally Hawkins, Tom Wilkinson
6.6
46%
49
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Miss Potter
(2006)
Drama, Family, Romance
The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit', and her struggle for love, happiness and success.
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Chris Noonan
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Renée Zellweger, Emily Watson, Barbara Flynn, Bill Paterson
7.0
68%
57
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Emma
(1996)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightly.
Runtime:
121 min
Director:
Douglas McGrath
Cast:
Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Toni Collette, Denys Hawthorne, James Cosmo
6.7
89%
66
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Brassed Off
(1996)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they have no hope until Gloria appears carrying her Flugelhorn. At first mocked for being a woman, she soon becomes the only chance for the band to win.
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Mark Herman
Cast:
Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Tompkinson
7.2
79%
60
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Down with Love
(2003)
Comedy, Romance
In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Peyton Reed
Cast:
Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Sarah Paulson, David Hyde Pierce, Rachel Dratch
6.3
60%
52
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A Life Less Ordinary
(1997)
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine, a spoiled rich girl who has just accidentally shot a suitor and, due to a misunderstanding, is kidnapped by janitor Robert. Although Celine quickly frees herself, she stays with Robert for th...
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Danny Boyle
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Dan Hedaya
6.4
41%
35
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Haywire
(2011)
Action, Drama, Thriller
A black ops soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and left for dead.
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Steven Soderbergh
Cast:
Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Bill Paxton, Channing Tatum
5.8
80%
67
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Long Way Round
(2004)
Adventure, Documentary
This documentary series follows actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on a motorcycle trip around the world. The two friends will travel through such places as Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Alaska, before finally ending the journey in New York. The filming will be done by on board cameras and one ride along cameraman.
Runtime:
294 min
8.9
N/A
N/A
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Deception
(2008)
Thriller
As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose leads to Jonathan's introduction to The List, an underground sex club. Jonathan begins an affair with a woman known only as S, who introduces ...
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Marcel Langenegger
Cast:
Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, Bruce Altman, Andrew Ginsburg
6.1
11%
31
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Little Voice
(1998)
Comedy, Drama
After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her bedroom listening to her father's collection of old records of Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe and various other famous female singers. But at night time, LV sings, imitating these great singer...
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Mark Herman
Cast:
Brenda Blethyn, Michael Caine, Ewan McGregor, Jim Broadbent, Annette Badland
7.0
79%
68
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Son of a Gun
(2014)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Locked up for a minor crime, 19 year old JR quickly learns the harsh realities of prison life. Protection, if you can get it, is paramount. JR soon finds himself under the watchful eye of Australia's most notorious criminal, Brendan Lynch, but protection comes at a price.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Julius Avery
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Brenton Thwaites, Alicia Vikander, Matthew Nable, Damon Herriman
6.5
63%
48
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Mortdecai
(2015)
Adventure, Comedy
An art dealer, Charles Mortdecai, searches for a stolen painting rumored to contain a secret code that gains access to hidden Nazi gold.
Runtime:
106 min
5.5
N/A
27
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
(2010)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny discovers that the children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue ...
Runtime:
109 min
Director:
Susanna White
Cast:
Emma Thompson, Ralph Fiennes, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maggie Smith, Rhys Ifans
6.1
75%
52
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Nightwatch
(1997)
Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A law student, who takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue, begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect of a series of murders.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Ole Bornedal
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette, Nick Nolte, Josh Brolin, Lauren Graham
6.2
27%
40