Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor is considered one of today’s finest actors, with a diverse line-up of roles across a multitude of genres. From his breakthrough role as the heroin-addicted Mark Renton in “Trainspotting,” to the legendary Obi-Wan Kenobi in the second released “Star Wars” trilogy, to starring as Christian in the Oscar and BAFTA Award-winning musical “Moulin Rouge!” McGregor’s career has been highlighted by a continuous string of bold performances. McGregor recently received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in September 2024.
Upcoming, McGregor will return to the London stage after 17 years to play Henry Solness in the play “My Master Builder,” inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s classic “The Master Builder.” McGregor will star as an architect who’s wife throws him a party in the Hamptons to celebrate the unveiling of his new work, which is disrupted by the arrival of a former student. The production begins previews at Wyndham’s theatre on April 17, 2025, and will run until July 12, 2025.
McGregor recently wrapped production on David Robert Mitchell’s new film “Flowervale Street” for Warner Bros. and Bad Robot, alongside Anne Hathaway. The film follows a family in the 1980s as they start to notice bizarre happenings in their neighborhood. The film is set to be released on March 13, 2026. McGregor also recently wrapped production on the next installment of his Emmy-nominated motorbike adventure series “Long Way” alongside Charley Boorman, which Apple TV+ will release at a yet-to-be-announced date.
McGregor was recently seen starring in “A Gentleman in Moscow,” the adaptation of Amor Towles’ novel of the same name. McGregor plays Count Alexander Rostov who finds himself going from riches to rags following the Russian revolution. He also serves as an executive producer on the series which is streaming on Showtime and Paramount+. He recently received a Critics Choice award nomination in the category of Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television and a Golden Globe award nomination in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television for his performance in the series.
He was recently seen in Niclas Larsson’s feature debut “Mother, Couch,” alongside Taylor Russell, Rhys Ifans and Ellen Burstyn. The film made its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and made its Swedish premiere at the Göteborg Film Festival in February 2024. The film was released in the US on July 5, 2024. He was also seen in the film “Bleeding Love,” which made its world premiere at the 2023 SXSW Festival alongside his daughter Clara McGregor. The film was picked up by Vertical and released in February 2024.
Most notably, McGregor was seen starring in “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” the special event series for Disney+ where he reprises his acclaimed role of Obi-Wan. He also executive produced the series which premiered on May 27, 2022, and broke Disney+ viewership records to become the platform's most-watched show globally. The series was nominated for five 2023 Emmy Awards, including “Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series”.
McGregor won an Emmy Award for his performance as Roy Halston in the Netflix limited series “Halston.” The series, which he also executive produced, follows the meteoric rise and fall of the first American celebrity fashion designer. Also produced by Ryan Murphy, it was released in Spring 2021. McGregor also received critical acclaim in FX’s Emmy-winning drama “Fargo” for his dual role as brothers Emmit and Ray Stussy in season three of the anthology series. McGregor won both Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Awards for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film for his work on the show as well as received an Emmy nomination in the category of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.
McGregor voiced Jiminy Cricket in Guillermo Del Toro’s stop-motion animated “Pinocchio,” which premiered on Netflix in December 2022. The film won a Golden Globe Award in the category of Best Motion Picture, a BAFTA Award in the category of Best Animated Film and has also was nominated for an Academy Award, an Art Directors Guild Award and nine Annie Awards.
Before that, McGregor starred in Apple TV+’s film, “Raymond and Ray,” which follows half-brothers Raymond (McGregor) and Ray, Ethan Hawke, who have lived in the shadow of a terrible father. The film had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival and released on Apple TV+ in October 2022.
In the Fall of 2020, McGregor was seen starring in the third iteration of his motorcycle documentary series, “Long Way Up.” Apple TV+ released the series and McGregor executive produced it as well. Earlier in February 2020, McGregor was seen as the villainous Roman Sionis in “Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)” alongside Margot Robbie. In 2018, McGregor starred in “Christopher Robin,” the second feature of the franchise focusing on the real-life story of “Winnie the Pooh” author A.A. Milne. In 2017, he reprised his role as Renton in “T2 Trainspotting,” opposite Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner and Robert Carlyle, earning a BAFTA Scotland Award nomination. Additionally, McGregor starred in the live-action adaption of “Beauty and the Beast,” lending his voice to the role of Lumière. Released in March 2017, the film grossed more than $1.2 billion worldwide.
McGregor made his directorial debut with “American Pastoral,” based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. McGregor also starred opposite Jennifer Connelly and Dakota Fanning in the film, which was released in October 2016.
On the stage, McGregor made his Broadway debut as Henry in Tom Stoppard’s Tony Award-winning play “The Real Thing,” directed by Sam Gold. The play opened on October 30, 2014 and ran until January 4, 2015 at the American Airlines Theatre in New York.
McGregor has been repeatedly honored for his work on the big screen, recently including a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor for his performance in “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”; and a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award nomination as part of the ensemble cast of John Wells’ film adaptation of Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer- and Tony-winning play “August: Osage County.” He also garnered Empire Award, London Critics Circle Film Award and British Independent Film Award nominations and won a BAFTA Scotland Award for his work in “Young Adam.” He earned his first Golden Globe nomination and won an Empire Award and a London Critics Circle Film Award for his performance in “Moulin Rouge!,” also sharing in a SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Motion Picture Cast. Earlier in his career, he won three consecutive Empire Awards: in 1996 for “Shallow Grave”; in 1997 for “Trainspotting,” for which he also won a BAFTA Scotland Award; and in 1998 for Danny Boyle’s “A Life Less Ordinary.” In 1997, the London Critics Circle named him the British Actor of the Year, for his work in “The Pillow Book,” “Trainspotting,” “Brassed Off” and “Emma.” For his role in “Shallow Grave,” McGregor also won the Hitchcock D’Argent Best Actor Award. On television, McGregor was nominated for an Emmy Award, for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, for his role in the NBC television series “ER.”
His long list of film credits also includes the glam rock film “Velvet Goldmine,”; Mike Mills’ “Beginners”; Susanna White’s “Our Kind of Traitor”; Rodrigo García’s “Last Days in the Desert”; Don Cheadle’s “Miles Ahead”; Julius Avery’s “Son of a Gun”; J.A. Bayona’s “The Impossible”; Steven Soderbergh’s “Haywire”; Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer”; Mira Nair’s “Amelia”; Ron Howard’s “Angels & Demons”; “I Love You Phillip Morris,” opposite Jim Carrey; “Deception,” opposite Michelle Williams and Hugh Jackman; “Incendiary”; Woody Allen’s “Cassandra’s Dream”; “Miss Potter,” opposite Renée Zellweger; “Scenes of a Sexual Nature”; Marc Forster’s “Stay”; Michael Bay’s “The Island”; “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace,” “Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones” and “Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith”; the animated films “Robots” and “Valiant”; Tim Burton’s “Big Fish”; “Down With Love” opposite Zellweger; Ridley Scott’s “Black Hawk Down”; “Rogue Trader”; and the Golden Globe-winning “Little Voice.”
McGregor serves as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF UK, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.