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Ewan McGregor, born March 31, 1971, is a Scottish actor who rose to prominence with his role in Trainspotting and further solidified his status with Star Wars. His career has spanned genres, from the musical Moulin Rouge! to the thriller Angels and Demons, and he earned critical acclaim for his nuanced performances in The Ghost Writer and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. McGregor ventured into directing with American Pastoral, and his dual role in Fargo won him a Golden Globe. His versatility continued with voice work in Beauty and the Beast and reprising Obi-Wan Kenobi in Disney+'s miniseries, for which he won an Emmy. Beyond his screen presence, McGregor has been a UNICEF UK ambassador since 2004.
The roles that explain the career.
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Land of Sometimes | The Wish Collector (voice) | Film |
| 2026 | Waffle F1 The Movie: 2 | Himself | Film |
| 2026 | The End of Oak Street | Greg Platt | Film |
| 2024 | A Gentleman in Moscow | Count Alexander Rostov | TV |
| 2023 | Off the Rails: The Making of “Trainspotting | Film | |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Cricket (voice) | Film |
| 2022 | Raymond & Ray | Raymond | Film |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Obi-Wan Kenobi | TV |
| 2021 | The Birthday Cake | Father Kelly | Film |
| 2021 | Halston | Halston | TV |
| 2020 | Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | Roman Sionis | Film |
| 2019 | Doctor Sleep | Danny Torrance | Film |
| 2018 | Christopher Robin | Christopher Robin | Film |
| 2017 | Salt Bike: A Year with the Baron | Narrator | Film |
| 2017 | T2 Trainspotting | Renton | Film |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Lumière | Film |
| 2016 | American Pastoral | Swede Levov | Film |
| 2016 | Miles Ahead | Dave Braden | Film |
| 2016 | Our Kind of Traitor | Perry Makepeace | Film |
| 2015 | Jane Got a Gun | John Bishop | Film |
| 2015 | Mortdecai | Inspector Alistair Martland | Film |
| 2014 | Son of a Gun | Brendan Lynch | Film |
| 2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Cowboy at Fair | Film |
| 2013 | August: Osage County | Bill Fordham | Film |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | Elmont | Film |
| 2012 | The Impossible | Henry Bennett | Film |
| 2012 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Dr. Alfred Jones | Film |
| 2011 | Fastest | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2011 | Perfect Sense | Michael | Film |
| 2011 | Haywire | Kenneth | Film |
| 2011 | Charge | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2011 | Beginners | Oliver Fields | Film |
| 2010 | Jackboots on Whitehall | Chris (voice) | Film |
| 2010 | The Ghost Writer | The Ghost | Film |
| 2010 | The Battle of Britain | Self | Film |
| 2010 | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Rory Green | Film |
| 2010 | I Love You Phillip Morris | Phillip Morris | Film |
| 2009 | Amelia | Gene Vidal | Film |
| 2009 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | Bob Wilton | Film |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons | Camerlengo Patrick McKenna | Film |
| 2008 | Incendiary | Jasper Black | Film |
| 2008 | Deception | Jonathan McQuarry | Film |
| 2007 | Legacy: A Personal History of Barry Sheene | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2007 | Long Way Down | Self | TV |
| 2007 | Cassandra's Dream | Ian Blaine | Film |
| 2006 | Miss Potter | Norman Warne | Film |
| 2006 | Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Billy | Film |
| 2006 | Race to Dakar | Self | TV |
| 2006 | The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2006 | Stormbreaker | Ian Rider | Film |
| 2005 | The Island | Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln | Film |
| 2005 | Robots | Rodney Copperbottom (voice) | Film |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Film |
| 2005 | Valiant | Valiant (voice) | Film |
| 2005 | Stay | Sam Foster | Film |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III | Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi | Film |
| 2004 | Spooks & Creeps | Stroller ("Desserts") | Film |
| 2004 | Long Way Round | Self | TV |
| 2004 | Faster & Faster | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2003 | Star Wars: Storm in a Teacup | Obi Van Kenobi (voice by Dmitry Puchkov) | Film |
| 2003 | Young Adam | Joe Taylor | Film |
| 2003 | Faster | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2003 | Big Fish | Ed Bloom (young) | Film |
| 2003 | Down with Love | Catcher Block | Film |
| 2002 | Solid Geometry | Phil | Film |
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Film |
| 2002 | From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' | Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi | Film |
| 2001 | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | Film |
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down | SPC John Grimes | Film |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Christian | Film |
| 2001 | The Beginning: Making Episode I | Self | Film |
| 2000 | Nora | James Joyce | Film |
| 2000 | Desserts | Stroller | Film |
| 1999 | Rogue Trader | Nick Leeson | Film |
| 1999 | Eye of the Beholder | Stephen Wilson | Film |
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Film |
| 1998 | Little Voice | Billy | Film |
| 1998 | Velvet Goldmine | Curt Wild | Film |
| 1997 | The Serpent's Kiss | Meneer Chrome | Film |
| 1997 | A Life Less Ordinary | Robert Lewis | Film |
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