Ewan McGregor

1971-

Biography: life and films

Ewan McGregor is a Scottish actor. He was born in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK on 31st March 1971.

His best films as an actor include Danny Boyle's Trainspotting (1996), Jeff Stark's Anno Domini (2000), Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! (2001), Roman Polanski's thriller The Ghost Writer (2010) and J.A. Bayona's Lo imposible (2012).

Ewan McGregor has so far appeared in 46 films and directed 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: George Lucas (3 films), Danny Boyle (3), Mark Herman (2) and David Mackenzie (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (19 films), Thriller (15), romance (12), comedy-drama (10), comedy-romance (9), comedy (8), crime-thriller (7), Fantasy (7), War (4), history (3), Animation (3), comedy-thriller (2) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for Ewan McGregor over all films is: 3.1

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Shallow Grave (1994) [a]

Blue Juice (1995) [a]

Brassed Off (1996) [a]

Emma (1996) [a]

The Pillow Book (1996) [a]

Trainspotting (1996) [a]

A Life Less Ordinary (1997) [a]

Nightwatch (1997) [a]

The Serpent's Kiss (1997) [a]

Little Voice (1998) [a]

Velvet Goldmine (1998) [a]

Eye of the Beholder (1999) [a]

Rogue Trader (1999) [a]

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) [a]

Nora (2000) [a]

Black Hawk Down (2001) [a]

Moulin Rouge! (2001) [a]

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) [a]

Big Fish (2003) [a]

Down with Love (2003) [a]

Young Adam (2003) [a]

Robots (2005) [a]

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) [a]

Stay (2005) [a]

The Island (2005) [a]

Valiant (2005) [a]

Miss Potter (2006) [a]

Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006) [a]

Stormbreaker (2006) [a]

Cassandra's Dream (2007) [a]

Deception (2008) [a]

Incendiary (2008) [a]

Amelia (2009) [a]

Angels & Demons (2009) [a]

The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) [a]

Beginners (2010) [a]

Jackboots on Whitehall (2010) [a]

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010) [a]

The Ghost Writer (2010) [a]

Haywire (2011) [a]

Perfect Sense (2011) [a]

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011) [a]

Lo imposible (2012) [a]

August: Osage County (2013) [a]

Last Days in the Desert (2015) [a]

Miles Ahead (2015) [a]

Mortdecai (2015) [a]

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) [a]

Jane Got a Gun (2016) [a]

Our Kind of Traitor (2016) [a]



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