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Ewan McGregor

Ewan Gordon McGregor OBE (/ˈjən/ 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.[2]

Ewan McGregor

McGregor in 2023
Born
Ewan Gordon McGregor

(1971-03-31) 31 March 1971 (age 52)
Perth, Scotland
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Alma materGuildhall School of Music and Drama
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present
WorksFull list
Spouses
  • Eve Mavrakis
    (m. 1995; div. 2020)
  • (m. 2022)
Children5
RelativesDenis Lawson (uncle)
AwardsFull list

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).[3] He gained stardom 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 the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his portrayal of fashion designer Halston in the miniseries Halston (2021).[4]

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.

Early life edit

McGregor was born on 31 March 1971 in Perth, Scotland, and was raised in nearby Crieff.[5][6][7][8] His mother, Carol Diane (née Lawson), is a retired teacher at Crieff High School and latterly deputy head teacher at Kingspark School in Dundee.[9][10] His father, James Charles Stewart "Jim" McGregor, is a retired physical education teacher and careers master at the independent Morrison's Academy in Crieff.[11][12][13] He has an older brother, Colin (born 1969), a former Tornado GR4 pilot in the Royal Air Force.[14] His uncle is actor Denis Lawson[3][15] and his aunt by marriage was actress Sheila Gish, which makes him a step-cousin of Gish's actress daughters, Kay Curram and Lou Gish.[16]

McGregor attended Morrison's Academy. After leaving school at the age of 16, he worked as a stagehand at Perth Theatre and studied a foundation course in drama at Kirkcaldy College of Technology,[17][18] before moving to London to study drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama when he was 18 years old.[3]

Career edit

Film and television edit

 
McGregor’s costume from Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts

Six months prior to his graduation from Guildhall, McGregor began a leading role in Dennis Potter's six-part Channel 4 series Lipstick on Your Collar (1993).[3] Not long afterwards, he starred in the BBC adaptation of Scarlet and Black (also 1993) with a young Rachel Weisz and made his film debut in Bill Forsyth's Being Human (1994).[19] For his role in the thriller Shallow Grave (also 1994), he won an Empire Award.[20] The film was his first collaboration with director Danny Boyle.[3] He had a major role in the 1996 Channel 4 comedy-drama film Brassed Off, written and directed by Mark Herman. His international breakthrough followed with the role of heroin addict Mark Renton in Boyle's Trainspotting (1996), an adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel of the same name.[3][19]

McGregor played the male romantic lead role in the British film Little Voice (1998). He was cast as the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, released between 1999 and 2005.[21] Kenobi was originally played by Alec Guinness in the first Star Wars trilogy.[3] McGregor's uncle, Denis Lawson, had played Wedge Antilles in the original trilogy.[22] While the prequels received mixed reviews, McGregor's performance was well received.[23] McGregor said making the prequels was difficult, as he had to act mostly against green screens and the dialogue was "not exactly Shakespeare". He also stated that the negative reaction to the films had been difficult.[21]

 
McGregor at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001

McGregor starred in Moulin Rouge! (2001) as the young poet Christian, who falls in love with the terminally-ill courtesan Satine (Nicole Kidman), for which his performance was widely praised and nabbed McGregor his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination. He also appeared in Ridley Scott's war film Black Hawk Down (2001) as John Grimes. He starred alongside Renée Zellweger in Down with Love (2003).[3][24] He also portrayed the younger Edward Bloom in Tim Burton's critically acclaimed film Big Fish (2003) alongside Albert Finney, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman and Billy Crudup. In the same period, he also received critical acclaim for his portrayal of an amoral drifter mixed up with murder in the drama Young Adam (also 2003), which co-starred Tilda Swinton.[25][26]

McGregor voiced two successful animated features; he played the robot Rodney Copperbottom in Robots, which also featured the voices of Halle Berry and Robin Williams,[27] and he voiced the lead character in Gary Chapman's Valiant (both 2005), alongside Jim Broadbent, John Cleese and Ricky Gervais.[28] Also around this time, McGregor played two roles – one a clone of the other – opposite Scarlett Johansson in Michael Bay's science fiction action thriller film The Island (2005). He also headlined Marc Forster's 2005 film Stay, a psychological thriller co-starring Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling.[29][30]

 
McGregor at the premiere of The Men Who Stare at Goats at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2009

He narrated the Fulldome production Astronaut (2006), created for the National Space Centre.[31] Around the same time, he also narrated the STV show JetSet (also 2006), a six-part series following the lives of trainee pilots and navigators at RAF Lossiemouth as they undergo a gruelling six-month course learning to fly the Tornado GR4, the RAF's primary attack aircraft.[32] McGregor starred opposite Colin Farrell in the Woody Allen film Cassandra's Dream (2007),[19][33] and he co-starred with Jim Carrey in I Love You Phillip Morris and appeared in Amelia (both 2009) alongside Hilary Swank. He played "the ghost" – the unnamed main character – in Roman Polanski's political thriller The Ghost Writer (2010). He portrayed Camerlengo Patrick McKenna in Ron Howard's mystery thriller Angels & Demons (also 2009), the film adaptation of Dan Brown's novel of the same name and a sequel to Howard's The Da Vinci Code, co-starring Tom Hanks as Robert Landon. In 2011, McGregor starred in the British comedy Salmon Fishing in the Yemen directed by Lasse Hallström and co-starring Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott Thomas, for which he received his second Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination. At the same year, he was awarded with the SIFF Golden Space Needle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Acting at the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival.[34]

In 2012, he was a member of the Jury for the Main Competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[35] At the San Sebastián International Film Festival, he was awarded the Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award and became the youngest recipient of the award.[36] The same year, he also starred in the disaster drama film The Impossible opposite Naomi Watts and Tom Holland. In 2013, McGregor starred alongside Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in August: Osage County, which was based on Tracy Letts's Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name.[37]

McGregor starred in the action comedy film Mortdecai (2015), alongside Johnny Depp and Paul Bettany. Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph felt the film was "psychotically unfunny".[38] He made his directorial debut with American Pastoral (2016), in which he also starred.[39]

In 2017, he reprised his role as Mark Renton in T2 Trainspotting.[40] McGregor played Lumière (originally voiced by Jerry Orbach in the 1991 animated film) in the live-action adaptation of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, directed by Bill Condon, with an ensemble cast featuring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens in leading roles, alongside Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Stanley Tucci, Ian McKellen, and Emma Thompson. Filming began in May 2015 at Shepperton Studios in London, and the movie was released in March 2017.[41] He then starred in FX anthology series in the third season of Fargo (both 2017), which garnered him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for his dual performance of Emmit Stussy and Ray Stussy at the 75th Golden Globe Awards.[42] In 2018, McGregor starred as the adult version of the titular character in Christopher Robin, a live-action adaptation of Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise directed by Marc Forster and starred alongside Hayley Atwell.[43]

In 2019, McGregor starred as the older Danny Torrance in Doctor Sleep, the film adaptation of Stephen King's novel of the same name.[44] In 2020, he appeared opposite Margot Robbie in Warner Bros.' DC Comics film Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), directed by Cathy Yan, as the main villain Roman Sionis / Black Mask.[45]

On 23 August 2019, Lucasfilm announced that McGregor would reprise his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a new Star Wars television series, due for release on Disney+ in 2022.[46]

In 2021, McGregor created a charismatic portrait of the American fashion designer Halston in the eponymously titled miniseries for Netflix, based on the candid biography Simply Halston by journalist Steven Gaines. McGregor was also billed as executive producer, jointly with Ryan Murphy.[47]

Theatre edit

From November 1998 to March 1999, McGregor starred as Malcolm Scrawdyke in a revival of David Halliwell's Little Malcolm and His Struggles Against the Eunuchs, directed by his uncle, Denis Lawson. The production was first staged at the Hampstead Theatre before transferring to the Comedy Theatre in London's West End.[48] In November 2001, McGregor made a cameo appearance in The Play What I Wrote.[49]

From June 2005 to April 2007, McGregor starred alongside Jane Krakowski, Douglas Hodge and Jenna Russell in the Donmar Warehouse revival of Guys and Dolls after it transferred to the Piccadilly Theatre in London.[50] He played the leading role of Sky Masterson. McGregor received the LastMinute.com award for Best Actor for his performance in 2005,[51] and he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2007.[52]

From December 2007 to February 2008, McGregor starred as Iago in Othello at the Donmar Warehouse alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor as Othello and Kelly Reilly as Desdemona.[53][54] He reprised the role on BBC Radio 3 in May 2008.[53]

Motorcycling edit

A motorcyclist since his youth, in 2004 McGregor undertook an international motorcycling trip with his best friend Charley Boorman, accompanied by cameraman Claudio von Planta and a support crew. From mid-April to the end of July, they travelled from London to New York via central Europe, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Canada, and the United States on BMW R1150GS motorbikes, over a cumulative distance of 22,345 miles (35,960 km).[55] The trip included visits to several UNICEF programmes along the route, and formed the basis of a television series and a best-selling book, both called Long Way Round.[56]

McGregor and Boorman reunited with this team in 2007 for another international motorcycle trip, from John o' Groats in Scotland to Cape Town in South Africa.[56] The journey lasted from May until August, and yielded another book and TV series, titled Long Way Down.[56]

McGregor appeared in a two-part BBC documentary in 2012 entitled Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission in which he travels by motorbike, boat, plane, and foot to deliver vaccines to children in remote parts of India, Nepal and the Republic of Congo. The trip was part of his work as a UNICEF Ambassador.

In 2019, McGregor and Boorman – with their principal support crew from the previous two Long Way journeys – undertook a third international trip, this time on Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycles. From September to December, they rode from Patagonia, Argentina to California, United States,[57] which was documented in the 2020 series Long Way Up.[58][59]

Personal life edit

McGregor married Eve Mavrakis, a French-Greek Jewish production designer whom he met on the set of Kavanagh QC, in 1995.[60][61][62][63][3] Together they have four daughters, two of them adopted, one a street child from Mongolia he met while travelling in Long Way Round.[5][64][65][66] With his children raised in Mavrakis's Jewish faith, McGregor said in 2016, "My involvement in religion has more to do with the Jewish faith now and not the Christian faith, which I was very vaguely brought up in."[67] McGregor has a heart and dagger tattoo of the names of Mavrakis and their daughters on his right arm.[24][68] On 19 January 2018, having been separated since May 2017, McGregor filed for divorce from Mavrakis, citing irreconcilable differences;[69][70] the divorce was finalised on 13 August 2020.[71]

In May 2017, McGregor began a relationship with American actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead, whom he met on the set of Fargo.[72] Their son, Laurie, was born in June 2021.[73][74] McGregor and Winstead married in April 2022.[75]

McGregor divides his time between Los Angeles, California,[76] and St John's Wood, London.[77] He is also a fan of English football team Manchester City.[78]

McGregor is involved in charity work, including UNICEF UK since 2004 and GO Campaign. During the Long Way Round journey in 2004, McGregor and his travelling companions saw some of UNICEF's work in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia,[56] and during the Long Way Down trip in 2007, he and Charley Boorman did some work for UNICEF in Africa. McGregor hosted the annual Hollywood gala for the GO Campaign in 2009 and 2010. He has worked with the Children's Hospice Association Scotland, as featured in Long Way Down. In 2012, he travelled with UNICEF immunization workers to remote parts of India, Nepal and the Republic of Congo for a BBC2 documentary entitled Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission.[79] In June 2015, McGregor read Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Match Girl" for the children's fairy tales app GivingTales in aid of UNICEF, together with other prominent figures such as Sir Roger Moore, Stephen Fry, Dame Joan Collins, Joanna Lumley, and Sir Michael Caine.[80]

In 2007, on an episode of Parkinson, McGregor said he had been a teetotaller for the last seven years. He also mentioned this in an interview with the Irish Independent in 2008, stating that he would often turn up to sets drunk or hungover in the late 1990s, and that he decided to stop altogether to avoid spiralling down further.[81]

In 2008, McGregor had a cancerous mole removed from below his right eye.[82]

In September 2020, after travelling through Chile for the documentary Long Way Up, he revealed that his great-grandfather, John “Juan” Charles McIndoe, was born in Chile to Scottish parents while his father worked with the American engineers in the construction of the railways at the end of the 19th century. Later, John went to Glasgow and worked as a wine importer and diplomat.[83][84]

Political views edit

McGregor was an outspoken critic of Brexit. Although opposed to Scottish independence from the United Kingdom in the 2014 Scottish referendum, McGregor later declared during an interview that he would have voted for independence if he had been able to cast his vote the day after the United Kingdom left the European Union.[85] In 2020 he voiced his support for Scottish independence, saying that "it's time".[86][87][88] McGregor became a naturalised US citizen after 2016 so he would be able to vote in the 2020 US presidential election.[89] During his journey on Long Way Up, he travelled entirely on his US passport.[90]

In the media edit

McGregor was ranked number 36 on Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list in 1997.[91] In a 2004 poll for the BBC, he was named the fourth most influential person in British culture.[92][93] IndieWire named McGregor one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.[94]

Filmography edit

Awards and nominations edit

In 2010, McGregor was appointed by the French government as a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres (Knight of the Order of the Arts and Letters).[95][96] McGregor was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to drama and charity.[5][97][98]

Bibliography edit

  • Long Way Round, 2004 (with Charley Boorman), ISBN 0-7434-9933-6
  • Long Way Down, 2008 (with Charley Boorman), ISBN 1-4165-7745-9

Discography edit

Singles edit

Title Year Chart positions Certification Album
UK
[99][100]
AUS
[101]
BEL
[102]
GER
[103]
NLD
[104]
SWE
[105]
SWI
[106]
"Choose Life"
(PF Project featuring Ewan McGregor)
1997 6 40 22 99 40 Trainspotting#2: Music from the Motion Picture, Vol.#2
"Come What May"
(with Nicole Kidman)
2001 27 10 95 65 97 Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film

Other appearances edit

Audiobooks edit


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Further reading edit

  • Adams, Billy. Ewan McGregor: The Unauthorized Biography. Overlooks Press, 1999. ISBN 0-87951-704-2
  • Bassom, David. Ewan McGregor: An Illustrated Story. Hamlyn, 1999. ISBN 0-600-59653-2
  • Jones, Veda Boyd. Ewan McGregor. Facts on File Inc., 1999. ISBN 0-7910-5501-9
  • Nickson, Chris. Ewan McGregor: An Unauthorized Biography. Macmillan, 1999. ISBN 0-312-96910-4
  • Pendreigh, Brian. Ewan McGregor. Thunder's Mouth Press, 1999. ISBN 1-56025-239-1
  • Robb, Brian J. Ewan McGregor: From Junkie to Jedi. Plexus, 1999. ISBN 0-85965-276-9

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ewan, mcgregor, ewan, gordon, mcgregor, born, march, 1971, scottish, actor, accolades, include, golden, globe, award, primetime, emmy, award, 2013, appointed, officer, order, british, empire, services, drama, charity, obemcgregor, 2023bornewan, gordon, mcgrego. Ewan Gordon McGregor OBE ˈ j uː e n YOO en 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 2 Ewan McGregorOBEMcGregor in 2023BornEwan Gordon McGregor 1971 03 31 31 March 1971 age 52 Perth ScotlandCitizenshipUnited Kingdom United StatesAlma materGuildhall School of Music and DramaOccupationActorYears active1992 presentWorksFull listSpousesEve Mavrakis m 1995 div 2020 wbr Mary Elizabeth Winstead m 2022 wbr Children5RelativesDenis Lawson uncle AwardsFull listWhile 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 3 He gained stardom 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 Lumiere 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 the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his portrayal of fashion designer Halston in the miniseries Halston 2021 4 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 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Film and television 2 2 Theatre 3 Motorcycling 4 Personal life 5 Political views 6 In the media 7 Filmography 8 Awards and nominations 9 Bibliography 10 Discography 10 1 Singles 10 2 Other appearances 11 Audiobooks 12 References 13 Further reading 14 External linksEarly life editMcGregor was born on 31 March 1971 in Perth Scotland and was raised in nearby Crieff 5 6 7 8 His mother Carol Diane nee Lawson is a retired teacher at Crieff High School and latterly deputy head teacher at Kingspark School in Dundee 9 10 His father James Charles Stewart Jim McGregor is a retired physical education teacher and careers master at the independent Morrison s Academy in Crieff 11 12 13 He has an older brother Colin born 1969 a former Tornado GR4 pilot in the Royal Air Force 14 His uncle is actor Denis Lawson 3 15 and his aunt by marriage was actress Sheila Gish which makes him a step cousin of Gish s actress daughters Kay Curram and Lou Gish 16 McGregor attended Morrison s Academy After leaving school at the age of 16 he worked as a stagehand at Perth Theatre and studied a foundation course in drama at Kirkcaldy College of Technology 17 18 before moving to London to study drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama when he was 18 years old 3 Career editFilm and television edit nbsp McGregor s costume from Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace 1999 on display at the Detroit Institute of ArtsSix months prior to his graduation from Guildhall McGregor began a leading role in Dennis Potter s six part Channel 4 series Lipstick on Your Collar 1993 3 Not long afterwards he starred in the BBC adaptation of Scarlet and Black also 1993 with a young Rachel Weisz and made his film debut in Bill Forsyth s Being Human 1994 19 For his role in the thriller Shallow Grave also 1994 he won an Empire Award 20 The film was his first collaboration with director Danny Boyle 3 He had a major role in the 1996 Channel 4 comedy drama film Brassed Off written and directed by Mark Herman His international breakthrough followed with the role of heroin addict Mark Renton in Boyle s Trainspotting 1996 an adaptation of Irvine Welsh s novel of the same name 3 19 McGregor played the male romantic lead role in the British film Little Voice 1998 He was cast as the young Obi Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy released between 1999 and 2005 21 Kenobi was originally played by Alec Guinness in the first Star Wars trilogy 3 McGregor s uncle Denis Lawson had played Wedge Antilles in the original trilogy 22 While the prequels received mixed reviews McGregor s performance was well received 23 McGregor said making the prequels was difficult as he had to act mostly against green screens and the dialogue was not exactly Shakespeare He also stated that the negative reaction to the films had been difficult 21 nbsp McGregor at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001McGregor starred in Moulin Rouge 2001 as the young poet Christian who falls in love with the terminally ill courtesan Satine Nicole Kidman for which his performance was widely praised and nabbed McGregor his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination He also appeared in Ridley Scott s war film Black Hawk Down 2001 as John Grimes He starred alongside Renee Zellweger in Down with Love 2003 3 24 He also portrayed the younger Edward Bloom in Tim Burton s critically acclaimed film Big Fish 2003 alongside Albert Finney Jessica Lange Alison Lohman and Billy Crudup In the same period he also received critical acclaim for his portrayal of an amoral drifter mixed up with murder in the drama Young Adam also 2003 which co starred Tilda Swinton 25 26 McGregor voiced two successful animated features he played the robot Rodney Copperbottom in Robots which also featured the voices of Halle Berry and Robin Williams 27 and he voiced the lead character in Gary Chapman s Valiant both 2005 alongside Jim Broadbent John Cleese and Ricky Gervais 28 Also around this time McGregor played two roles one a clone of the other opposite Scarlett Johansson in Michael Bay s science fiction action thriller film The Island 2005 He also headlined Marc Forster s 2005 film Stay a psychological thriller co starring Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling 29 30 nbsp McGregor at the premiere of The Men Who Stare at Goats at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2009He narrated the Fulldome production Astronaut 2006 created for the National Space Centre 31 Around the same time he also narrated the STV show JetSet also 2006 a six part series following the lives of trainee pilots and navigators at RAF Lossiemouth as they undergo a gruelling six month course learning to fly the Tornado GR4 the RAF s primary attack aircraft 32 McGregor starred opposite Colin Farrell in the Woody Allen film Cassandra s Dream 2007 19 33 and he co starred with Jim Carrey in I Love You Phillip Morris and appeared in Amelia both 2009 alongside Hilary Swank He played the ghost the unnamed main character in Roman Polanski s political thriller The Ghost Writer 2010 He portrayed Camerlengo Patrick McKenna in Ron Howard s mystery thriller Angels amp Demons also 2009 the film adaptation of Dan Brown s novel of the same name and a sequel to Howard s The Da Vinci Code co starring Tom Hanks as Robert Landon In 2011 McGregor starred in the British comedy Salmon Fishing in the Yemen directed by Lasse Hallstrom and co starring Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott Thomas for which he received his second Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination At the same year he was awarded with the SIFF Golden Space Needle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Acting at the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival 34 In 2012 he was a member of the Jury for the Main Competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival 35 At the San Sebastian International Film Festival he was awarded the Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award and became the youngest recipient of the award 36 The same year he also starred in the disaster drama film The Impossible opposite Naomi Watts and Tom Holland In 2013 McGregor starred alongside Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in August Osage County which was based on Tracy Letts s Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same name 37 McGregor starred in the action comedy film Mortdecai 2015 alongside Johnny Depp and Paul Bettany Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph felt the film was psychotically unfunny 38 He made his directorial debut with American Pastoral 2016 in which he also starred 39 In 2017 he reprised his role as Mark Renton in T2 Trainspotting 40 McGregor played Lumiere originally voiced by Jerry Orbach in the 1991 animated film in the live action adaptation of Disney s Beauty and the Beast directed by Bill Condon with an ensemble cast featuring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens in leading roles alongside Luke Evans Kevin Kline Josh Gad Stanley Tucci Ian McKellen and Emma Thompson Filming began in May 2015 at Shepperton Studios in London and the movie was released in March 2017 41 He then starred in FX anthology series in the third season of Fargo both 2017 which garnered him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Miniseries or Television Film for his dual performance of Emmit Stussy and Ray Stussy at the 75th Golden Globe Awards 42 In 2018 McGregor starred as the adult version of the titular character in Christopher Robin a live action adaptation of Disney s Winnie the Pooh franchise directed by Marc Forster and starred alongside Hayley Atwell 43 In 2019 McGregor starred as the older Danny Torrance in Doctor Sleep the film adaptation of Stephen King s novel of the same name 44 In 2020 he appeared opposite Margot Robbie in Warner Bros DC Comics film Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn directed by Cathy Yan as the main villain Roman Sionis Black Mask 45 On 23 August 2019 Lucasfilm announced that McGregor would reprise his role as Obi Wan Kenobi in a new Star Wars television series due for release on Disney in 2022 46 In 2021 McGregor created a charismatic portrait of the American fashion designer Halston in the eponymously titled miniseries for Netflix based on the candid biography Simply Halston by journalist Steven Gaines McGregor was also billed as executive producer jointly with Ryan Murphy 47 Theatre edit From November 1998 to March 1999 McGregor starred as Malcolm Scrawdyke in a revival of David Halliwell s Little Malcolm and His Struggles Against the Eunuchs directed by his uncle Denis Lawson The production was first staged at the Hampstead Theatre before transferring to the Comedy Theatre in London s West End 48 In November 2001 McGregor made a cameo appearance in The Play What I Wrote 49 From June 2005 to April 2007 McGregor starred alongside Jane Krakowski Douglas Hodge and Jenna Russell in the Donmar Warehouse revival of Guys and Dolls after it transferred to the Piccadilly Theatre in London 50 He played the leading role of Sky Masterson McGregor received the LastMinute com award for Best Actor for his performance in 2005 51 and he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2007 52 From December 2007 to February 2008 McGregor starred as Iago in Othello at the Donmar Warehouse alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor as Othello and Kelly Reilly as Desdemona 53 54 He reprised the role on BBC Radio 3 in May 2008 53 Motorcycling editMain articles Long Way Round Long Way Down and Long Way Up A motorcyclist since his youth in 2004 McGregor undertook an international motorcycling trip with his best friend Charley Boorman accompanied by cameraman Claudio von Planta and a support crew From mid April to the end of July they travelled from London to New York via central Europe Ukraine Kazakhstan Mongolia Russia Canada and the United States on BMW R1150GS motorbikes over a cumulative distance of 22 345 miles 35 960 km 55 The trip included visits to several UNICEF programmes along the route and formed the basis of a television series and a best selling book both called Long Way Round 56 McGregor and Boorman reunited with this team in 2007 for another international motorcycle trip from John o Groats in Scotland to Cape Town in South Africa 56 The journey lasted from May until August and yielded another book and TV series titled Long Way Down 56 McGregor appeared in a two part BBC documentary in 2012 entitled Ewan McGregor Cold Chain Mission in which he travels by motorbike boat plane and foot to deliver vaccines to children in remote parts of India Nepal and the Republic of Congo The trip was part of his work as a UNICEF Ambassador In 2019 McGregor and Boorman with their principal support crew from the previous two Long Way journeys undertook a third international trip this time on Harley Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycles From September to December they rode from Patagonia Argentina to California United States 57 which was documented in the 2020 series Long Way Up 58 59 Personal life editMcGregor married Eve Mavrakis a French Greek Jewish production designer whom he met on the set of Kavanagh QC in 1995 60 61 62 63 3 Together they have four daughters two of them adopted one a street child from Mongolia he met while travelling in Long Way Round 5 64 65 66 With his children raised in Mavrakis s Jewish faith McGregor said in 2016 My involvement in religion has more to do with the Jewish faith now and not the Christian faith which I was very vaguely brought up in 67 McGregor has a heart and dagger tattoo of the names of Mavrakis and their daughters on his right arm 24 68 On 19 January 2018 having been separated since May 2017 McGregor filed for divorce from Mavrakis citing irreconcilable differences 69 70 the divorce was finalised on 13 August 2020 71 In May 2017 McGregor began a relationship with American actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead whom he met on the set of Fargo 72 Their son Laurie was born in June 2021 73 74 McGregor and Winstead married in April 2022 75 McGregor divides his time between Los Angeles California 76 and St John s Wood London 77 He is also a fan of English football team Manchester City 78 McGregor is involved in charity work including UNICEF UK since 2004 and GO Campaign During the Long Way Round journey in 2004 McGregor and his travelling companions saw some of UNICEF s work in Ukraine Kazakhstan and Mongolia 56 and during the Long Way Down trip in 2007 he and Charley Boorman did some work for UNICEF in Africa McGregor hosted the annual Hollywood gala for the GO Campaign in 2009 and 2010 He has worked with the Children s Hospice Association Scotland as featured in Long Way Down In 2012 he travelled with UNICEF immunization workers to remote parts of India Nepal and the Republic of Congo for a BBC2 documentary entitled Ewan McGregor Cold Chain Mission 79 In June 2015 McGregor read Hans Christian Andersen s The Little Match Girl for the children s fairy tales app GivingTales in aid of UNICEF together with other prominent figures such as Sir Roger Moore Stephen Fry Dame Joan Collins Joanna Lumley and Sir Michael Caine 80 In 2007 on an episode of Parkinson McGregor said he had been a teetotaller for the last seven years He also mentioned this in an interview with the Irish Independent in 2008 stating that he would often turn up to sets drunk or hungover in the late 1990s and that he decided to stop altogether to avoid spiralling down further 81 In 2008 McGregor had a cancerous mole removed from below his right eye 82 In September 2020 after travelling through Chile for the documentary Long Way Up he revealed that his great grandfather John Juan Charles McIndoe was born in Chile to Scottish parents while his father worked with the American engineers in the construction of the railways at the end of the 19th century Later John went to Glasgow and worked as a wine importer and diplomat 83 84 Political views editMcGregor was an outspoken critic of Brexit Although opposed to Scottish independence from the United Kingdom in the 2014 Scottish referendum McGregor later declared during an interview that he would have voted for independence if he had been able to cast his vote the day after the United Kingdom left the European Union 85 In 2020 he voiced his support for Scottish independence saying that it s time 86 87 88 McGregor became a naturalised US citizen after 2016 so he would be able to vote in the 2020 US presidential election 89 During his journey on Long Way Up he travelled entirely on his US passport 90 In the media editMcGregor was ranked number 36 on Empire magazine s The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list in 1997 91 In a 2004 poll for the BBC he was named the fourth most influential person in British culture 92 93 IndieWire named McGregor one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination 94 Filmography editMain article Ewan McGregor filmographyAwards and nominations editMain article List of awards and nominations received by Ewan McGregor In 2010 McGregor was appointed by the French government as a Chevalier de l Ordre des Arts et Lettres Knight of the Order of the Arts and Letters 95 96 McGregor was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to drama and charity 5 97 98 Bibliography editLong Way Round 2004 with Charley Boorman ISBN 0 7434 9933 6 Long Way Down 2008 with Charley Boorman ISBN 1 4165 7745 9Discography editSingles edit Title Year Chart positions Certification AlbumUK 99 100 AUS 101 BEL 102 GER 103 NLD 104 SWE 105 SWI 106 Choose Life PF Project featuring Ewan McGregor 1997 6 40 22 99 40 Trainspotting 2 Music from the Motion Picture Vol 2 Come What May with Nicole Kidman 2001 27 10 95 65 97 ARIA Gold 107 BPI Silver 108 Moulin Rouge Music from Baz Luhrmann s FilmOther appearances edit TV Eye with Wylde Ratttz Velvet Goldmine Music from the Original Motion Picture 1999 Elephant Love Medley with Nicole Kidman Moulin Rouge Music from Baz Luhrmann s Film 2001 El Tango de Roxanne with Jose Feliciano Moulin Rouge Music from Baz Luhrmann s Film 2001 Your Song with Alessandro Safina Moulin Rouge Music from Baz Luhrmann s Film 2001 Here s To Love with Renee Zellweger Down With Love Music from and Included in the Motion Picture 2003 The Sweetest Gift Unexpected Dreams Songs From the Stars 2006 Be Our Guest with Emma Thompson Ian McKellen and Gugu Mbatha Raw Beauty and the Beast 2017 Days in the Sun with Adam Mitchell Stanley Tucci Ian McKellen Emma Thompson Emma Watson Audra McDonald Clive Rowe Beauty and the Beast 2017 Something There with Emma Watson Dan Stevens Ian McKellen Emma Thompson Nathan Mack Gugu Mbatha Raw Beauty and the Beast 2017 The Mob Song with Luke Evans Josh Gad Emma Thompson Ian McKellen Stanley Tucci Nathan Mack amp Gugu Mbatha Raw Beauty and the Beast 2017 Better Tomorrows Pinocchio 2022 Audiobooks edit2006 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2021 Broadbent Lucy 18 April 2012 Ewan McGregor interview The Telegraph Archived from the original on 10 January 2022 Retrieved 19 September 2020 Shamik 2 April 2023 Ewan McGregor attends Manchester City vs Liverpool Premier League match with daughter Anouk Watch Opoyi Retrieved 8 April 2023 Ewan McGregor Cold Chain Mission in the Congo UNICEF UK Archived from the original on 12 May 2013 Retrieved 27 April 2012 Dredge Stuart 18 June 2015 Roger Moore backs children s fairy tales app in aid of UNICEF The Guardian Archived from the original on 22 December 2016 Retrieved 14 December 2016 Fanning Evan 18 May 2008 Now Ewan is drunk on sobriety Irish Independent Archived from the original on 28 July 2021 Retrieved 27 February 2021 McGregor fine after cancer scare BBC News 22 April 2008 Archived from the original on 5 June 2009 Retrieved 22 April 2008 Nun Yenny 28 September 2020 Ewan McGregor cuenta la historia de su bisabuelo chileno Las Ultimas Noticias in Spanish Archived from the original 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