Ewan McGregor filmography
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Ewan McGregor made his acting debut in 1993 in the British television series Lipstick on Your Collar. He followed this one year later by appearing in Bill Forsyth's Being Human and Danny Boyle's thriller Shallow Grave. Two years later, he played heroin addict Mark Renton in Danny Boyle's Trainspotting which won him international recognition.
In 1999, he played the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the first of the Star Wars prequel trilogy Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace; the character was originally played by Alec Guinness in the first Star Wars trilogy. He played the role again in its sequels Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005).
For his role as Christian in the 2001 musical Moulin Rouge! he received his first nomination for a Golden Globe, for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Eleven years later, he was nominated for Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012), in the same category. In 2010, McGregor's performance as the Ghost Writer in Roman Polanski's psychological thriller The Ghost Writer won the European Film Award for Best Actor. In 2016, McGregor made his directorial feature film debut in American Pastoral. He reprised the role as Renton in the sequel film T2 Trainspotting (2017).
Film
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Lipstick on Your Collar | PTE Mick Hopper | 6 episodes |
| Scarlet and Black | Julien Sorel | 4 episodes | |
| 1994 | Doggin Around | Tom Clayton | Television film |
| 1995 | Kavanagh QC | David Robert Armstrong | Episode: "Nothing But the Truth" |
| 1996 | Karaoke | Young Man | Episode: "Tuesday" |
| Tales from the Crypt | Ford | Episode: "Cold War" | |
| 1997 | ER | Duncan Stewart | Episode: "The Long Way Around" |
| 2002 | The Polar Bears of Churchill with Ewan McGregor | Himself | Documentary series |
| 2004 | Long Way Round | ||
| 2007 | Long Way Down | ||
| 2010 | The Battle of Britain | Documentary | |
| 2012 | Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission | ||
| Bomber Boys | |||
| The Corrections | Chip Lambert | Unaired pilot | |
| 2013 | Hebrides: Islands on the Edge | Narrator | Documentary series |
| 2015 | Doll & Em | Himself | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart | Narrator | Documentary series |
| 2017 | Fargo | Emmit Stussy / Ray Stussy | 10 episodes[5] |
| 2019–2020 | Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures | Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice) | 2 episodes (archive material) |
| 2020 | Long Way Up | Himself | Documentary series |
| 2021 | Halston[6] | Halston | 5 episodes |
| Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury[7] | Narrator | Documentary series | |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi[8][9] | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 6 episodes |
| 2024 | A Gentleman in Moscow | Count Alexander Rostov |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs | Joe Orton | Hampstead Theatre, London |
| 2005 | Guys and Dolls | Sky Masterson | Piccadilly Theatre, London |
| 2007 | Othello | Iago | Donmar Warehouse, London |
| 2014 | The Real Thing | Henry | American Airlines Theatre, New York[10] |
| 2025 | My Master Builder | Henry Solness | Wyndham's Theatre, London[11][12] |
Video game
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Star Wars: The Force Unleashed | Obi-Wan Kenobi | PSP version only |
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