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Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Total Box Office:
 $1557.9M
Highest Rated:
89% Trainspotting (1996)
Lowest Rated:
9% Eye of the Beholder (1999)
Birthday:
Mar 31
Birthplace:
Crieff, Scotland
Bio:
Ewan McGregor rocketed to fame over a short period of time, thanks to a brilliant turn as a heroin addict in Trainspotting and the good fortune of being selected by George Lucas and co. to portray the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace. Because…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies | TV series

MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
Mortdecai
  • Actor
-- 2015
Jane Got a Gun
  • Actor
-- 2014
Born to be King
  • Actor
-- 2014
44% The Unbelievers
  • Actor
-- 2013
Charge
  • Actor
-- 2013
52% Jack the Giant Slayer
  • Elmont
$65.2M 2013
64% August: Osage County
  • Bill Fordham
$37.7M 2013
51% Perfect Sense
  • Michael
$1.6k 2012
81% The Impossible
  • Henry
$19.0M 2012
Number 13
  • Actor
-- 2012
67% Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
  • Dr. Alfred Jones
$9.0M 2012
80% Haywire
  • Jay
$18.9M 2012
84% Beginners
  • Oliver
$5.8M 2011
Astronaut
  • Actor
-- 2011
Fastest
  • Narrator
-- 2011
83% The Ghost Writer
  • The Ghost
$11.0M 2010
47% Jackboots on Whitehall
  • Chris
-- 2010
I, Lucifer
  • Actor
-- 2010
Battle of Britain
  • Presenter
-- 2010
76% Nanny McPhee Returns
  • Mr. Green
$29.0M 2010
37% Angels & Demons
  • Camerlengo
$133.4M 2009
72% I Love You Phillip Morris
  • Phillip Morris
$2.0M 2009
52% The Men Who Stare at Goats
  • Bob Wilton
$32.4M 2009
20% Amelia
  • Gene Vidal
$14.2M 2009
14% Deception
  • Jonathan McQuarry
$4.6M 2008
23% Incendiary
  • Jasper Black
-- 2008
46% Cassandra's Dream
  • Ian
$0.9M 2007
Troy's Story: The Legend of Superbike Champion Troy Bayliss
  • Narrator
-- 2007
66% Miss Potter
  • Norman Warne
$2.9M 2006
33% Stormbreaker (Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker)
  • Ian Rider
$0.6M 2006
The Doctor, the Tornado & the Kentucky Kid
  • Narrator
-- 2006
40% Scenes of a Sexual Nature
  • Actor
-- 2006
40% The Island
  • Lincoln Six Echo
$35.8M 2005
31% Valiant
  • Valiant
$19.4M 2005
64% Robots
  • Director
  • Rodney Copperbottom
$128.1M 2005
27% Stay
  • Sam Foster
$3.3M 2005
80% Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 3D
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi
$380.2M 2005
Spooks & Creeps
  • Actor
-- 2004
62% Young Adam
  • Joe Taylor
$0.7M 2004
77% Big Fish
  • Ed Bloom (Young)
$66.3M 2004
60% Down with Love
  • Catcher Block
$20.2M 2003
53% Faster
  • Narrator
-- 2003
In the Wild - The Polar Bears of Churchill with Ewan McGregor
  • Host
-- 2002
67% Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 3D
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi
$310.3M 2002
76% Moulin Rouge!
  • Christian
$55.1M 2001
Rogue Trader
  • Actor
-- 2001
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
  • Himself
-- 2001
76% Black Hawk Down
  • Ranger spec. Grimes
$108.6M 2001
55% Nora
  • James Joyce
-- 2000
Anno Domini
  • Actor
-- 2000
9% Eye of the Beholder
  • the Eye
-- 1999
57% Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi
$43.5M 1999
79% Little Voice
  • Billy
-- 1998
Desserts
  • Actor
-- 1998
33% Rogue Trader
  • Nick Leeson
-- 1998
23% Nightwatch
  • Martin Bells
-- 1998
56% Velvet Goldmine
  • Curt Wild
-- 1998
The Serpent's Kiss
  • Director
  • Meneer Chrome
-- 1997
39% A Life Less Ordinary
  • Robert
-- 1997
83% Emma
  • Frank Churchill
-- 1996
79% Brassed Off
  • Andy
-- 1996
67% The Pillow Book
  • Jerome
-- 1996
89% Trainspotting
  • Mark Renton
-- 1996
Blue Juice
  • Dean Raymond
-- 1995
50% Being Human
  • Actor
-- 1994
Doggin' Around
  • Actor
-- 1994
72% Shallow Grave
  • Alex Law
-- 1994

Movies | TV series

TV SERIES   

Rating Title Credit Year
ER
1994-2009
  • Duncan Stewart
1997

Ewan McGregor Trivia

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Is good friends with actor Hugh Dancy, his co-star in "Black Hawk Down".
- submitted by Lindsay Elizabeth M (3 years ago)
Was one of the actors considered to play James Bond in "Casino Royale".
- submitted by Lindsay Elizabeth M (3 years ago)

Quotes from Ewan McGregor's Characters

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    1. Martin Bells: Wise men sy he will choose darkness, for it is easier to destroy the light within himself than to fight the darkness without.
    From Nightwatch. Submitted by Christine L (2 months ago)
    1. Ed Bloom (Young): There are some fish that cannot be caught. It's not that they are faster or stronger than the other fish, they're just touched by somethin' extra.
    From Big Fish. Submitted by Alyssa B (2 months ago)

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Ewan McGregor News

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Jane Got a Gun Got Ewan McGregor Opens in new window
May 7, 2013

Total Recall: Ewan McGregor's Best Movies Opens in new window
February 28, 2013

Ewan McGregor Talks Jack the Giant Slayer Opens in new window
January 31, 2013

Five Favorite Films with Ewan McGregor Opens in new window
March 9, 2012

Five Favorite Films with Emily Blunt Opens in new window
March 5, 2012

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