First name is pronounced "You–in"; full name, Ewan Gordon McGregor; born March 31, 1971, in Crieff, Perth, Scotland; son of James (a physical education teacher) and Carol (a school administrator and teacher) McGregor; nephew of Denis Lawson (an actor); married Eve Mrakis (a production designer), July, 1995; children: Clara Mathilde, Esther Rose. Education: Attended Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London; studied drama at Kircaldy College of Technology (later known as Fife College). Avocational Interests: Long distance motorcycling.
Addresses: Agent— Brandt Joel, Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Lindy King, Peters Fraser & Dunlop, Drury House, 34–43 Russell St., London WC2B 5HA, England.
Career: Actor. Worked with Perthshire Repertory Theatre in Scotland; Natural Nylon (production company), cofounder. Appeared in commercials. Affiliated with charities, including Children's Hospice Association.
Awards, Honors: Dinard Film Festival Award, best actor, 1994, and Empire Award, best British actor, 1996, both for Shallow Gre; London Film Critics Circle Award, British actor of the year, 1997, for Trainspotting, Brassed Off!, Emma, and The Pillow Book; Empire Award, best British actor, and MTV Movie Award nomination, best breakthrough performance, both 1997, for Trainspotting; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding guest appearance on a drama series, 1997, for "The Long Way Around," ER; named one of "the top 100 movie stars of all time," Empire magazine, 1997; Empire Award, best British actor, and MTV Movie Award nomination (with Cameron Diaz), best dance sequence, both 1998, for A Life Less Ordinary; Screen Actors Guild Award nomination (with others), outstanding cast performance, 1999, for Little Voice; Saturn Award nomination, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, best supporting actor, Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, forite actor—action/science fiction film, and MTV Movie Award nomination (with Liam Neeson and Ray Park), best fight, all 2000, for Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace; International Federation of Television Archives Award nomination, best actor, 2000, for Nora; Hollywood Film Festival Award, actor of the year, 2001; honorary doctorate, University of Ulster, 2001; European Film Award, outstanding European achievement in world cinema, and Australian Film Institute Award nomination, best actor, both 2001, Golden Satellite Award, International Press Academy, best actor in a comedy or musical motion picture, London Critics Circle Film Award, British actor of the year, Empire Award, best British actor, Film Actor Award, Variety Club Showbusiness Awards, MTV Movie Award (with Nicole Kidman), best musical sequence, Golden Globe Award nomination, best actor in a musical or comedy motion picture, Film Critics Circle of Australia Award nomination, best actor, Screen Actors Guild Award nomination (with others), outstanding performance by the cast of a theatrical motion picture, and MTV Movie Award nomination (with Kidman), best kiss, all 2002, all for Moulin Rouge!; Entertainment Personality Award, British Independent Film Awards, 2002; British Independent Film Award nomination, best actor, 2003, and Empire Award nomination, best British actor, 2004, both for Young Adam.
CREDITSFilm Appearances:Alvarez, Being Human, Warner Bros., 1993.
Alex Law, Shallow Gre, Gramercy Pictures, 1994.
Dean Raymond, Blue Juice, 1995.
Jerome, The Pillow Book, Cinepix Film Properties, 1995.
Andy, Brassed Off!, Miramax, 1996.
Frank Churchill, Emma, Miramax, 1996.
Mark Renton (also known as "Rents" or "Rent Boy"), Trainspotting, Miramax, 1996.
Meneer Chrome, The Serpent's Kiss (also known as Le baiser du serpent and Der Schlangenkuss ), 1997.
Robert Lewis, A Life Less Ordinary, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1997.
Billy, Little Voice, Miramax, 1998.
Curt Wild, Velvet Goldmine, Miramax, 1998.
Martin Bells, Nightwatch, Miramax/Dimension Films, 1998.
Stroller, Desserts, 1998.
Obi–Wan "Ben" Kenobi, Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace (also known as The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode I: The Beginning, Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace, and Star Wars: The Balance of the Force ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1999.
Himself, Killing Priscilla, 2000.
Himself, Welcome to Hollywood, Phaedra Cinema, 2000.
Stephen Wilson (The Eye), Eye of the Beholder, Destination Films, 2000.
Anno Domini, 2000.
Christian, Moulin Rouge!, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2001.
James Joyce, Nora (also known as Nora—Die leidenschaftliche Liebe von James Joyce ), Andora Pictures International, 2001.
Specialist John "Grimsey" Grimes, Black Hawk Down, Columbia, 2001.
Obi–Wan Kenobi, Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones (also known as Attack of the Clones: The IMAX Experience, Star Wars II, and Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2002.
Catcher Block, Down with Love, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2003.
Narrator, Faster, Spark Productions, 2003.
Young Edward "Ed" Bloom, Big Fish, Columbia, 2003.
Joe Taylor, Young Adam, Sony Pictures Classics, 2004.
Sam Foster, Stay, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2004.
Obi–Wan Kenobi, Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2005.
Film Work:Coproducer, Nora (also known as Nora—Die leidenschaftliche Liebe von James Joyce ), Andora Pictures International, 2001.
Television Appearances; Miniseries:Julien Sorel, The Scarlet and the Black (also known as Red and Black ), BBC, 1993.
Private Mick Hopper, Lipstick on Your Collar, Channel 4, 1993.
Young man, Karaoke, 1996.
Television Appearances; Movies:Tom Clayton, Doggin' Around, BBC, 1994.
Nick Leeson, Rogue Trader, Cinemax, 1999.
Television Appearances; Specials:(Uncredited) Himself, An Audience with Elton John, 1997.
Himself, Comic Relief: The Record Breaker, BBC, 1999.
Himself, The Concorde: A Supersonic Story, The Discovery Channel, 2000.
(And in archive footage) Himself, The Night Club of Your Dreams: The Making of "Moulin Rouge!, " HBO, 2001.
(Uncredited) Himself, R2–D2: Beneath the Dome, 2001.
Trips Money Can't Buy, Trel Channel, 2002.
The 100 Greatest Musicals, 2003.
100% NYC: A Concert Celebrating the Tribeca Film Festival, MTV and VH1, 2003.
Also appeared as Obi–Wan Kenobi in A Big Histeria Crossover Party 2: The Summer Party.
Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:Presenter, The 1996 MTV Music Awards, MTV, 1996.
Presenter, 1997 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1997.
2002 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2002.
Television Appearances; Episodic:Did Armstrong, "Nothing but the Truth," Kanagh QC, ITV, 1995.
Ford, "Cold War," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's Tales from the Crypt ), HBO, 1996.
Duncan Stewart, "The Long Way Around," ER (also known as Emergency Room ), NBC, 1997.
Himself, Parkinson, BBC, 1998, 2003.
Himself, The Late Show with Did Letterman, CBS, 2001.
"Moulin Rouge," AMC Backstory, American Movie Classics, 2001.
Himself, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2001, 2002, 2003.
Himself, "The Polar Bears of Churchill with Ewan McGregor" (also known as "Polar Bears in the Wild"), Nature, PBS, 2002.
Himself, Revealed with Jules Asner, E! Entertainment Television, 2002.
Himself, "Steve McQueen," Hollywood Greats, BBC, 2002.
Himself, The South Bank Show, London Weekend Television, 2003.
Himself, Film '04, BBC, 2004.
Appeared as the voice of Gennai in "The Legend of the DigiDestined," Digimon: The Live Action Series.
Television Appearances; Other:Jimmy, Family Style, 1993.
Phil, Solid Geometry, 2002.
Appeared in a British broadcast of Charlotte's Web; voice of Nigel Spot for Secret Crisis on Infinite Worlds.
Television Director; Movies:"Bone," Tube Tales, SKY TV, 1999.
Stage Appearances:Nicholas "Nick" Beckett, What the Butler Saw, Salisbury Playhouse, c. 1993.
Scrawdyke, Little Malcolm and His Struggle against the Eunuchs, Hampstead Theatre, London, 1998.
RECORDINGSVideos:Himself, The Essence of Combat: Making "Black Hawk Down, " 2003.
Music Videos:"Black Eyed Boy," by Texas, 1997.
(In archive footage) "Lust for Life," by Iggy Pop, c. 1997.
ADAPTATIONSMcGregor's performance in the film Desserts was included in the compilation video Film–Fest DVD: Issue 3—Toronto, BroadcastDVD, 2000.
OTHER SOURCESBooks:Newsmakers 1998, Issue 2, Gale, 1998.
Pendreigh, Brian, Ewan McGregor, Thunder's Mouth Press, 1998.
Robb, Brian J., Ewan McGregor: From Junkie to Jedi, Plexus Publishing, 1999.
Periodicals:Buzz, Volume 8, issue 2, pp. 71–77.
Details, November, 1997, pp. 142–47, 192.
Detroit Free Press, June 1, 1997, p. G1.
Empire, March, 1996, pp. 96–97; October, 1997, p. 194; August, 1999, pp. 122–28; June, 2000, pp. 10–12, 15.
Entertainment Weekly, December 27, 1996; June 13, 1997, p. 28.
Esquire, May, 1999.
Evening Standard (London), August 3, 2001.
Face, issue 98, 1996, pp. 68–76, 220–22.
GQ, May, 1999, p. 198.
Interview, November, 1998, pp. 98–106; May, 2004, pp. 86–89.
Los Angeles Times, October 19, 1997.
Maxim Fashion, spring/summer, 2002, pp. 78–83.
Movieline, August, 1996.
New York Times, June 1, 1997, p. H17; October 24, 1997, p. E12.
People Weekly, June 14, 1999, p. 60.
Premiere, July, 1996, pp. 60–61; May, 1999, pp. 96–97; November, 2001, p. 100; December 1, 2003, pp. 86, 88.
Teen, September, 1997, p. 64.
Time, July 15, 1996, pp. 64–66; November 3, 1997.
Total Film, November, 1997, pp. 58–59.
TV Guide, May 15, 1999, pp. 24–26.
USA Weekend, May 9, 2003, pp. 6–7.
Vanity Fair, December, 1998, p. 262.
W, February, 2002, pp. 152–55.
Washington Post, May 18, 2003, pp. N1, N4–N5.
Electronic:E! Online—The Hot Spot, http://www.eonline.com, February 5, 1998.