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The filmography of Scottish actor and director Ewan McGregor. McGregor made his debut in the British television series Lipstick on Your Collar. He followed this one year later by appearing in Bill Forsyth's Being Human (1994), Danny Boyle's thriller Shallow Grave (1994). Two years later, he plays the heroin addict Mark Renton in Danny Boyle's Trainspotting which garnered his international recognition. He reprised the role in the sequel film T2 Trainspotting (2017). In 1999, he played the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the first of the Star Wars prequel trilogy Episode I – The Phantom Menace; the character was originally played by Sir Alec Guinness in the first Star Wars trilogy. He reprised the role in its sequels Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), and Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005). In the 2015 film The Force Awakens, McGregor reprised the role of Obi-Wan in a voice cameo. His uncle, Denis Lawson, had played Wedge Antilles in the original trilogy. For his role as Christian in the 2001 jukebox musical romantic drama film, 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 garnered him the European Film Award for Best Actor. In 2016, McGregor made his directorial feature film debut in American Pastoral. Film Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1994 | Being Human | Alvarez | Bill Forsyth | Shallow Grave | Alex Law | Danny Boyle | 1995 | Blue Juice | Dean Raymond | Carl Prechezer | 1996 | Trainspotting | Mark Renton | Danny Boyle | {{sortname>The|Pillow Book|dab=film}} | Jerome | Peter Greenaway | Emma | Frank Churchill | Douglas McGrath | Brassed Off | Andy Barrow | Mark Herman | 1997 | Nightwatch | Martin Bells | Ole Bornedal | {{sortname>The|Serpent's Kiss}} | Meneer Chrome | Philippe Rousselot | {{sortname>A|Life Less Ordinary}} | Robert Lewis | Danny Boyle | 1998 | Velvet Goldmine | Curt Wild | Todd Haynes | Little Voice | Billy | Mark Herman | 1999 | Desserts | Stroller | Jeff Stark | Short film | Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Obi-Wan Kenobi | George Lucas | Rogue Trader | Nick Leeson | James Dearden | Eye of the Beholder | Stephen Wilson/The Eye | Stephan Elliott | 2000 | Nora | James Joyce | Pat Murphy | 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Christian | Baz Luhrmann | Black Hawk Down | SPC John Grimes | Ridley Scott | 2002 | Episode II – Attack of the Clones | Obi-Wan Kenobi | George Lucas | Solid Geometry | Phil | Denis Lawson | 2003 | Down with Love | Catcher Block | Peyton Reed | Young Adam | Joe Taylor | David Mackenzie | Faster | Narrator | Mark Neale | Voice | Big Fish | Edward Bloom (young) | Tim Burton | 2005 | Robots | Rodney Copperbottom | Chris Wedge | Voice | Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Obi-Wan Kenobi | George Lucas | Valiant | Valiant | Gary Chapman | Voice | {{sortname>The|Island|dab=2005 film}} | Lincoln Six Echo/Tom Lincoln | Michael Bay | Stay | Dr. Sam Foster | Marc Forster | 2006 | Stormbreaker | Ian Rider | Geoffrey Sax | Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Billy | Ed Blum | Miss Potter | Norman Warne | Chris Noonan | 2007 | Cassandra's Dream | Ian Blane | Woody Allen | 2008 | Incendiary | Jasper Black | Sharon Maguire | Deception | Jonathan McQuarry | Marcel Langenegger | 2009 | Angels & Demons | Camerlengo Father Patrick McKenna | Ron Howard | I Love You Phillip Morris | Phillip Morris | John Requa Glenn Ficarra | {{sortname>The|Men Who Stare at Goats|dab=film}} | Bob Wilton | Grant Heslov | Amelia | Gene Vidal | Mira Nair | 2010 | {{sortname>The|Ghost Writer|dab=film}} | The Ghost Writer | Roman Polanski | Alternative title: The Ghost | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Rory Green | Susanna White | Jackboots on Whitehall | Chris | The McHenry Brothers | Voice | Beginners | Oliver Fields | Mike Mills | 2011 | Perfect Sense | Michael | David Mackenzie | Fastest | Narrator | Mark Neale | Voice | Haywire | Kenneth | Steven Soderbergh | 2012 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Dr. Alfred Jones | Lasse Hallström | {{sortname>The|Impossible|dab=2012 film}} | Henry Bennett | J. A. Bayona | 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | Elmont | Bryan Singer | August: Osage County | Bill Fordham | John Wells | 2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Cowboy at Fair | Seth MacFarlane | Cameo | Son of a Gun | Brendan Lynch | Julius Avery | 2015 | Mortdecai | Inspector Alistair Martland | David Koepp | Last Days in the Desert | Yeshua / Satan | Rodrigo García | Miles Ahead | Dave Brill | Don Cheadle | The Force Awakens | Obi-Wan Kenobi | J. J. Abrams | Cameo; voice[1] | 2016 | Jane Got a Gun | John Bishop | Gavin O'Connor | Our Kind of Traitor | Peregrine "Perry" Makepeace | Susanna White | American Pastoral | Seymour "Swede" Levov | Himself | Also director | 2017 | T2 Trainspotting | Mark Renton | Danny Boyle | Beauty and the Beast | Lumière | Bill Condon | 2018 | Zoe | Cole | Drake Doremus | Christopher Robin | Christopher Robin | Marc Forster | 2019 | Doctor Sleep[2] | Danny Torrance | Mike Flanagan | Post-production | 2020 | Birds of Prey[3] | Roman Sionis / Black Mask | Cathy Yan | Filming | |
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1993 | Lipstick on Your Collar | PTE Mick Hopper | 6 episodes | Scarlet and Black | Julien Sorel | Mini-series | 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 | {{sortname>The|Polar Bears of Churchill with Ewan McGregor|nolink=yes}} | Himself | Documentary series | 2004 | Long Way Round | 2007 | Long Way Down | 2010 | {{sortname>The|Battle of Britain|nolink=1}} | Documentary | 2012 | Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission | Bomber Boys | 2013 | {{sortname>The|Corrections}} | Chip Lambert | Unaired pilot | Hebrides: Islands on the Edge | Himself as Narrator (voice) | Documentary series | 2015 | Doll & Em | Ewan | 2 episodes | 2016 | Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart | Himself as Narrator (voice) | Documentary series | 2017 | Fargo | Emmit Stussy / Raymond "Ray" Stussy | 10 episodes[4] |
Theatre Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1998 | Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs | Joe Orton | Hampstead Theatre | 2005 | Guys and Dolls | Sky Masterson | Piccadilly Theatre | 2007 | Othello | Iago | Donmar Warehouse | 2014 | The Real Thing | Henry | American Airlines Theatre | [5] |
See also - List of awards and nominations received by Ewan McGregor
References 1. ^{{cite journal |first=Anthony|last=Breznican |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/20/jj-abrams-reveals-obi-wan-and-yoda-are-star-wars-force-awakens |title=Obi-Wan and Yoda are secretly in Star Wars: The Force Awakens |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=20 December 2015 |accessdate=20 December 2015}} 2. ^http://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/doctor-sleep-ewan-mcgregor-adult-danny-torrance-shining-sequel-1201974541/ 3. ^https://www.thewrap.com/birds-of-prey-villain-black-mask-batman// 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://deadline.com/2016/05/ewan-mcgregor-cast-lead-fargo-fx-1201760430/ |title=‘Fargo’: Ewan McGregor Set As the Lead In Season 3 Of FX Limited Series In Dual Role |publisher=Deadline.com |first=Nellie |last=Andreeva |date=20 May 2016 |accessdate=20 May 2016}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/legit/reviews/real-thing-review-ewan-mcgregor-broadway-1201342500/ |title=Broadway Review: ‘The Real Thing’ with Ewan McGregor |publisher=Variety |date=30 October 2014 |first=Marilyn |last=Stasio |accessdate=9 December 2014 }}
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