Ewan McGregor Biography (1971-)

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 Mavrakis (a production designer), July, 1995; children: Clara Mathilde, Esther Rose. 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.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: March 31, 1971; Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Alvarez, Being Human, Warner Bros., 1993
Alex Law, Shallow Grave, 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 (alsoknown 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 andBlack), BBC, 1993
Private Mick Hopper, Lipstick on Your Collar, Channel 4, 1993
Young man, Karaoke, 1996
Movies
Tom Clayton, Doggin' Around, BBC, 1994
Nick Leeson, Rogue Trader, Cinemax, 1999
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, Travel Channel, 2002
The 100 Greatest Musicals, 2003
100% NYC: A Concert Celebrating the Tribeca Film Festival, MTV andVH1, 2003
Also appeared as Obi-Wan Kenobi in A Big Histeria Crossover Party 2: The Summer Party.
Awards Presentations
Presenter, The 1996 MTV Music Awards, MTV, 1996
Presenter, 1997 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1997
2002 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2002
Episodic
David Armstrong, "Nothing but the Truth," Kavanagh 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 David 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.
Other
Jimmy, Family Style, 1993
Phil, Solid Geometry, 2002
Appeared in a British broadcast of Charlotte's Web; voice of NigelSpot 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
RECORDINGS
Videos
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

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

McGregor's performance in the film Desserts was included in the compilation video Film-Fest DVD: Issue 3--Toronto, BroadcastDVD, 2000.

OTHER SOURCES

Books

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

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