Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGregor in Cannes 2001
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AKA: Ewan Gordon McGregor, Ewan G McGregor
Nationality: Scottish
Birthdate: 03/31/1971
Birthplace: Crieff, Scotland, United Kingdom

biography

In perhaps one of the fastest rises in Hollywood, actor Ewan McGregor emerged onto the scene six months shy of graduating drama school to star in his first miniseries. A mere two years later, he was the toast of the independent circuit with his brave performance in Danny Boyle’s highly regarded “Trainspotting” (1996), which propelled the young actor to stardom virtually overnight. Ever since his acclaimed portrait of a heroin addict struggling to put his drug days behind him, McGregor was a consistent presence in small features like “Emma” (1996) and “A Life Less Ordinary” (1997) as well as Continued

Credits

Bob Wilton
2009
Gene Vidal
2009
Camerlengo
2009
Jasper Black
2009
Jonathan McQuarry
2008
Norman Warne
2007
Sam Foster
2005
Voice of Valiant
2005
Lincoln Six-Echo/Tom Lincoln
2005
Rodney Copperbottom
2005
Joe
2004
Edward Bloom (young)
2003
Catcher Block
2003
Young Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
2002
Ranger Specialist Grimes
2001
Christian
2001
The Eye
2000
Co-Producer
2000
James Joyce
2000
Billy
1998
Curt Wild
1998
Martin Bells
1998
Robert
1997
Jerome
1997
Andy
1997
Frank Churchill
1996
Mark Renton
1996
Phillip Morris
Director
Dean Raymond
Alex Law
Julien Sorel
Meneer Chrome
Narrator

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Left home at age 16 to work with the Perth Repertory Theatre in Scotland
1993 
British TV debut, "Lipstick on Your Collar" (Channel 4)
1993 
Had first leading role as Julien Sorel in the BBC TV miniseries "Scarlet and Black"
1993 
Feature film debut, "Being Human"
1994 
First collaboration with Danny Boyle, "Shallow Grave"; scripted by John Hodge
Continued

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