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Place of birth Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Year of debut 1993
Awards
- Golden Globe Awards nominated1
Ewan McGregor was raised in Crieff, Scotland by his teacher parents. In 1988, he moved to London to study at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He left the course early when he landed a major role in TV series Lipstick On Your Collar. He rose to fame in Danny Boyle’s first three features Shallow Grave, Trainspotting and A Life Less Ordinary. He has since starred in a wide variety of movies including the Star Wars prequel trilogy and Moulin Rouge!
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£3.9912 Certificate 2012 109 MinsBased on true events. A family fights for survival during a devastating tsunami. With Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts. Scenes of violent nature.
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£3.4912 Certificate 2011 102 MinsA fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) is asked by a sheik to transport salmon to a river in the desert. With Emily Blunt. Some strong language & sexual references.
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£2.4915 Certificate 2009 89 MinsEwan McGregor investigates the government's training of psychic soldiers. Starring George Clooney. Contains strong language, brief nudity, moderate violence and drug references.
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£2.9915 Certificate 2010 122 MinsA writer (Ewan McGregor) uncovers secrets about a former Prime Minister (Pierce Brosnan). With Olivia Williams and Kim Cattrall. Contains very strong language and mild violence.
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£2.5015 Certificate 2008 93 MinsBased on true events. A conman (Jim Carrey) falls in love with his prison cellmate (Ewan McGregor). Contains strong language and sex.
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£2.50PG Certificate 2009 106 MinsThe true story of aviator Amelia Earhart (Hilary Swank). With Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor. Contains mild language and sex references.
Did you know?
- Ewan McGregor and his friend Charley Boorman completed a trip from London to New York by riding his motorcycles. The journey took him 115 days to complete and he documented his trip in a book and TV series called The Long Way Round. He also did another series, The Long Way Down, where they travelled 5,000 miles on motorcycles from John O'Groats to South Africa.
- He met Eve Mavrakis, a production designer, while they were working on the TV show Kavanagh QC. They married in France in 1995.
- After his first motorcycle journey, he adopted a four-year-old Mongolian girl named Jamiyan with his wife Eve Mavrakis. They also have two daughters.
- He was Emmy-nominated for his performance as a gunman in a convenience store robbery in an episode of ER.
- Growing up, his acting idol was his uncle Dennis Lawson. Coincidentally, Dennis starred in the original Star Wars trilogy as fighter pilot Wedge Antilles.
Awards
Golden Globe Awards nominated1
- 2002 Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical - Moulin Rouge!
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