Ewan McGregor Collar" (1993). Not long afterwards, he starred in the BBC adaptation of "Scarlet and Black" (also 1993) with a young Rachel Weisz, and made his film debut in Bill Forsyth's "Being Human" (1994). For his role in the thriller "Shallow Grave" (also 1994), he won an Empire Award. The film was his first collaboration with director Danny Boyle. His international breakthrough followed with the role of heroin addict Mark Renton in Boyle's "Trainspotting" (1996), an adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel of the same name. McGregor played the male romantic lead role in the British film "Little Voice" (1998). He was
Ewan McGregor cast as the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in "" (1999); the character was originally played by Sir Alec Guinness in the first "Star Wars" trilogy. While the prequels received criticism from some "Star Wars" fans, McGregor's performance was well received. He reprised the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi for the subsequent prequels "" (2002) and "" (2005). His uncle, Denis Lawson, had played Wedge Antilles in the original trilogy. McGregor starred in "Moulin Rouge!" (2001) as the young poet Christian, who falls in love with the terminally-ill courtesan Satine (Nicole Kidman). He starred alongside Renée Zellweger in "Down With Love" (2003). He