Ewan McGregor filmography 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". Ewan McGregor filmography The filmography of Scottish actor, voice actor, singer, 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
Miles Ahead (film) been given short shrift." Cheadle has said the casting of Ewan McGregor, who plays a "Rolling Stone" journalist in the film, was partly because the actor had a high box-office appeal in territories outside North America: "I could have cast a huge French actor, or an Asian actor who’s big in Japan, China, and try to make it work for that. Because it's all about selling foreign. No needle moved until we cast Ewan McGregor". The financing of the film required multiple sources including crowdfunding. Cheadle said: "We crowdfunded via Indiegogo, deferred payment, I put money in myself. Kevin Hart,