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
Stay (2005 film) Stay (2005 film) Stay is a 2005 American psychological thriller film directed by Marc Forster and written by David Benioff. It stars Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling and Bob Hoskins, with production by Regency and distribution by 20th Century Fox. The film represents intense relationships centering on reality, death, love and the afterlife. The film opens with a car crash on the Brooklyn Bridge, and introduces Henry Letham (Ryan Gosling), a survivor of the crash, sitting, unharmed, next to a burning car on the bridge. Psychiatrist Sam Foster (Ewan McGregor) and his girlfriend (and former patient), Lila (Naomi Watts)