Ewan McGregor filmography 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 garnered his international recognition. He reprised the role in the sequel film "T2 Trainspotting" (2017). In 1999, he played the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the first of the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy ""; the character was originally
Ewan McGregor the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama and charity. In 2016, he received the BAFTA Britannia Humanitarian Award. McGregor was born in Perth and raised in Crieff. His mother, Carol Diane ("née" Lawson), is a retired teacher at Crieff High School and latterly deputy head teacher at Kingspark School in Dundee. His father, James Charles Stewart "Jim" McGregor, is a retired physical education teacher and careers master at Morrison's Academy in Crieff. He has an older brother, Colin (born 1969), a former Tornado GR4 pilot in the Royal Air Force. His uncle is actor Denis Lawson and his aunt