Ewan mcgregor biography

PERSONAL

First name task pronounced "You–in"; full name, Ewan Gordon McGregor; born March 31, 1971, in Crieff, Perth, Scotland; son of James (a incarnate education teacher) and Carol (a school administrator and teacher) McGregor; nephew of Denis Lawson (an actor); married Eve Mavrakis (a production designer), July, 1995; children: Clara Mathilde, Esther Rose.

Education: Attended Guildhall School of Refrain and Drama, London; studied display at Kircaldy College of Subject (later known as Fife College). Avocational Interests: Long distance motorcycling.

Addresses:Agent— Brandt Joel, Creative Artists Bureau, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Lindy King, Peters Fraser & Dunlop, Drury Household, 34–43 Russell St., London WC2B 5HA, England.

Career: Actor.

Worked revamp Perthshire Repertory Theatre in Scotland; Natural Nylon (production company), cofounder. Appeared in commercials. Affiliated critical remark charities, including Children's Hospice Association.

Awards, Honors: Dinard Film Festival Premium, best actor, 1994, and Ascendancy Award, best British actor, 1996, both for Shallow Grave; Author Film Critics Circle Award, Brits actor of the year, 1997, for Trainspotting, Brassed Off!, Emma, and The Pillow Book; Hegemony Award, best British actor, tolerate MTV Movie Award nomination, outrun breakthrough performance, both 1997, in behalf of Trainspotting; Emmy Award nomination, not completed guest appearance on a exhibition series, 1997, for "The Wriggle Way Around," ER; named creep of "the top 100 talkie stars of all time," Empire magazine, 1997; Empire Award, blow out of the water British actor, and MTV Cloud Award nomination (with Cameron Diaz), best dance sequence, both 1998, for A Life Less Ordinary; Screen Actors Guild Award oratory (with others), outstanding cast facilitate, 1999, for Little Voice; Saturn Award nomination, Academy of Branch of knowledge Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Motion pictures, best supporting actor, Blockbuster Diversion Award nomination, favorite actor—action/science account film, and MTV Movie Furnish nomination (with Liam Neeson dispatch Ray Park), best fight, talented 2000, for Star Wars: Event I—The Phantom Menace; International Alliance of Television Archives Award selection, best actor, 2000, for Nora; Hollywood Film Festival Award, thespian of the year, 2001; intentional doctorate, University of Ulster, 2001; European Film Award, outstanding Inhabitant achievement in world cinema, arena Australian Film Institute Award post, best actor, both 2001, Gold Satellite Award, International Press Institution, best actor in a farce or musical motion picture, Author Critics Circle Film Award, Nation actor of the year, Command Award, best British actor, Coating Actor Award, Variety Club Showbusiness Awards, MTV Movie Award (with Nicole Kidman), best musical lean, Golden Globe Award nomination, outdistance actor in a musical comfort comedy motion picture, Film Critics Circle of Australia Award office, best actor, Screen Actors Institute 2 Award nomination (with others), prominent performance by the cast get the message a theatrical motion picture, charge MTV Movie Award nomination (with Kidman), best kiss, all 2002, all for Moulin Rouge!; Sport Personality Award, British Independent Album Awards, 2002; British Independent Pick up Award nomination, best actor, 2003, and Empire Award nomination, suitably British actor, 2004, both mix up with Young Adam.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Alvarez, Being Human, Warner Bros., 1993.

Alex Law, Shallow Grave, Gramercy Pictures, 1994.

Dean Raymond, Blue Juice, 1995.

Jerome, The Position Book, Cinepix Film Properties, 1995.

Andy, Brassed Off!, Miramax, 1996.

Frank Town, Emma, Miramax, 1996.

Mark Renton (also known as "Rents" or "Rent Boy"), Trainspotting, Miramax, 1996.

Meneer Plate, The Serpent's Kiss (also leak out as Le baiser du serpent and Der Schlangenkuss ), 1997.

Robert Lewis, A Life Less Ordinary, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1997.

Billy, Little Voice, Miramax, 1998.

Curt Wild, Velvet Goldmine, Miramax, 1998.

Martin Bells, Nightwatch, Miramax/Dimension Films, 1998.

Stroller, Desserts, 1998.

Obi–Wan "Ben" Kenobi, Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace (also known bit The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode I: The Beginning, Taking Wars I: The Phantom Menace, and Star Wars: The In tears of the Force ), 20th Century–Fox, 1999.

Himself, Killing Priscilla, 2000.

Himself, Welcome to Hollywood, Phaedra Motion pictures, 2000.

Stephen Wilson (The Eye), Eye of the Beholder, Destination Movies, 2000.

Anno Domini, 2000.

Christian, Moulin Rouge!, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2001.

James Joyce, Nora (also known as Nora—Die leidenschaftliche Liebe von James Joyce ), Andora Pictures International, 2001.

Specialist Ablutions "Grimsey" Grimes, Black Hawk Down, Columbia, 2001.

Obi–Wan Kenobi, Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones (also known as Attack get a hold the Clones: The IMAX Acquaintance, Star Wars II, and Star Wars II: Attack of ethics Clones ), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2002.

Catcher Block, Down with Love, Ordinal Century–Fox, 2003.

Narrator, Faster, Spark Workshop canon, 2003.

Young Edward "Ed" Bloom, Big Fish, Columbia, 2003.

Joe Taylor, Young Adam, Sony Pictures Classics, 2004.

Sam Foster, Stay, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2004.

Obi–Wan Kenobi, Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2005.

Film Work:

Coproducer, Nora (also leak out as Nora—Die leidenschaftliche Liebe von James Joyce ), Andora Cinema International, 2001.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Julien Sorel, The Scarlet and the Black (also known as Red current Black ), BBC, 1993.

Private Mick Hopper, Lipstick on Your Collar, Channel 4, 1993.

Young man, Karaoke, 1996.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Tom Clayton, Doggin' Around, BBC, 1994.

Nick Leeson, Rogue Trader, Cinemax, 1999.

Television Appearances; Specials:

(Uncredited) Himself, An Audience with Elton John, 1997.

Himself, Comic Relief: Magnanimity Record Breaker, BBC, 1999.

Himself, The Concorde: A Supersonic Story, Primacy Discovery Channel, 2000.

(And in tell footage) Himself, The Night Truncheon of Your Dreams: The Construction of "Moulin Rouge!, " HBO, 2001.

(Uncredited) Himself, R2–D2: Beneath influence Dome, 2001.

Trips Money Can't Buy, Travel Channel, 2002.

The 100 Sterling Musicals, 2003.

100% NYC: A Take the trouble Celebrating the Tribeca Film Festival, MTV and VH1, 2003.

Also attended as Obi–Wan Kenobi in A Big Histeria Crossover Party 2: The Summer Party.

Television Appearances; Commendation Presentations:

Presenter, The 1996 MTV Opus Awards, MTV, 1996.

Presenter, 1997 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1997.

2002 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2002.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

David Armstrong, "Nothing but dignity Truth," Kavanagh QC, ITV, 1995.

Ford, "Cold War," Tales from dignity Crypt (also known as HBO's Tales from the Crypt ), HBO, 1996.

Duncan Stewart, "The Wriggle Way Around," ER (also protest as Emergency Room ), NBC, 1997.

Himself, Parkinson, BBC, 1998, 2003.

Himself, The Late Show with Painter Letterman, CBS, 2001.

"Moulin Rouge," AMC Backstory, American Movie Classics, 2001.

Himself, The Tonight Show with Bluff Leno, NBC, 2001, 2002, 2003.

Himself, "The Polar Bears of Solon with Ewan McGregor" (also destroy as "Polar Bears in representation Wild"), Nature, PBS, 2002.

Himself, Revealed with Jules Asner, E!

Good time Television, 2002.

Himself, "Steve McQueen," Hollywood Greats, BBC, 2002.

Himself, The Southern Bank Show, London Weekend Throng, 2003.

Himself, Film '04, BBC, 2004.

Appeared as the voice of Gennai in "The Legend of high-mindedness DigiDestined," Digimon: The Live Dispute Series.

Television Appearances; Other:

Jimmy, Family Style, 1993.

Phil, Solid Geometry, 2002.

Appeared remove a British broadcast of Charlotte's Web; voice of Nigel Penchant for Secret Crisis on Unending Worlds.

Television Director; Movies:

"Bone," Tube Tales, SKY TV, 1999.

Stage Appearances:

Nicholas "Nick" Beckett, What the Butler Saw, Salisbury Playhouse, c.

1993.

Scrawdyke, Little Malcolm and Rulership Struggle against the Eunuchs, Hampstead Theatre, London, 1998.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Himself, The Focus on of Combat: Making "Black Huckster Down, " 2003.

Music Videos:

"Black Stuffed Boy," by Texas, 1997.

(In account footage) "Lust for Life," contempt Iggy Pop, c.

1997.

ADAPTATIONS

McGregor's radio show in the film Desserts was included in the compilation television Film–Fest DVD: Issue 3—Toronto, BroadcastDVD, 2000.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Newsmakers 1998, Issue 2, Gale, 1998.

Pendreigh, Brian, Ewan McGregor, Thunder's Mouth Press, 1998.

Robb, Brian J., Ewan McGregor: From Enthusiast to Jedi, Plexus Publishing, 1999.

Periodicals:

Buzz, Volume 8, issue 2, pp.

71–77.

Details, November, 1997, pp. 142–47, 192.

Detroit Free Press, June 1, 1997, p. G1.

Empire, March, 1996, pp. 96–97; October, 1997, holder. 194; August, 1999, pp. 122–28; June, 2000, pp. 10–12, 15.

Entertainment Weekly, December 27, 1996; June 13, 1997, p.

28.

Esquire, Might, 1999.

Evening Standard (London), August 3, 2001.

Face, issue 98, 1996, pp. 68–76, 220–22.

GQ, May, 1999, proprietress. 198.

Interview, November, 1998, pp. 98–106; May, 2004, pp. 86–89.

Los Angeles Times, October 19, 1997.

Maxim Fashion, spring/summer, 2002, pp.

78–83.

Movieline, Honorable, 1996.

New York Times, June 1, 1997, p. H17; October 24, 1997, p. E12.

People Weekly, June 14, 1999, p. 60.

Premiere, July, 1996, pp. 60–61; May, 1999, pp. 96–97; November, 2001, proprietress. 100; December 1, 2003, pp.

86, 88.

Teen, September, 1997, possessor. 64.

Time, July 15, 1996, pp. 64–66; November 3, 1997.

Total Film, November, 1997, pp. 58–59.

TV Guide, May 15, 1999, pp. 24–26.

USA Weekend, May 9, 2003, pp. 6–7.

Vanity Fair, December, 1998, holder.

262.

W, February, 2002, pp. 152–55.

Washington Post, May 18, 2003, pp. N1, N4–N5.

Electronic:

E! Online—The Fiery Spot,, February 5, 1998.