Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor who has starred in numerous film and musical roles His first professional role was in 1993 as a leading role in the British Channel 4 series Lipstick on Your Collar He then achieved international fame with his portrayals of heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama films Trainspotting 1996 and T2 Trainspotting 2017 ObiWan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy 19992005 and the Disney series ObiWan Kenobi 2022 poet Christian in the musical film Moulin Rouge 2001 SPC John Grimes in Black Hawk Down 2001 young Edward Bloom in Big Fish 2003 Rodney Copperbottom in Robots 2005 Camerlengo Father Patrick McKenna in Angels and Demons 2009 the ghost in Roman Polanskis political thriller The Ghost Writer 2010 Dr Alfred Jones in the romantic comedydrama Salmon Fishing in the Yemen 2011 Lumière in the liveaction adaptation of the musical romantic fantasy Beauty and the Beast 2017 the adult version of the titular character in the fantasy comedydrama Christopher Robin 2018 the adult version of Dan Torrance in the horror film Doctor Sleep 2019 and Black Mask in the DC Extended Universe superhero film Birds of Prey 2020 In 2021 he portrayed fashion designer Halston in a Netflix miniseries Halston In 2018 McGregor won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Miniseries or Television Film for his dual role as brothers Ray Emmit Stussy in the third season of FX anthology series Fargo and received Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor Musical or Comedy for both Moulin Rouge and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen McGregor has also starred in theatre productions of Guys and Dolls 20052007 and Othello 20072008 He was ranked number 36 on Empire magazines The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list in 1997 In a 2004 poll for the BBC McGregor was named the fourth most influential person in British culture
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