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Acting

Ewan McGregor

Career: Active from 1993 to 2026, busiest in 2005 and 2011 with 6 main titles each.

Leading roles: 84
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Long Way Up
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 99 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ewan McGregor Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Crime
2.9, average 3.6
Scare
2.0, average 2.6
Violence
3.6, average 4.1
Contemporary Realism
4.9, average 5.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 14
Emotional Catharsis 6
Biographical Drama 5
Visual Spectacle 4
Psychological 3
Suspenseful 3
Nature Documentary 3
Political Intrigue 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Contemporary Setting 3
Dark Comedy 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

121

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

as Charlie Granger

TV show

2020s

17 titles · average score 65

The End of Oak Street

70

as Greg Platt

The Land of Sometimes

40

as The Wish Collector (voice)

A Gentleman in Moscow

76

TV show · as Count Alexander Rostov

Mother, Couch

51

as David

Bleeding Love

50

as Father

Obi-Wan Kenobi

71

TV show · as Obi-Wan Kenobi

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

84

as Cricket (voice)

Raymond & Ray

54

as Raymond

Halston

65

TV show · as Halston

The Birthday Cake

48

as Father Kelly

Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

65

as Roman Sionis

2010s

39 titles · average score 63

Doctor Sleep

71

as Danny Torrance

Christopher Robin

70

as Christopher Robin

Zoe

48

as Cole

T2 Trainspotting

73

as Renton

Mortdecai

33

as Inspector Alistair Martland

Jack the Giant Slayer

54

as Elmont

The Impossible

76

as Henry Bennett

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

63

as Dr. Alfred Jones

Perfect Sense

61

as Michael

Beginners

78

as Oliver Fields

The Ghost Writer

75

as The Ghost

I Love You Phillip Morris

66

as Phillip Morris

2000s

34 titles · average score 57

Angels & Demons

52

as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna

The Men Who Stare at Goats

54

as Bob Wilton

Miss Potter

65

as Norman Warne

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

74

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

Robots

64

as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)

The Island

57

as Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln

Stay

51

as Sam Foster

Valiant

43

as Valiant (voice)

Big Fish

74

as Ed Bloom (young)

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

60

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

Black Hawk Down

76

as Grimes

Moulin Rouge!

74

as Christian

1990s

24 titles · average score 62

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

57

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

Eye of the Beholder

33

as Stephen Wilson

Rogue Trader

45

as Nick Leeson

Tube Tales

59

Director

Velvet Goldmine

68

as Curt Wild

Nightwatch

45

as Martin Bells

A Life Less Ordinary

50

as Robert Lewis

Trainspotting

86

as Renton

Brassed Off

71

as Andy Barrow

Shallow Grave

72

as Alex Law

Lipstick on Your Collar

75

TV show · as Private Mick Hopper

Scarlet and Black

65

TV show · as Julien Sorel

1980s

3 titles · average score 79

Tales from the Crypt

75

TV show · as Ford

Screen One

TV show · as Tom Clayton

Nature

84

TV show · as Narrator (voice) / Host

1970s

1 title · average score 63

The South Bank Show

63

TV show

1960s

1 title · average score 72

Omnibus

72

TV show