Line #62 Creator/EwanMcGregor


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4	->''"I'm just into making quality stuff if I can, with interesting people and good scripts. But it's very important that it's about something and that it says something. Otherwise, I don't know what the point is, really."''
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6	[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith You have allowed this TV Tropes to]] [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife ruin your life]], [[MemeticMutation until now, you're on the very page you swore]] [[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere to describe.]]
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8	Ewan Gordon [=McGregor=] [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (born 31 March 1971 in Perth, Scotland) is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Scottish]] actor.
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10	He is internationally best known for playing the VillainProtagonist of ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'', Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequel films and enamored poet Christian in ''Film/MoulinRouge''. He has made the bulk of his career with niche, indie, and arthouse films.
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12	He married Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead in 2022.
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14	!![[Memes/RevengeOfTheSith It's over, troper! These roles have the high ground!]]
15	[[AC: Film roles]]
16	* ''Film/ShallowGrave'' (1994) as Alex
17	* ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'' (1996) as Renton
18	** ''Film/T2Trainspotting'' (2017)
19	* ''Literature/ThePillowBook'' (1996) as Jerome
20	* ''Film/{{Emma}}'' (1996) as Frank Churchill
21	* ''Film/BrassedOff'' (1996) as Andy Barrow
22	* ''Film/ALifeLessOrdinary'' (1997) as Robert
23	* ''[[Film/Nightwatch1994 Nightwatch]]'' (1997 [[ForeignRemake remake]]) as Martin Bells
24	* ''Film/VelvetGoldmine'' (1998) as Curt Wild
25	* ''Film/LittleVoice'' (1998) as Billy
26	* ''Franchise/StarWars'' as [[Characters/StarWarsObiWanKenobi Obi-Wan Kenobi]]
27	** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' (1999)
28	** ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' (2002)
29	** ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' (2005)
30	** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' (2015; voice only)
31	** ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' (2019; voice only)
32	* ''Film/MoulinRouge'' (2001) as Christian
33	* ''Film/BlackHawkDown'' (2001) as John Grimes
34	* ''Film/DownWithLove'' (2003) Catcher Block
35	* ''Film/BigFish'' (2003) as Young Edward Bloom
36	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}'' (2005) as Rodney Copperbottom (voice)
37	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Valiant}}'' (2005) as Valiant (voice)
38	* ''Film/{{The Island\|2005}}'' (2005) as Lincoln Six Echo/Tom Lincoln
39	* ''Film/{{Stay}}'' (2005) as Dr. Sam Foster
40	* ''Film/{{Stormbreaker}}'' (2006) as Ian Rider
41	* ''Film/CassandrasDream'' (2007) as Ian Blane
42	* ''Film/AngelsAndDemons'' (2009) as Camerlengo Patrick [=McKenna=]
43	* ''Film/ILoveYouPhillipMorris'' (2009) as Phillip Morris
44	* ''Film/TheMenWhoStareAtGoats'' (2009) as Bob Wilton
45	* ''Film/{{Amelia}}'' (2009) as Gene Vidal
46	* ''Film/TheGhostWriter'' (2010) as the Ghost Writer
47	* ''Film/NannyMcPheeAndTheBigBang'' (2010) as Rory Green
48	* ''Film/JackbootsOnWhitehall'' (2010) as Chris (voice)
49	* ''Film/PerfectSense'' (2011) as the Chef
50	* ''Literature/SalmonFishingInTheYemen'' (2012) as Dr. Alfred Jones
51	* ''Film/TheImpossible'' (2012) as Henry Bennett
52	* ''Film/JackTheGiantSlayer'' (2013) as Elmont
53	* ''Theatre/AugustOsageCounty'' (2013) as Bill Fordham
54	* ''Film/AMillionWaysToDieInTheWest'' (2014) in a [[TheCameo cameo]] as Cowboy at Fair
55	* ''Film/SonOfAGun'' (2014) as Brendan Lynch
56	* ''Film/{{Mortdecai}}'' (2015) as Inspector Alistair Martland
57	* ''Film/JaneGotAGun'' (2015) as John Bishop
58	* ''Last Days in the Desert'' (2015) as {{UsefulNotes/Jesus}}
59	* ''Literature/AmericanPastoral'' (2016) as Seymour "Swede" Levov (also directed)
60	* ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast\|2017}}'' (2017) as Lumière
61	* ''Film/ChristopherRobin'' (2018) as Christopher Robin
62	* ''Film/DoctorSleep'' (2019) as Dan Torrance
63	* ''Film/{{Birds of Prey\|2020}}'' (2020) as Roman Sionis / Black Mask
64	* ''WesternAnimation/GuillermoDelTorosPinocchio'' (2022) as Cricket / Sebastian J. Cricket (voice)
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66	[[AC:Television roles]]
67	* ''Series/LipstickOnYourCollar'' (1993): Pvt. Mick Hopper.
68	* ''Series/{{ER}}'' (1997): Duncan Stewart in the episode "The Long Way Around"
69	* ''Series/LongWayRound'' (2004), ''Long Way Down'' (2007), and ''Long Way Up'' (2020) -- AsHimself in {{Travelogue Show}}s
70	* ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' (2017): Emmit and Ray Stussy
71	* ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'' (2022) as Obi-Wan Kenobi
72	* ''A Gentleman in Moscow'' (2024) as Alexander Rostov
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74	[[AC:Theatre roles]]
75	* ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls'': Sky (2005-2007, London)
76	* ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'': Iago (2007-2008, London)
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79	!! Tropes associated with his work:
80	* DeadpanSnarker: His characters tend to get a lot of dry remarks and witty lines, most notably as Obi-Wan Kenobi where George Lucas quickly recognized McGregor's comedy skills and made him the prequel trilogy's answer to Creator/HarrisonFord, providing most of the comic relief.
81	* DoingItForTheArt: Despite having achieved international fame with Star Wars, he still regularly does smaller films and theatre work in the UK to stay close to his roots.
82	* DyeingForYourArt:
83	** He's a brunette. Note his blond hair in ''Film/ILoveYouPhillipMorris''.
84	** He also shaved his head and lost over 25 pounds for his role in ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}''.
85	* FakeAmerican: He's Scottish, but frequently plays American characters, more so since relocating to Los Angeles in 2008. He eventually obtained American citizenship in 2016.
86	* FakeBrit: The Scottish [=McGregor=] plays Obi-Wan with an English accent in order to match with Creator/AlecGuinness's performance from the original trilogy.
87	* IAmNotSpock: Or, in his case, he is not Obi-Wan Kenobi. He does prefer to distance himself from the famous Jedi Master, though that's not to say he didn't enjoy working on the ''Star Wars'' prequels. He's went on to play the role again to explore what happened to Obi-Wan in the gap between the two trilogies. He was happy when he reprised his role as a voice cameo in Episode VII, and played Obi-Wan again in ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'', a Creator/DisneyPlus miniseries that is centered on the character.
88	* MrFanservice: His dashing good looks are always given a lot of attention from directors and he has no issue whatsoever doing nude scenes.
89	* OneForTheMoneyOneForTheArt: His reason for doing many of his blockbuster films is to get enough money so he can concentrate on smaller films that would give him little payment--usually Scottish indie films.
90	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: His American accent in ''Film/ILoveYouPhillipMorris'' and ''Series/{{Fargo}}'' and French accent in ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' do waver from time to time.
91	* PlayingTheirOwnTwin: Though they are not ''technically'' twins, [=McGregor=] portrays both Tom Lincoln and his clone Lincoln Six Echo in ''Film/TheIsland2005''. He also pulls double duty as Emmit and Ray Stussy in the third season of ''Series/{{Fargo}}''-but this is actually a case of ActingForTwo as, contrary to popular belief, the brothers are not twins (they ARE relatively close in age, but Ray is slightly younger-which is a major plot point in the series).
92	* PromotedFanboy: "I've been waiting nearly twenty years to have my own lightsaber. Nothing's cooler than being a Jedi Knight." Purportedly, he had trouble filming the action scenes because he wouldn't stop making lightsaber sounds (if you look close, you can even see his mouth moving during some of the lightsaber duels!). Denis Lawson, who played [[EnsembleDarkhorse Wedge]] [[BadassNormal Antilles]] in the original trilogy, is his uncle.
93	* ReclusiveArtist: While he has no issue at all doing promotional work or interviews, he's otherwise very protective of his family's privacy and doesn't participate in social media very much.
94	* StarMakingRole: His roles as Renton in ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'' and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels made him famous.
95	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He turned down the role of Film/JamesBond for ''Film/{{Casino Royale\|2006}}''.
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