Actor of The Week: Ewan McGregor

Ewan Gordon McGregor OBE (lahir 31 Maret 1971) adalah aktor dan sutradara Skotlandia, yang dikenal secara internasional karena berbagai peran filmnya, termasuk drama independen, epik fiksi ilmiah, dan musikal.

Peran profesional pertama McGregor adalah pada tahun 1993, ketika ia memenangkan peran utama dalam seri British Channel 4 Lipstick on Your Collar. Beberapa perannya yang paling terkenal termasuk pecandu heroin Mark Renton dalam film drama Trainspotting (1996) dan T2 Trainspotting (2017), Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi dalam trilogi prekuel Star Wars (1999-2005),  dalam film musikal Moulin Rouge! (2001), Edward Bloom muda dalam Big Fish (2003), Rodney Copperbottom dalam Robots (2005), Camerlengo Father Patrick McKenna dalam Angels and Demons (2009), "the ghost" dalam film thriller politik Roman Polanski, The Ghost Writer (2010), Alfred Jones dalam drama komedi romantis Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011), Lumière dalam adaptasi aksi langsung dari fantasi romantis musikal Beauty and the Beast (2017), dan versi dewasa dari karakter tituler dalam fantasi drama komedi Christopher Robin (2018).

Pada tahun 2018, McGregor memenangkan Golden Globe Award untuk Aktor Terbaik - Miniseri atau Film Televisi untuk kinerjanya sebagai saudara di musim ketiga seri antologi FX Fargo, dan menerima nominasi Golden Globe untuk Aktor Terbaik - Musik atau Komedi untuk kedua Moulin Rouge! dan Fishing Salmon in Yeman. McGregor juga membintangi produksi teater Guys and Dolls (2005-07) dan Othello (2007-07). Ia menduduki peringkat nomor 36 dalam daftar "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" majalah majalah Empire pada tahun 1997. Dalam jajak pendapat tahun 2004 untuk BBC, McGregor dinobatkan sebagai orang paling berpengaruh keempat dalam budaya Inggris. 

McGregor telah terlibat dalam pekerjaan amal dan telah melayani sebagai duta besar untuk UNICEF UK sejak 2004. Pada 2013, ia diangkat menjadi Petugas Ordo Kerajaan Inggris (OBE) untuk layanan drama dan amal. Pada 2016, ia menerima BAFTA Britannia Humanitarian Award.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1994	Being Human	Alvarez	Bill Forsyth
	Shallow Grave	Alex Law	Danny Boyle
1995	Blue Juice	Dean Raymond	Carl Prechezer
1996	Trainspotting	Mark Renton	Danny Boyle
	The Pillow Book	Jerome	Peter Greenaway
	Emma	Frank Churchill	Douglas McGrath
	Brassed Off	Andy Barrow	Mark Herman
1997	Nightwatch	Martin Bells	Ole Bornedal
	The Serpent's Kiss	Meneer Chrome	Philippe Rousselot
	A Life Less Ordinary	Robert Lewis	Danny Boyle
1998	Velvet Goldmine	Curt Wild	Todd Haynes
	Little Voice	Billy	Mark Herman
1999	Desserts	Stroller	Jeff Stark	Short film
	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace	Obi-Wan Kenobi	George Lucas
	Rogue Trader	Nick Leeson	James Dearden
	Eye of the Beholder	Stephen Wilson/The Eye	Stephan Elliott
2000	Nora	James Joyce	Pat Murphy
2001	Moulin Rouge!	Christian	Baz Luhrmann
	Black Hawk Down	SPC John Grimes	Ridley Scott
2002	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones	Obi-Wan Kenobi	George Lucas
	Solid Geometry	Phil	Denis Lawson
2003	Down with Love	Catcher Block	Peyton Reed
	Young Adam	Joe Taylor	David Mackenzie
	Faster	Narrator	Mark Neale	Voice
	Big Fish	Edward Bloom (young)	Tim Burton
2005	Robots	Rodney Copperbottom	Chris Wedge	Voice
	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	Obi-Wan Kenobi	George Lucas
	Valiant	Valiant	Gary Chapman	Voice
	The Island	Lincoln Six Echo/Tom Lincoln	Michael Bay
	Stay	Dr. Sam Foster	Marc Forster
2006	Stormbreaker	Ian Rider	Geoffrey Sax
	Scenes of a Sexual Nature	Billy	Ed Blum
	Miss Potter	Norman Warne	Chris Noonan
2007	Cassandra's Dream	Ian Blane	Woody Allen
2008	Incendiary	Jasper Black	Sharon Maguire
	Deception	Jonathan McQuarry	Marcel Langenegger
2009	Angels & Demons	Camerlengo Father Patrick McKenna	Ron Howard
	I Love You Phillip Morris	Phillip Morris	John Requa Glenn Ficarra
	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Bob Wilton	Grant Heslov
	Amelia	Gene Vidal	Mira Nair
2010	The Ghost Writer	The Ghost Writer	Roman Polanski	Alternative title: The Ghost
	Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang	Rory Green	Susanna White
	Jackboots on Whitehall	Chris	The McHenry Brothers	Voice
	Beginners	Oliver Fields	Mike Mills
2011	Perfect Sense	Michael	David Mackenzie
	Fastest	Narrator	Mark Neale	Voice
	Haywire	Kenneth	Steven Soderbergh
2012	Salmon Fishing in the Yemen	Dr. Alfred Jones	Lasse Hallström
	The Impossible	Henry Bennett	J. A. Bayona
2013	Jack the Giant Slayer	Elmont	Bryan Singer
	August: Osage County	Bill Fordham	John Wells
2014	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Cowboy at Fair	Seth MacFarlane	Cameo
	Son of a Gun	Brendan Lynch	Julius Avery
2015	Mortdecai	Inspector Alistair Martland	David Koepp
	Last Days in the Desert	Yeshua / Satan	Rodrigo García
	Miles Ahead	Dave Brill	Don Cheadle
	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Obi-Wan Kenobi	J. J. Abrams	Cameo; voice[1]
2016	Jane Got a Gun	John Bishop	Gavin O'Connor
	Our Kind of Traitor	Peregrine "Perry" Makepeace	Susanna White
	American Pastoral	Seymour "Swede" Levov	Himself	Also director
2017	T2 Trainspotting	Mark Renton	Danny Boyle
	Beauty and the Beast	Lumière	Bill Condon
2018	Zoe	Cole	Drake Doremus
	Christopher Robin	Christopher Robin	Marc Forster
2019	Doctor Sleep[2]	Danny Torrance	Mike Flanagan	Post-production
2020	Birds of Prey[3]	Roman Sionis / Black Mask	Cathy Yan	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Lipstick on Your Collar	PTE Mick Hopper	6 episodes
	Scarlet and Black	Julien Sorel	Mini-series
1995	Kavanagh QC	David Robert Armstrong	Episode: "Nothing But the Truth"
1996	Karaoke	Young Man	Episode: "Tuesday"
	Tales from the Crypt	Ford	Episode: "Cold War"
1997	ER	Duncan Stewart	Episode: "The Long Way Around"
2002	The Polar Bears of Churchill with Ewan McGregor	Himself	Documentary series
2004	Long Way Round
2007	Long Way Down
2010	The Battle of Britain		Documentary
2012	Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission
	Bomber Boys
2013	The Corrections	Chip Lambert	Unaired pilot
	Hebrides: Islands on the Edge	Himself as Narrator (voice)	Documentary series
2015	Doll & Em	Ewan	2 episodes
2016	Highlands: Scotland's Wild Heart	Himself as Narrator (voice)	Documentary series
2017	Fargo	Emmit Stussy / Raymond "Ray" Stussy	10 episodes[4]