FrameThrower · Actors · Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor
24 films · 1,879 frames · top-billed in 21 · 1994–2022
Born 31 March 1971 · Perth, Scotland, UK
Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2013, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama and charity.
While studying drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, McGregor began his career with a leading role in the British series Lipstick on Your Collar (1993). He gained international recognition for starring as drug addict Mark Renton in Trainspotting (1996) and as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005). His career progressed with starring roles in the musical Moulin Rouge!…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 24 films · 1,879 frames · top-billed in 21 · 1994–2022
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire2013
- Donostia Award2012
- European Film Award for Best Actor2010
- European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award2001
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,879 frames from the 24 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ewan takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 24 films we hold, 48% of their frames are night, 47% low key — the look of the work Ewan takes.
Time of day
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
2022 · Cricket (voice)
Making of: Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022 · Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi / Executive Producer
Christopher Robin
2018 · Christopher Robin
Zoe
2018 · Cole
T2 Trainspotting
2017 · Renton
Last Days in the Desert
2015 · Jesus
I Love You Phillip Morris
2010 · Phillip Morris
Angels & Demons
2009 · Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
2005 · Obi-Wan Kenobi
Stay
2005 · Sam Foster
The Island
2005 · Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln
Big Fish
2003 · Ed Bloom (young)
Down With Love
2003 · Catcher Block
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
2002 · Obi-Wan Kenobi
Black Hawk Down
2001 · SPC John Grimes
Moulin Rouge!
2001 · Christian
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
1999 · Obi-Wan Kenobi
Velvet Goldmine
1998 · Curt Wild
Trainspotting
1996 · Renton
Shallow Grave
1994 · Alex Law
Doctor Sleep
· Danny Torrance
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020 · Roman Sionis
Beauty and the Beast
2017 · Lumière
Haywire
2011 · Kenneth
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
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