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Ewan McGregor


 

Ewan McGregor (born 31 March 1971 in Crieff, Perthshire) is a Scottish film actor who has had significant success in both mainstream and "art house" movies. McGregor attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Trivia

  • McGregor is one of the few major male actors to repeatedly do full-frontal nudity (in Trainspotting, Velvet Goldmine, The Pillow Book, and Young Adam).
  • Celebritywonder.com reported in March 2005 that McGregor will no longer sign autographs because he is "sickened" by the exorbitant prices that people charge for it. (He did sign autographs after performances of Guys and Dolls on West End, preferring to sign Guys and Dolls programmes.)
  • McGregor's uncle, Denis Lawson, played Luke Skywalker's friend Wedge Antilles in ', The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
  • As a teenager McGregor studied at Morrison Academy in Crieff. He left school at the age of 16 to pursue a career in drama which he preferred to school life.