Ewan McGregor was born on March 31, 1971 in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland. His parents are both retired school teachers. He has an older brother named Colin who was born in 1969. Ewan attended Morrison's Academy in Crieff as a child where he developed the acting bug. In 1988 he began studying drama at the Guildhall Academy of Music and Drama in London, England.
His first professional acting roles were on the BBC television programs Lipstick on Your Collar and Family Style. His first film role was in Being Human, a film directed by Bill Forsyth. He followed that up with Shallow Grave and in 1996 he made the gritty, non-compromising film Trainspotting, about heroin addicts in Edinburgh. This film made him an international star. He has gone on to play Obi-Wan Kenobi in several Star Wars films. One of the strangest films he did was Big Fish, which was directed by Tim Burton and is described as a fantasy drama.
Ewan has appeared with some of the most glamorous and accomplished actresses working today. He was in Moulin Rouge with Nicole Kidman. In 2003 he made the movie Down with Love with Renee Zellweger. He showed up the same year in the film Young Adam opposite Hilda Swinton. He again appeared with Renee Zellweger in Miss Potter. Ewan co-starred with Scarlett Johansson in the science fiction fantasy The Island. In 2009, he appears in the film Amelia with Hilary Swank.
Ewan McGregor and Eve Mavrakis were married in 1995 in France. They have two daughters together, Clara Mathilde and Esther Rose. The couple also adopted a girl from Mongolia named Jamiyan. They live in London, England. He is very protective of his family and his private life.
Ewan McGregor has also become an author. He and Charley Boorman have written a couple of travel journals about trips they have taken together.
McGregor has been lucky; he has worked since he graduated from school. Of course, his skill as an actor has added to this incredible luck of his. I am sure we will see more great work from Ewan McGregor in the future, and possibly an Academy Award lies in his future.
