Known For: Scottish actor (born 1971)
Category: Actors
Occupation: actor, singer, stage actor, voice actor, film director, television producer
Country: Scotland
City: Perth
Date of Birth: Wednesday, 31 March 1971
Language English
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.
BirthPlace | Perth |
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Awards | Q10762848, Q908858, Q13452528, Q1377753, Q932281 |
Spouses | Eve Mavrakis, Mary Elizabeth Winstead |
Children | Clara McGregor, Jamyan McGregor |
Wikipedia | Ewan_McGregor |
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McGregor was born on 31 March 1971 in Perth, Scotland, and was raised in nearby Crieff. His mother, Carol Diane (née Lawson), is a retired teacher at Crieff High School and latterly deputy head teacher at Kingspark School in Dundee. His father, James Charles Stewart "Jim" McGregor, is a retired physical education teacher and careers master at the independent Morrison's Academy in Crieff. He has an older brother, Colin (born 1969), a former Tornado GR4 pilot in the Royal Air Force. His uncle is actor Denis Lawson and his aunt by marriage was actress Sheila Gish, which makes him a step-cousin of Gish's actress daughters, Kay Curram and Lou Gish. For his education McGregor attended Morrison's Academy. After leaving school at the age of 16, he worked as a stagehand at Perth Theatre and studied a foundation course in drama at Kirkcaldy College of Technology, before moving to London to study drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama when he was 18 years old.