Ewan McGregor

This charismatic, stage-trained Scotsman first came to prominence in two movies directed by Danny Boyle: the 1994 comic thriller Shallow Grave and the 1996 heroin-addiction epic Trainspotting. McGrego...
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03/30/1971
Crieff, Scotland
  • McGregor dreams of back garden movie
    By: WENN.com Source March 19, 2012 5:00am EST
    Ewan Mcgregor dreams of making a movie in his back garden - so he won't need to leave home and spend weeks away from his wife and kids.
  • Exclusive: Emily Blunt Speaks Mandarin, Ewan McGregor Approves
    By: Matt Patches March 16, 2012 12:23pm EST
    We chat it up with the stars of 'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.'
  • The Things They Say
    By: WENN.com Source March 16, 2012 5:00am EST
    "I had to learn it in two weeks with a translator. And Ewan's wife (Eve Mavrakis) speaks Chinese, so she helped!" Actress Emily Blunt on learning Mandarin for her new film, Salmon Fishing In The Yemen, with Ewan McGregor.
  • The Things They Say
    By: WENN.com Source March 16, 2012 5:00am EST
    "I'm 41 at the end of the March... but I'm still sort of getting used to the idea of being 40... 40 was a big deal... There's a nice side to it though... In your 30s you think you're more sensible and you've got it more, and then in your 40s you realise that you were wrong then but now you are." Ewan Mcgregor weighs up being a 40-something.
  • The Things They Say
    By: WENN.com Source March 16, 2012 5:00am EST
    "I have a sidecar... He slept in the car when I was tinkering with my bikes and then after a week of him sleeping in the sidecar... I got him goggles and he rides around, harnessed... and he rather likes it... You know dogs like their head out the window of the car? Well, a sidecar is like the ultimate that." Scottish actor Ewan Mcgregor loves to go biking with his pet pooch Sid.
  • The things they say
    By: WENN.com Source March 12, 2012 5:00am EST
    "To be honest, I like to hear my kids swear. I say, 'Language!' to them when they do, but actually I think it's quite funny." Scottish actor Ewan Mcgregor rarely scolds his children for using bad words.
  • McGregor fears for the future of the cinema
    By: WENN.com Source March 09, 2012 9:00am EST
    Ewan Mcgregor fears cinemas are beginning to price themselves out of the movie business - as more and more people choose to stay at home and watch films than spend a fortune on a night out.
  • The things they say
    By: WENN.com Source March 07, 2012 9:00am EST
    "Oh my God, it's so harrowing and beautifully done." Scottish actor Ewan Mcgregor was moved to tears by Angelina Jolie's directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey.
  • Blunt quits fly-fishing after dog horror
    By: WENN.com Source March 05, 2012 4:00am EST
    Actress Emily Blunt has vowed never to try fly-fishing again after accidentally hooking Ewan Mcgregor's dog on her first attempt.
  • McGregor and Blunt Are Oscar Bait in Exclusive 'Salmon Fishing' TV Spot
    By: Michael Arbeiter March 02, 2012 9:15am EST
    Hook, line and sinker.