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Ewan McGregor in "Angels & Demons" (2009) Ewan McGregor in "Angels & Demons" (2009) Ewan McGregor in Woody Allen's "Cassandra's Dreams" (2007) Armin Mueller-Stahl and Ewan McGregor in "Angels & Demons" (2009) Armin Mueller-Stahl and Ewan McGregor in "Angels & Demons" (2009) Ewan McGregor Pictures Ewan McGregor stars as Camerlengo Patrick McKenna in Ron Howards' "Angels & Demons" (2009). Born in Scotland, Ewan McGregor started acting with the Perth Repertory Theatre, and was still a student at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama when he won a leading role in Dennis Potter's BBC series, "Lipstick on Your Collar." Ewan McGregor has worked steadily ever since. Ewan McGregor played the lead role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas' celebrated three prequels to his initial "Star Wars" trilogy. Ewan McGregor made his feature debut in Bill Forsyth's "Being Human" and the next year won widespread applause for "Shallow Grave," his first collaboration with director Danny Boyle. In 1996 Ewan McGregor starred in Boyle's acclaimed "Trainspotting," as junkie Mark Renton. Early film credits for Ewan McGregor include "Emma" with Gwyneth Paltrow, "Brassed Off" and "Little Voice" (both for director Mark Herman), Philippe Rousselot's "The Serpent's Kiss," Danny Boyle's "A Life Less Ordinary" with Cameron Diaz, and Todd Haynes' "Velvet Goldmine." At this time Ewan McGregor also guest starred in "ER" and was nominated for an Emmy for his performance. In 2001, Ewan McGregor starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Baz Luhrmann's musical "Moulin Rouge!" The same year Ewan McGregor made Ridley Scott's "Black Hawk Down." Ewan McGregor also starred in "Deception," opposite Michelle Williams, as well as Woody Allen's "Cassandra's Dream," opposite Colin Farrell. Additionally, Ewan McGregor starred in "Miss Potter" and "Down with Love," both opposite Renee Zellweger, "Young Adam," Tim Burton's "Big Fish" with Albert Finney, and the animated comedy, "Robots." Ewan McGregor starred in Michael Bay's "The Island," opposite Scarlet Johansson, and in Marc Forster's "Stay" with Naomi Watts. Ewan McGregor debuted on the West End stage as Sky Masterson in the Donmar Theatre's multi-award-winning production of "Guys and Dolls." Ewan McGregor then revisited the stage again in 2008 when he starred in the critically acclaimed West End production of "Othello." Upcoming films for Ewan McGregor include the thriller "Incendiary," in which he will reunite with co-star Michelle Williams; "I Love You, Phillip Morris," opposite Jim Carrey and "Amelia," co-starring Hillary Swank. He has recently completed filming on "Men Who Stare at Goats," also starring George Cllooney, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey. Ewan McGregor's documentary series "Long Way Down," which chronicles the actor's motorbike trip from Northern Scotland to Cape Town, South Africa premiered on August 2, 2008 on FOX Reality Channel.
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