Filmography
...a list of ewan mcgregor's projects
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rumoured or postponed projects

Flora Plum - film
  • character: Jake (aka The Beast)
  • director: Jodie Foster
  • co-stars: Claire Danes, Meryl Streep
  • According to Variety Ewan is out and Russell Crowe is back in for the role of Jake.

Borgia - film
  • director: Neil Jordan
  • co-stars: Christina Ricci, John Malkovich, Ian McKellen, Antonio Banderas, Jean Reno
  • Was to film in Oct 2002, postponed indefinitely due to funding problems.

Nautica - film
  • director: Ted Demme (deceased)
  • co-stars:
  • On hold due to death of director, Ewan was reportedly still interested in it.

Unamed nature documentary - tv documentary
  • director:
  • co-stars: Doug Allen, camera man
  • (Diving under the ice) was to film in May 2002 postponed due to filming conflicts.


2005

Star Wars, ep. III - film
  • character: Obi-Wan Kenobi
  • director: George Lucas
  • co-stars: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Samuel L. Jackson
  • Filming complete, will be released in May 2005.

Robots - animated film
  • character: Rodney Copperbottom
  • director: Chris Wedge
  • co-stars: Halle Berry, Mel Brooks, Drew Carey, Jim Broadbent, Stanley Tucci, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Coolidge, Paul Giamatti, Dan Hedaya, D.L. Hughley, Jamie Kennedy, Harland Williams, Sofia Vergara and Amanda Bynes
  • In production. To be released March 11, 2005.


2004

Stay - film
  • character: Sam
  • director: Marc Forster
  • co-stars: Naomi Watts
  • Will begin filming in September 2003.


2003

Big Fish - film
  • character:
  • director: Tim Burton
  • co-stars: Albert Finney, Jessica Lange, Billy Crudup, Helena Bonham Carter, Danny DeVito, Steve Buscemi
  • Filming completed. To be released in North America in December 2003.

Faster - documentary
  • character: narrator
  • director: Mark Neale
  • Motorcycle racing documentary premiered at Cannes Film Festival in May 2003, unknown general release date.

Young Adam - film
  • character: Joe
  • director: David Mackenzie
  • co-stars: Tilda Swinton, Emily Mortimer, Peter Mullan
  • Premiered at Cannes Film Festival in May 2003, N. Amer premiere will be at the Toronto International Film Festival, North American release: April 2004.

Down With Love - film
  • character: Catcher Block
  • director: Peyton Reed
  • co-stars: Renee Zellweger, David Hyde Pierce, Sarah Paulson
  • Premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in May 2003.


2002

Book at Bedtime (Chekhov short stories) - radio
  • director:
  • co-stars: none
  • Ewan read 5 short stories (His Wife, The Bet, The Beauty, Concerning Love, and Vanka) over 5 nights, Oct 28-Nov 1.

Solid Geometry - tv short
  • character: Phil
  • director: Denis Lawson
  • co-stars: Ruth Millar
  • Premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival in August 2002, televised in UK in October 2002.

Star Wars: Attack of the Clones - film
  • character: Obi-Wan Kenobi
  • director: George Lucas
  • co-stars: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Samuel L. Jackson


2001

Black Hawk Down - film
  • character: Grimes
  • director: Ridley Scott
  • co-stars: Josh Hartnett, Sam Sheppard, Tom Sizemore, Jason Isaacs

Trips Money Can't Buy - tv documentary
  • director: Ben Southwell
  • co-stars: Ray Mears, survival expert
  • Ewan treks through the jungle.

Moulin Rouge - film
  • character: Christian
  • director: Baz Luhrmann
  • co-stars: Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent, John Leguizamo, Richard Roxburgh

The Bear Facts - tv documentary
  • director: Polly Steele
  • co-stars: Doug Allen, cameraman
  • a.k.a: The Polar Bears of Churchill


2000

Nora - film
  • character: James Joyce
  • director: Pat Murphy
  • co-stars: Susan Lynch
  • Ewan also co-produced the film.

Anno Domini - short film
  • character:
  • director: Jeff Stark
  • co-stars:


1999

Tube Tales (Bone) - tv short
  • director: Ewan McGregor
  • co-stars: Nicholas Tennant
  • Directed only, he did not act in it.

Rogue Trader - film
  • character: Nick Leeson
  • director: James Dearden
  • co-stars: Anna Friel

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - film
  • character: Obi-Wan Kenobi
  • director: George Lucas
  • co-stars: Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Ahmed Best, Ian McDiarmid

Eye of the Beholder - film
  • character: The Eye
  • director: Stephan Elliott
  • co-stars: Ashley Judd


1998

Desserts - short film
  • character: Stroller
  • director: Jeff Stark
  • co-stars:

Little Voice - film
  • character: Billy
  • director: Mark Herman
  • co-stars: Jane Horrocks, Brenda Blethyn, Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent

Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs - play
  • character: Malcolm Scrawdyke
  • director: Denis Lawson
  • co-stars: Joe Duttine, Lou Gish, Nicholas Tennant, Sean Gilder

Velvet Goldmine - film
  • character: Curt Wild
  • director: Todd Haynes
  • co-stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christian Bale, Toni Collette

Nightwatch - film
  • character: Martin Bells
  • director: Ole Bornedal
  • co-stars: Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte, Patricia Arquette


1997

A Life Less Ordinary - film
  • character: Robert Lewis
  • director: Danny Boyle
  • co-stars: Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Ian Holm

Serpent's Kiss - film
  • character: Meneer Chrome
  • director: Philippe Rousselot
  • co-stars: Richard E Grant, Greta Scacchi, Pete Postlethwaite

ER (The Long Way Around) - tv series, guest appearance
  • character: Duncan Stewart
  • director: Christopher Chulack
  • co-stars: Julianna Margulies

Sleeping with the Fishes - short film
  • character:
  • director: Justin Chadwick
  • co-stars: Nadia Sawalha


1996

Tales From the Crypt (Cold War) - tv series, guest appearance
  • character: Ford
  • director: Andy Morahan
  • co-stars: Jane Horrocks

Brassed Off! - film
  • character: Andy
  • director: Mark Herman
  • co-stars: Tara Fitzgerald, Pete Postlethwaite

Karaoke - tv
  • character: Young Man
  • director: Renny Rye
  • co-stars: Albert Finney
  • This was a bit part.

Emma - film
  • character: Frank Churchill
  • director: Douglas McGrath
  • co-stars: Gweneth Paltrow, Toni Collette

Pillow Book - film
  • character: Jerome
  • director: Peter Greenaway
  • co-stars: Vivian Wu

Trainspotting - film
  • character: Mark Renton
  • director: Danny Boyle
  • co-stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Kelly McDonald, Robert Carlyle, Ewen Bremner


1995

Kavanaugh Q.C. (Nothing but the Truth) - tv series, guest appearance
  • character: David Armstrong
  • director: Colin Gregg
  • co-stars:

Blue Juice - film
  • character: Dean
  • director: Carl Prechezer
  • co-stars: Sean Pertwee, Catherine Zeta Jones


1994

Doggin' Around - tv
  • character: Tom Clayton
  • director: Desmond Davis
  • co-stars: Elliott Gould

Shallow Grave - film
  • character: Alex Law
  • director: Danny Boyle
  • co-stars: Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston


1993

Family Style - tv short
  • character:
  • director: Justin Chadwick
  • co-stars:

Scarlet & Black - tv
  • character: Julien Sorel
  • director: Ben Bolt
  • co-stars: Rachel Weisz, Alice Krige

Being Human - film
  • character: English acting extra
  • director: Bill Forsyth
  • co-stars: Robin Williams

Lipstick on your Collar - tv
  • character: Pvt Mick Hopper
  • director: Renny Rye
  • co-stars: Giles Thomas, Louise Germaine

What the Butler Saw - play
  • character: Nicholas Beckett
  • director: Penny Cineiwicz
  • co-stars:

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