Ewan Gordon McGregor was born in Perthshire, Scotland on March 31st 1971. He left school at sixteen to join the Perth Repertory Theatre before studying at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. However, he decided to forgo graduating when he was offered a part in Dennis Potter's new television series Lipstick on Your Collar (1993).

Ewan's next project was another television series, The Scarlet and the Black (1993) where he played the memorable character Julien Sorel. However, his big break came a year later when he was cast in the movie Shallow Grave. This led to the movie Blue Juice (1995) and perhaps what is still his finest performance as Renton in Trainspotting (1996).

Since then Ewan has established himself as one of the biggest stars not just in the UK but across the pond as well. He has appeared in blockbuster movies Moulin Rouge (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001) and of course the recent additions to the Star Wars story.

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