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Also Known As	Ewan Gordon McGregor
Born	March 31, 1971 (age 55) • Perth • Scotland
Awards And Honors	Emmy Award • Golden Globe Award • Golden Globe Award (2018): Best Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Notable Works	“American Pastoral”
Married To	Eve Mavrakis (1995–present)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Beginners" (2010) • "Welcome to Hollywood" (1998) • "Scarlet and Black" (1993) • "The Pillow Book" (1996) • "Jackboots on Whitehall" (2010) • "Little Voice" (1998) • "Scenes of a Sexual Nature" (2006) • "Rogue Trader" (1999) • "Blue Juice" (1995) • "Down with Love" (2003) • "I Love You Phillip Morris" (2009) • "Shallow Grave" (1994) • "Amelia" (2009) • "Beauty and the Beast" (2017) • "Jack the Giant Slayer" (2013) • "Deception" (2008) • "Eye of the Beholder" (1999) • "Stormbreaker" (2006) • "Miss Potter" (2006) • "The Island" (2005) • "Doctor Sleep" (2019) • "Screen One" (1994) • "Young Adam" (2003) • "Black Hawk Down" (2001) • "Cassandra's Dream" (2007) • "Last Days in the Desert" (2015) • "Angels & Demons" (2009) • "A Million Ways to Die in the West" (2014) • "Tales from the Crypt" (1996) • "Lo imposible" (2012) • "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" (2002) • "T2 Trainspotting" (2017) • "Doll & Em" (2015) • "Emma" (1996) • "Being Human" (1994) • "Big Fish" (2003) • "Lipstick on Your Collar" (1993) • "Robots" (2005) • "Haywire" (2011) • "Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker" (2019) • "Miles Ahead" (2015) • "Incendiary" (2008) • "American Pastoral" (2016) • "Kavanagh QC" (1995) • "Our Kind of Traitor" (2016) • "The Serpent's Kiss" (1997) • "ER" (1997) • "Jane Got a Gun" (2015) • "Trainspotting" (1996) • "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" (2011) • "Mortdecai" (2015) • "Christopher Robin" (2018) • "Fargo" (2017) • "Karaoke" (1996) • "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" (2005) • "Perfect Sense" (2011) • "Son of a Gun" (2014) • "Birds of Prey" (2020) • "Nightwatch" (1997) • "The Men Who Stare at Goats" (2009) • "A Life Less Ordinary" (1997) • "Nora" (2000) • "August: Osage County" (2013) • "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" (2010) • "Stay" (2005) • "The Ghost Writer" (2010) • "Brassed Off" (1996) • "Zoe" (2018) • "Valiant" (2005) • "Velvet Goldmine" (1998) • "Moulin Rouge!" (2001) • "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" (1999)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"American Pastoral" (2016) • "Tube Tales" (1999)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"Long Way Round" (2004) • "Long Way Down" (2007)

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When was Ewan McGregor born?

Ewan McGregor was born on March 31, 1971.

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Eve Mavrakis (1995–present)

Where was Ewan McGregor born?

Ewan McGregor was born in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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