Renowned for blatantly British roles in films such as "Shallow Grave" (1994) and "Trainspotting" (1996), Ewan McGregor also played the infamous Obi-Wan Kenobi in "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" (1999). He has one daughter and was a former roomate of Jude Law.
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He currently (December 2007) stars as Iago in Othello at the Donmar Warehouse alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor as Othello and Kelly Reilly as Desdemona.
Won: Best British Actor - Empire Awards Won: British Actor of the Year - ALFS Awards Nominated: Best Breakthrough Performance - MTV Award
Nominated: Favorite Actor; Action/Science Fiction - Blockbuster Entertainment Award Nominated: Best Fight (shared with Liam Neeson and Ray Park) - MTV Movie Award
Won: Best British Actor - Empire Awards Nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role - Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards Nominated: Best Actor; Male - Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards Won: British Actor of the Year - ALFS Award Won: Best Musical Sequence (shared with Nicole Kidman) - MTV Movie Award Nominated: Best Kiss (shared with Nicole Kidman) - MTV Movie Award Won: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical - Golden Satellite Award Nominated: Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture (shared with Jim Broadbent Nicole Kidman John Leguizamo Richard Roxburgh - Screen Actors Guild Awards