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Biography

McGregor was born in Crieff, Scotland, and attended Kirkcaldy College in 1988 to study drama, appearing in the Tron Theatre in Glasgow in the end of term show. McGregor's first leading role came in Danny Boyle's 1994 film Shallow Grave, and his major international breakthrough soon followed with the role of heroin addict Mark Renton in Boyle's film version of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting (1996).

McGregor has been featured as the male romantic lead in Hollywood films such as Moulin Rouge and Down With Love, and in the British film Little Voice. He received excellent reviews for his performance as an amoral drifter mixed up in murder in the rather bleak British film Young Adam (2003), which co-starred the acclaimed British actress Tilda Swinton.

He took on the role of a younger Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, originally made famous by Sir Alec Guinness in the original Star Wars films. McGregor took very special care (especially Episode III) of his portrayal of Kenobi to ensure that Obi-Wan's mannerisms, speech timings, and accents closely resemble Obi-Wan's "Sir Guinness Self". During filming of the prequel trilogy, George Lucas would often approach McGregor's stunt double, only to turn away when he realized he was not talking to the true actor. McGregor has been rumoured to be appearing as Obi-Wan in some episodes of the live Star Wars TV show.

Beginning with Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book in 1996, McGregor has also played gay or bisexual characters for Todd Haynes in Velvet Goldmine (1998) and Ed Blum in Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006). McGregor is one of the few major male actors to repeatedly do full-frontal nudity (i.e., Trainspotting, Velvet Goldmine, The Pillow Book, and Young Adam). Along with his nonchalant attitude to on-screen, full-frontal nudity, his approach to sexuality has deservedly won the married father something of the status of gay icon.

In 2005, the actor lent his vocal talent to two successful animated features. McGregor provided the voice of the lovable robot "Rodney Copperbottom" in Robots, which also featured the voices of Halle Berry and Robin Williams. He then voiced the lead character in Gary Chapman's Valiant alongside Jim Broadbent and John Cleese.

Additionally in 2005, McGregor played the lead - as well as his "owner" - opposite Scarlett Johansson in Michael Bay's The Island and then appeared in Marc Forster's Stay, a psychological thriller co-starring Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling. Both films, though interesting choices, were considered box office flops in America and received negative reviews from critics.

McGregor has narrated the stv show JetSet, a Scottish series following the lives of student pilots and navigators at RAF Lossiemouth as they undergo a gruelling six-month course learning to fly the Tornado GR4 - the RAF's primary attack aircraft.

In theatre, he starred alongside Jane Krakowski, Douglas Hodge and Jenna Russell in the original Donmar Warehouse production of Guys and Dolls [3] in London at the Piccadilly Theatre. He played the leading role of Sky Masterson, made famous by Marlon Brando in the movie, to much critical acclaim, and he received the LastMinute.com award for Best Actor in 2005. He was also nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

McGregor is next set to appear opposite Irish star Colin Farrell in Cassandra's Dream and will co-star with Daniel Craig in Dan Harris's upcoming film of Glen Duncan's novel I, Lucifer.


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Filmography
ROBOTS
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Island, The
Valiant