Ewan McGregor - Awards and Personal Quotes

Awards:

1994 Shallow Grave              

           Empire Award for Best British Actor

1996 Trainspotting                  

           BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 

           Empire Award for Best British Actor

           London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the Year

           Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best
                        Breakthrough Performance

1996 A Life Less Ordinary     

           Empire Award for Best British Actor

           Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Dance Sequence 

                                   (shared with Cameron Diaz)

1996 Little Voice                  

           Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for 

           Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

1999 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

           Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for
                           Favorite Actor

           Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for
                           Action/Science Fiction

           Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Fight 

                           (shared with Liam Neeson and Ray Park)

           Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor

2000 Nora                            

           Nominated – Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor

2001 Moulin Rouge!               

           Empire Award for Best British Actor

           London Critics Circle Film Award for British Actor of the Year

           MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Sequence 

                  (shared with Nicole Kidman)

           Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical
                  or Comedy

           European Film Award for Outstanding European Achievement
                  in World Cinema

           Nominated – Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor
                  in a Leading Role

           Nominated – Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for
                  Best Actor

           Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - 

                   Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

           Nominated – IF Award for Best Actor

           Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss 

                    (shared with Nicole Kidman)

           Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for
                Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

2001 Black Hawk Down       

           Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast

2003 Young Adam                

           BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor In A Leading Role

           Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Actor

           Nominated – Empire Award for Best British Actor

2005 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

           Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Fight

                                 (shared with Hayden Christensen)

           Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Hero

Plus:

2001 Hollywood Film Festival - Actor of the Year

2002 British Independent Film Awards - Entertainment Personality Award

2008 Empire Awards - Icon Award

Personal Quotes:

• He says that he was inspired to get into show business by his uncle, actor Denis Lawson. Lawson played Wedge Antilles in Episodes 4-6 of Star Wars.
• I won't buy into the Hollywood thing...I want to be in good movies.
• Film-making is like a series of problems that need to be solved. And the excitement, the adrenaline that you get from making a small film is that you all have to pull together. You finish and you feel like you're walking away from your family. I love that.
• Movies are so draining. They pull away from the actor, but theater just fills you up. I needed my fix.
• I've always wanted to go to Hollywood, drive big cars and be in big movies. But I hope I won't do just any film to become a star. I just want to carry on working, acting. I don't want to direct or write. I think making films is brilliant. I get excited just going on a film set. Going on location is amazing, hanging about with all these film people doing their thing. If I bump into a star I get all star-struck.

Ewan McGregor - David Hodgson-Lorente (H/W)

Ewan McGregor is 39 and is going to be 40 in March. He is 5' 10½" (1.79 m) and for another stalkerish fact he was born at 3:45pm.

McGregor left school at the age of 16 and did one year at his local Repertory Theatre. After this he went on to the London Guildhall school of Music and Drama and almost finished all three years of the course but quite near to the end of his degree he was offered a part in a six part series on Channel 4 called “Lipstick on your Collar” in1993.
This was not what got him famous but “Shallow Grave” (Danny Boyle, 1994) was what first got Ewan McGregor famous. The film is based around three main characters that find their flat mate dead but discover he was loaded. The film then goes on to show the consequences of keeping the money. I personally think the film is really good and I can see how this lead on to Train spotting.  As I already mentioned this was what got McGregor noticed it was not until McGregor played the part of Renton in Train spotting in 1996 (another Danny Boyle Film) before he became a well known actor. McGregor now is one of the most successful and critically acclaimed British actors of his time.

He has played several Iconic parts such as Obi-wan Kenobi in three episodes of star wars.

He had his own production company Called Natural Nylon; they hoped it will make innovative films that do not conform to Hollywood standards. The other owners of the company included Jude Law and Johnny Lee Miller. The first film to be produced by Natural Nylon was  “ExiztenZ” (1999) which was followed by “Nora” (2000),” XX/XY” (2002), “Owning Mahowny “(2003), “To Kill a King” (2003), and “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow” (2004). But in 2002 McGregor left due to other film commitments (in Hollywood...) and shortly followed by Jude Law less than one year after.

He originally was up for the main role in “The beach”, but in the end Dicaprio got the part. McGregor blamed studio influence for the casting decision but he has not wanted to collaborate with neither Boyle nor Hodge since. McGregor was offered the part of Jim in "28 days later" but turned down Danny Boyle's offer. 

McGregor was ranked 8th best British actor of all time by Orange film. Going by this I would say McGregor is a British Actor even though he is Scottish. 

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