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March 31st, 2008 - Happy Birthday Ewan McGregor!
By Allie | March 31, 2008
Ewan Gordon McGregor (born March 31, 1971) is a Scottish actor who has had significant success in mainstream, indie, and art house films.
He’s 37!
He is ranked #36 in Empire magazine’s “The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time” list. He is perhaps best known for playing the lead role in Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting, his portrayal of Obi-Wan Kenobi in the prequel trilogy of Star Wars, his role as the romantic penniless writer in the 2001 award-winning Moulin Rouge!, and his motorcycle adventures with friend Charley Boorman.
McGregor was born in the Perth Royal Infirmary, and was brought up in the nearby small town of Crieff, Scotland, and went to the independent fee-paying school Morrison’s Academy. His mother, Carol Diane, is a teacher and school administrator, and his father, James Charles Stuart McGregor, is a physical education teacher. His mother is the sister of actor Denis Lawson, the sister-in-law of the late actress Sheila Gish, and the stepaunt of Lou Gish.
McGregor attended Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1988 to study drama. Six months before graduating, he won a leading role in Dennis Potter’s six-part BBC series Lipstick on Your Collar, and has been working steadily ever since. He made his feature film debut in 1993 in Bill Forsyth’s Being Human. The following year, he earned widespread praise and won an Empire Award for his performance in the thriller Shallow Grave, which marked his first collaboration with director Danny Boyle. 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).
Personal Life:
McGregor has in the past been outspoken against other celebrities, notably fellow Scottish actor Sean Connery, about whom he is alleged to have said that he “resented being told how to feel about Scotland by someone who hadn’t lived there in 25 years”.
On July 22, 1995, in a village in France, McGregor married Eve Mavrakis, a French production designer, whom he met while filming a guest appearance on the British television series Kavanagh QC. They have two daughters together, Clara Mathilde (born February 1996) and Esther Rose (born November 7, 2001). In April 2006, McGregor and his wife adopted Jamiyan, a four-year-old girl from Mongolia. They currently reside in North London. McGregor refuses to talk about his family in interviews; “because it’s private”.
Other March 31st Birthdays:
Peggy Rea/Actress -87
Richard Chamberlain/Actor -74
Shirley Jones/Actress -74
Christopher Walken/Actor -65
Gabe Kaplan/Actor -63
Rhea Perlman/Actress -60
Ed Marinaro/Actor -58
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