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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

ewan mcgregor



Having gained his first theatrical experience at the Perth Repertory Theatre, Ewan trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

He played the lead role of 'Julien Sorel' in Ben Bolt's three-part BBC TV adaptation of Stendahl's classic 19th Century novel, Scarlet and Black, and was 'Jimmy' in Family Style, a short film of a Lloyds Bank Challenge-winning script, directed by Justin Chadwick for Channel 4.
Other television credits include: 'David Armstrong' in the first series of Kavanagh QC (Central TV, directed by Colin Gregg); 'Tom' (opposite Elliott Gould) in Doggin' Around, a Screen One written by Alan Plater, directed by Desmond Davis; Cold War - an episode of Tales from the Crypt - for HBO directed by Andy Morahan; and a guest part in an episode of ER.
Ewan plays the lead role of 'Alex' in Shallow Grave, a feature film produced by Andrew MacDonald and directed by Danny Boyle for Figment Films. Shallow Grave was named Best Film at the 1994 Dinard Film Festival. Ewan shared the Best Actor award with co-stars Christopher Ecclestone and Kerry Fox, and it won the BAFTA Alexander Korda Award for The Outstanding British Film of the Year and the BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Feature Film.
Ewan plays the role of 'Dean' in the feature film Blue Juice, directed by Carl Prechezer and produced by Peter Salmi for Skreba Films; 'Jerome' in The Pillow Book directed by Peter Greenaway; 'Mark Renton' in Danny Boyle's and Andrew MacDonald's film of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting; 'Frank Churchill' in Doug McGrath's film adaptation of Emma for Miramax Pictures; 'Andy' in Brassed Off directed by Mark Herman for Prominent Features; 'Martin' in Nightwatch for director Ole Bornedal for Miramax; 'Chrome' in The Serpent's Kiss for director Phillipe Rousselot and most recently A Life Less Ordinary for director Danny Boyle and producer Andrew MacDonald and Velvet Goldmine for director Todd Haynes.






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