Ewan Gordon McGregor (born March 31, 1971) (IPA pronunciation: [ˈjuː.ən məˈgre.gəɹ]) is a Scottish actor who has had significant success in mainstream, indie and art house films. He is ranked #36 in Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.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, and Minnie Driver
whom he described as having "gone mad".
A keen motorcyclist since his youth, McGregor undertook a marathon motorcycle trip with his friend Charley Boorman and cameraman Claudio von Planta in 2004. From mid-April to the end of July, they travelled from London to New York via central Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia and Canada on BMW R1150GS Adventure motorcycles, for a cumulative distance of 18,887 miles (30,395 km). The trip formed the basis of a TV series and a best-selling book, both called Long Way Round. En route the Long Way Round team took time out to see some of UNICEF's work in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. The Long Way Round team have reunited in 2007 for another motorcycle trip from John o' Groats in Scotland to Cape Town in South Africa. The journey began on 12 May 2007 and has been named Long Way Down.
On 22 July 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 2001). In April 2006, McGregor and his wife adopted Jamiyan, a 4-year-old girl from Mongolia.They currently reside in North London.
McGregor's brother, Colin, is a Tornado GR4 pilot in the Royal Air Force.
