HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring Scottish actor Ewan McGregor for a movie career that has included starring in such films as “Trainspotting,” “Moulin Rouge!” and the “Star Wars” prequel trilogy will be unveiled Thursday.
Hayden Christensen, who co-starred with McGregor in “Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones” and “Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith,” and Mike Mills, who directed McGregor in the 2010 romantic comedy-drama “Beginners,” are set to join him in speaking at the 11:30 a.m. ceremony at 6840 Hollywood Blvd., near the El Capitan Theatre.
McGregor’s star will be “a few feet away” from the star of another actor from the “Star Wars” franchise, Carrie Fisher, Ana Martinez, producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, told City News Service.
The ceremony will be streamed on the Walk of Fame’s website, walkoffame.com.
The star is the 2,789th since the completion of the Walk of Fame in 1961 with the initial 1,558 stars.
Hollywood Boulevard will be closed between Highland and Orange avenues beginning at 9:30 a.m. to accommodate the ceremony. The eastbound side will be closed until 2 p.m. while the westbound side will open “once the ceremony is over,” Martinez said.
Born March 31, 1971 in Perth, Scotland, McGregor was a student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama when he made his professional debut in 1993 by starring in the six-episode serial on the United Kingdom’s Channel 4, “Lipstick on Your Collar.”
McGregor made his film debut in the 1994 comedy-drama “Being Human,” the experience of a single human soul (Robin Williams) through various incarnations.
McGregor had his breakthrough role as heroin addict Mark “Rent Boy” Renton in the 1996 British black comedy-drama “Trainspotting.” He also played the role in its 2017 sequel, “T2 Trainspotting.”
In 1999, McGregor portrayed Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi for the first time in “Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace,” reprising the role in “Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones” in 2002, “Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith,” in 2005, and the Disney+ miniseries, “Obi-Wan Kenobi” in 2022.
McGregor starred in the 2001 jukebox musical romantic drama, “Moulin Rouge!” which received a best picture Oscar nomination, losing out to “A Beautiful Mind.”
McGregor’s other film credits include the glam rock film “Velvet Goldmine,” “Amelia,” “Angels & Demons;” “Big Fish,” “Black Hawk Down,” “August: Osage County,” and the live-action “Beauty and the Beast.”
McGregor will next star in the science fiction film, “Flowervale Street,” set for release on May 16.
McGregor won an outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie Emmy in 2021 for his performance as fashion designer Roy Halston in the Netflix miniseries “Halston.”
McGregor has two other acting Emmy nominations.
McGregor received an outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie nomination in 2017 for his dual roles of Emmit Stussy, the self-proclaimed “Parking Lot King of Minnesota” and his far less successful younger brother Ray, a parole officer, on the FX black comedy-crime drama, “Fargo.”
McGregor received an outstanding guest actor in a drama series nomination in 1997 for his portrayal of a convenience store robber in an episode of the ground-breaking NBC medical drama, “ER.”
McGregor also received an outstanding narrator Emmy nomination in 2017 for the Nat Geo Wild documentary, “Wild Scotland,” and producing nominations for “Halston” and “Obi-Wan Kenobi.”
McGregor also starred in the 2024 Paramount+ limited series, “A Gentleman in Moscow.”
McGregor’s long-distance motorcycle rides with British television presenter and actor Charley Boorman were the subject of the AppleTV+ documentary series, “Long Way Round,” “Long Way Down” and “Long Way Up.”
