Ewan McGregor in The Pillow Book
Ewan McGregor (1971 -)
Film Deaths[]
- The Pillow Book (1996) [Jerome]: Commits suicide by taking an overdose of pills in his apartment. His body is later discovered by Vivian Wu, who writes "The Book of the Lover" in Japanese calligraphy on his body. His body is shown again later on after Yoshi Oida's employees acquire his body and skin him so that Yoshi can have the "book."
- The Island (2005) [Lincoln Six Echo/Tom Lincoln]: Playing a dual role as the clone "Lincoln Six Echo" and the original "Tom Lincoln," "Tom" is shot in the chest by Djimon Hounsou, after the clone puts his ID bracelet on "Tom" so the original would be mistaken for the clone. His body is shown in the morgue later on when the doctors discover the switch. "Lincoln Six Echo" survives the movie.
- Stormbreaker (Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker) (2006) [Ian Rider]: Shot repeatedly (off-camera) by Damian Lewis while Damian is hanging upside-down from a helicopter alongside Ewan's car. Only Damian is seen firing his gun.
- Miss Potter (2006) [Norman Warne]: Dies (off-screen) of pneumonia. His death is revealed when Emily Watson informs Renee Zellweger.
- Cassandra's Dream (2007) [Ian]: Hit on the head after accidentally being knocked against the wall during a struggle with his brother (Colin Farrell) on their boat.
- Angels and Demons (2009) [Camerlengo Patrick McKenna]: Commits suicide by setting himself on fire after his part in the conspiracy is exposed.
- The Ghost Writer (2010) [The Ghost]: Hit by a car (off-camera) as he exits the party for Pierce Brosnan's book. The last shot of the film has Ewan walking off camera, the car accelerating and then shows pages of the manuscript he was carrying flying in the wind.
- Haywire (2011) [Kenneth]: Drowns (off-screen) after Gina Carano leaves him trapped within rocks at the end of a fight on the beach just as the tide is coming in. The scene ends as the tide starts to come in.
- Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) [Elmont]: Dies (off-screen) in the time between the period and modern day scenes.
- Jane Got a Gun (2016) [John Bishop]: Shot in the face (off-camera) by Natalie Portman after having already been shot repeatedly by her as she tries to get Ewan to reveal where her daughter is. We only see Natalie fire into the camera and we later see his body in the back of a cart.
- American Pastoral (2016) [Seymour "Swede" Levov]: Dies of Alzheimer's Disease (off-screen). His death is revealed when his brother Rubert Evans and Rubert's former classmate David Strathairn attend his funeral.
- Beauty and the Beast (2017) [Lumiere]: Playing a footman turned into an anthropomorphic candelabra, Ewan becomes inanimate due to the curse taking full effect when the last rose petal falls. He is resurrected in human form when Hattie Morahan undoes the curse.
- Christopher Robin (2018) [Christopher Robin]: In a dream sequence, he drowns before he is eaten by a Heffalump while Pooh (Jim Cummings) talks Ewan out of it. He survives in reality.
- Doctor Sleep (2019) [Danny Torrance]: Burns to death (off-screen) after intentionally starting a fire in the boiler room in order to burn down the Overlook Hotel, having already been mortally wounded by Rebecca Ferguson. He later appears as a ghost to Kyliegh Curran.
- Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) [Roman "Black Mask" Sionis]: Blown up with a grenade put into his suit pocket by Ella Jay Basco right after being knocked off of a pier by Margot Robbie.
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022); animated) [Sebastian J. Cricket]: Voicing a cricket, he dies of old age; his death is revealed via narration as we see Gregory Mann and Cate Blanchett discover his body and put it in a matchbox coffin inside Gregory's open wooden chest cavity.
Television Deaths[]
- ER: The Long Way Around (1997) [Duncan Stewart]: Shot to death by police at the end of a hostage situation in a convenience store.
- Fargo: The Law of Non-Contradiction (2017) [Scientist]: In an animated rendition of a book plot, the Scientist dies after his ship crashes while talking to his android companion.
- Fargo: The Lord of No Mercy (2017) [Ray Stussy]: Accidentally stabbed in the throat with a piece of broken glass when his brother (also played by Ewan) slams a glass-plated stamp into his face.
- Fargo: Somebody to Love (2017) [Emmit Stussy]: Shot in the back of the head by Russell Harvard as Ewan looks at photos of his family.
Gallery[]
Ewan McGregor in The Island
Ewan McGregor's death in Angels & Demons
Ewan McGregor's death in Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Notable Connections[]
- Nephew of Denis Lawson
- Father of Clara, Esther, Anouk, Jamyan and Laurie McGregor
- Ex-Mr. Eve Mavrakis
- Mr. Mary Elizabeth Winstead