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Ewan McGregor, born March 31 1971, in Crieff, Scotland is probably most well known for his role in The Phantom Menace and its two sequels as Obi-Wan Kenobi, but came to prominence for his role as the heroin addict Renton in the film version of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting ( 1996). This role followed hard on an impressive movie-debut performance in Danny Boyle's 1994 film Shallow Grave. He is married to Eve MavrakisEve Mavrakis was born June 22, 1966 in Dordogne, France. She is the wife of Ewan McGregor. She is a French production designer. Her credits include Bandit Qeen Innocent Sleep and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels''. External links Mavrakis, Eve..
A keen motorcyclistA motorcycle (or motorbike is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. The wheels are in-line, and at higher speed the motorcycle remains upright and stable by virtue of gyroscopic forces; at lower speeds continual readjustment of the steering by the r since his youth, in 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, with his friend Charley Boorman (son of director John BoormanJohn Boorman (born 18 January, 1933) is an English film director who is best known for his films Deliverance (1972), Zardoz (1974), Excalibur (1981), and Hope and Glory (1987). Boorman was born in London. Boorman, John Boorman, John.), he undertook a marathon motorcycle trip from mid-April to the end of July, from LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri to New YorkNew York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U. postal abbreviation is NY . It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. History See: History of New York New York was one of the thirteen col, via central Europe, UkraineUkraine Ukrayina in Ukrainian; in Russian) is a republic in eastern Europe which borders the Black Sea to the south, the Russian Federation to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west and Romania and Moldova to the west and, RussiaThe Russian Federation ( Russian: , transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija , or Russia (Russian: , transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. With, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia and Canada, for a cumulative distance of 18,887 miles (30,395 kms). The only sections of the trip not undertaken by motorcycle were 580 miles by train in Siberia, due to lack of roads, and a 2505 mile flight from Magadan, Siberia to Anchorage, Alaska. The trip formed the basis of the TV series Long Way Round.
He is currently considered to a role of James Bond.