50 facts about Ewan McGregor: was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama and charity

50 facts you missed about Scottish actor Ewan McGregor.

1. McGregor was born in Perth, Scotland and brought up in Crieff.

2. His mother, Carol Diane, is a retired teacher of Crieff High School and latterly deputy head teacher of Kingspark School in Dundee.

3. His father, James Charles Stewart "Jim" McGregor, is a retired physical education teacher and careers master of Morrison's Academy, Crieff.

4. He has an older brother, Colin.

5. His brother is a former Tornado GR4 pilot in the Royal Air Force.

6. He is the nephew of actor Denis Lawson and actress Sheila Gish.

7. He is the step-cousin of actress Lou Gish.

8. McGregor attended the independent Morrison's Academy in Crieff.

9. After leaving school, at the age of 16, he worked as a stagehand at Perth Repertory Theatre and studied a foundation course in drama at Kirkcaldy College of Technology.

10. He moved to London to study drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama when he was 18 years old.

11. Ewan Gordon McGregor, OBE has had success in mainstream, indie and art house films.

12. His first professional role was in 1993, when he won a leading role in the Channel 4 series Lipstick on Your Collar.

13. He is best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting, the young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, poet Christian in the musical film Moulin Rouge!, and Dr. Alfred Jones in the romantic comedy-drama Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.

14. He received Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy for both Moulin Rouge! and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.

15. McGregor has also starred in theatre productions of Guys and Dolls and Othello.

16. McGregor was ranked No. 36 on Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list in 1997.

17. In 2010 he won Best Actor for playing the title role in Roman Polanski's film The Ghost Writer at the 23rd European Film Awards.

18. From November 1998 to March 1999, McGregor starred as Malcolm Scrawdyke in a production of David Halliwell's Little Malcolm and His Struggles Against the Eunuchs, directed by his uncle, Denis Lawson. The play was first staged at the Hampstead Theatre before transferring to the Comedy Theatre in London's West End. In November 2001, McGregor made a cameo appearance in The Play What I Wrote.

19. From June 2005 to April 2007, McGregor starred alongside Jane Krakowski, Douglas Hodge and Jenna Russell in the original Donmar Warehouse production of Guys and Dolls at the Piccadilly Theatre in London.

20. He played the leading role of Sky Masterson, made famous by Marlon Brando in the film of the same name.

21. McGregor received the LastMinute.com award for Best Actor for his performance in 2005.

22. He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2007.

23. From December 2007 to February 2008, McGregor starred as Iago in Othello at the Donmar Warehouse alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor as Othello and Kelly Reilly as Desdemona. He reprised the role on BBC Radio 3 in May 2008.

24. He is a motorcyclist since his youth.

25. McGregor undertook a marathon international motorbike trip with his best 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, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, Canada and the United States on BMW R1150GS Adventure motorbikes, for a cumulative distance of 22,345 miles (35,960 km). The trip included visits to several UNICEF programs along the route, and formed the basis of a television series and a best-selling book, both called Long Way Round.

26. The Long Way Round team reunited in 2007 for another motorcycle trip from John o' Groats in Scotland to Cape Town in South Africa. The journey, entitled Long Way Down, lasted from 12 May until 5 August 2007.

27. McGregor's brother Colin joined the motorcycle team during the early stages of the Long Way Down journey.

28. His father Jim also rode on sections of both Long Way Round and Long Way Down.

29. McGregor appeared in a two-part BBC documentary in April 2012 entitled Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission in which he travels by motorbike, boat, plane and foot to deliver vaccines to children in remote parts of India, Nepal and the Republic of Congo. The trip was part of his work as a UNICEF Ambassador.

30. In a June 2015 interview, McGregor indicated that a long discussed South American trip with Boorman was still in the planning stages, but he expected that an excursion through Baja California Peninsula would take place first.

31. In 1993, six months prior to his graduation from Guildhall, McGregor won a leading role in Dennis Potter's six-part Channel 4 series Lipstick on Your Collar.

32. In 1994, McGregor performed in the thriller Shallow Grave, for which he won an Empire Award, and which marked his first collaboration with director Danny Boyle.

33. In 1999, McGregor starred in the blockbuster Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace as the young Obi-Wan Kenobi, a role originally made famous by Sir Alec Guinness in the original Star Wars trilogy.

34. On 21 April 2015, it was announced that McGregor would play Lumiere in the live-action version of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, directed by Bill Condon. He joins a cast that includes Emma Watson (Belle), Dan Stevens (Beast/Prince), Luke Evans (Gaston), Josh Gad (Lefou), Ian McKellen (Cogsworth), Emma Thompson (Mrs. Potts), Kevin Kline (Maurice) and Audra McDonald (Garderobe). Filming begins in May 2015 at Shepperton Studios in London. The film is scheduled to be released in March 2017.

35. McGregor has been married since 1995 to Eve Mavrakis.

36. His wife Mavrakis is a French production designer.

37. He met his wife on the set of Kavanagh QC.

38. They have four daughters: Clara Mathilde McGregor, Esther Rose McGregor, Jamyan McGregor, and Anouk McGregor.

39. In 2006, McGregor and his wife adopted Jamyan from Mongolia, where he spent time during the Long Way Round journey in 2004.

40. McGregor has a heart and dagger tattoo of the names of his wife and daughters on his right arm.

41. The family currently resides in Los Angeles, California after moving from London.

42. McGregor is involved in charity work, including with UNICEF and GO Campaign.

43. During the Long Way Round journey in 2004, McGregor and his travelling companions saw some of UNICEF's work in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Mongolia, and during the Long Way Down trip in 2007, he and Charley Boorman did work for UNICEF in Africa.

44. McGregor hosted the annual Hollywood gala for GO Campaign in 2009 and 2010.

45. He has also worked with the Children's Hospice Association Scotland, as featured in Long Way Down.

46. In 2012, McGregor travelled with UNICEF immunisation workers to remote parts of India, Nepal and the Republic of Congo for a BBC2 documentary entitled Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission.

47. In June 2015 McGregor contributed narration to GivingTales, an app of children's fairy tales created to generate funds for UNICEF.

48. In 2007, on an episode of Parkinson, McGregor stated that he had given up alcohol after a period where he was arguably a functioning alcoholic, and that he had not had a drink in seven years.

49. In 2008, he had a cancerous mole removed from underneath his right eye.

50. McGregor was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to drama and charity.