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From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London.

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Ewan McGregor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 31
Actor
Film Director
Singer
Stage Actor
Voice Actor
Perth
Scotland
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Theatre
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London
Drama
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Acting
Three
Fife

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