Personal Life
Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His maternal grandparents were English actress Wendy Orme and Hungarian-born British filmmaker Emeric Pressburger. He was raised on a sheep farm in the Scottish countryside. He was educated at Glenalmond College. His brother Andrew is a film producer. Macdonald is a second cousin of comedian Norm Macdonald.
In 1999, he married Tatiana Lund, with whom he has three sons and lives in North London.
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