Alec Guinness
Acting
Born: April 2, 1914 · Marylebone, London, England, UK
Died: August 5, 2000 (aged 86)
Highest Rated
Biography
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai. He is most well known for playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy. He also played Prince Feisal in Lawrence of Arabia and George Smiley in the TV adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Known for
Star Wars
1977
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Return of the Jedi
1983
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
Doctor Zhivago
1965
Murder by Death
1976
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949
The Ladykillers
1955
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
Photos (12)
Movies (63)
Star Wars
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Lawrence of Arabia
Prince Feisal
Return of the Jedi
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Nicholson
Doctor Zhivago
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Murder by Death
Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
The Ladykillers
Professor Marcus
Mute Witness
The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Papst Innozenz III.
H.M.S. Defiant
Captain Crawford
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Marcus Aurelius
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Raise the Titanic
John Bigalow
Oliver Twist
Fagin
Cromwell
King Charles I
A Passage to India
Professor Godbole
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Earl of Dorincourt
The Quiller Memorandum
Pol
Great Expectations
Herbert Pocket
Our Man in Havana
Jim Wormold
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kafka
The Chief Clerk
The Captain's Paradise
Captain Henry St. James
Scrooge
Jacob Marley's Ghost
Tunes of Glory
Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
A Handful of Dust
Mr. Todd
The Horse's Mouth
Gulley Jimson
The Lavender Hill Mob
Henry 'Dutch' Holland
Eskimo Day
James
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Scapegoat
John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
The Man in the White Suit
Sidney Stratton
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Adolf Hitler
Last Holiday
George Bird
The Story of Star Wars
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Card
Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
Little Dorrit
William Dorrit
Twelfth Night
Malvolio
The Swan
Prince Albert
Lovesick
Sigmund Freud
A Run for Your Money
Whimple
Hotel Paradiso
Benedict Boniface
Tales from Hollywood
Heinrich Mann
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Monsignor Quixote
Father Quixote
To Paris with Love
Sir Edgar Fraser
The Comedians
Major H. O. Jones
A Majority of One
Koichi Asano
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious
Wilhelm Frick
The Mudlark
Benjamin Disraeli
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Evensong
W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)
Barnacle Bill
Captain William Horatio Ambrose
Malta Story
Flight Lt. Peter Ross
Edwin
Sir Fennimore Truscott
A Foreign Field
Amos
The Prisoner
The Cardinal
Father Brown
Father Brown
The Gift of Friendship
Jocelyn Broome
Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar
TV Shows (10)
Great Performances
Father Quixote · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Heinrich Mann · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Jocelyn Broome · 1 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Executioner · 1 eps
Performance
Heinrich Mann · 1 eps
Startime
Jebal Deeks · 1 eps
Screen One
Amos · 1 eps
Smiley's People
George Smiley · 6 eps
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Smiley · 7 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Julius Caesar · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (23)
The South Bank Show
Self · 2 eps
Apostrophes
Self · 1 eps
Omnibus
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" · 1 eps
MGM Parade
self · 1 eps
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self (archive footage)
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Self
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of Star Wars
Self
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Stratford Adventure
Self
Pasternak
Self (archive footage)
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Self
The Comedians in Africa
Self (uncredited)
David Lean: A Life in Film
Self
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
Self (archive footage)
...On Seeing Film
Self
The Ealing Comedies
Self