Alec Guinness
Known for Acting · 99 credits
- Born
- 1914-04-02
- Died
- 2000-08-05
- Place of birth
- Marylebone, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Alec Guinness de Cuffe · Sir Alec Guinness
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
TV Shows (17)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Great Performances
1971
as Father Quixote
Omnibus
1967
as Self
Apostrophes
1975
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Jocelyn Broome
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
The South Bank Show
1978
as Self
Performance
1991
as Heinrich Mann
Startime
1959
as Jebal Deeks
MGM Parade
1955
as self
Screen One
1989
as Amos
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
as George Smiley
Smiley's People
1982
as George Smiley
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Julius Caesar
Movies (82)
Star Wars
1977
as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Return of the Jedi
1983
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
as Prince Feisal
Doctor Zhivago
1965
as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
as Col. Nicholson
Great Expectations
1946
as Herbert Pocket
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Marcus Aurelius
Oliver Twist
1948
as Fagin
Murder by Death
1976
as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Mute Witness
1995
as The Reaper
Scrooge
1970
as Jacob Marley's Ghost
The Ladykillers
1955
as Professor Marcus
The Swan
1956
as Prince Albert
Raise the Titanic
1980
as John Bigalow
Little Dorrit
1987
as William Dorrit
Cromwell
1970
as King Charles I
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
as Earl of Dorincourt
Kafka
1991
as The Chief Clerk
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Adolf Hitler
H.M.S. Defiant
1962
as Captain Crawford
Last Holiday
1950
as George Bird
Lovesick
1983
as Sigmund Freud
The Man in the White Suit
1951
as Sidney Stratton
A Passage to India
1984
as Professor Godbole
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949
as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Malta Story
1953
as Flight Lt. Peter Ross
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
A Handful of Dust
1988
as Mr. Todd
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
2015
as Self
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Self (archive footage)
The Quiller Memorandum
1966
as Pol
Tunes of Glory
1960
as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
as Papst Innozenz III.
The Card
1952
as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
Father Brown
1954
as Father Brown
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Monsignor Quixote
1985
as Father Quixote
The Comedians
1967
as Major H. O. Jones
Our Man in Havana
1960
as Jim Wormold
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
as (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
2004
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Making of Star Wars
1977
as Self
A Foreign Field
1993
as Amos
The Prisoner
1955
as The Cardinal
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Barnacle Bill
1957
as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Scapegoat
1959
as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
The Captain's Paradise
1953
as Captain Henry St. James
To Paris with Love
1955
as Sir Edgar Fraser
A Majority of One
1961
as Koichi Asano
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
as Self - (archive footage)
A Run for Your Money
1949
as Whimple
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
1965
as Wilhelm Frick
Tales from Hollywood
1992
as Heinrich Mann
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985
as Self
Twelfth Night
1970
as Malvolio
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
The Mudlark
1950
as Benjamin Disraeli
Hotel Paradiso
1966
as Benedict Boniface
The Horse's Mouth
1958
as Gulley Jimson
Eskimo Day
1996
as James
The Ealing Comedies
1970
as Self
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958
as Self
Pasternak
1965
as Self (archive footage)
The Comedians in Africa
1967
as Self (uncredited)
The Stratford Adventure
1954
as Self
Rowlandson's England
1955
as Narrator
Edwin
1984
as Sir Fennimore Truscott
Evensong
1934
as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1978
Caesar and Cleopatra
1976
as Caesar
...On Seeing Film
1958
as Self
The Gift of Friendship
1974
as Jocelyn Broome
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
2021
as Self (archive footage)
About Alec Guinness
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, S… With 99 credits spanning from 1934 to 2022, Alec Guinness has appeared in 82 films and 17 TV shows.
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Most Popular Alec Guinness Movies
- Star Wars (1977) — as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) — as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) — as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) — as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
- Return of the Jedi (1983) — as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
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