Alec Guinness
Biography
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
96
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-04-02 (111 years old)
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Acting
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)2015
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel as Self2013
Talking Pictures as Self (archive footage)2012
Honest Trailers as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)2012
Starring Sigmund Freud as (archive footage)2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)2006
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess as Self - Actor (archive footage)2004
The Story of Star Wars as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)2004
When Star Wars Ruled the World as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)2000
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' as Self (archive footage)1996
Eskimo Day as James1995
Mute Witness as The Reaper1993
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered as Self (archive footage)1993
A Foreign Field as Amos1992
Tales from Hollywood as Heinrich Mann1991
Performance as Heinrich Mann1991
Kafka as The Chief Clerk1989
Screen One as Amos1988
A Handful of Dust as Mr. Todd1987
Little Dorrit as William Dorrit1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self (archive footage)1985
David Lean: A Life in Film as Self1985
Monsignor Quixote as Father Quixote1984
A Passage to India as Professor Godbole1984
Edwin as Sir Fennimore Truscott1983
Return of the Jedi as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi1983
Lovesick as Sigmund Freud1982
Smiley's People as George Smiley1980
The Empire Strikes Back as Obi-Wan Kenobi1980
Raise the Titanic as John Bigalow1980
Little Lord Fauntleroy as Earl of Dorincourt1980
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back as Obi Wan Kenobi1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley1978
The South Bank Show as Self1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)1978
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness as Not available1977
Star Wars as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi1977
The Making of Star Wars as Self1976
Murder by Death as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum1976
Caesar and Cleopatra as Caesar1975
Apostrophes as Self1974
The Gift of Friendship as Jocelyn Broome1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days as Adolf Hitler1972
Brother Sun, Sister Moon as Papst Innozenz III.1971
Great Performances as Father Quixote1970
Scrooge as Jacob Marley's Ghost1970
Cromwell as King Charles I1970
Twelfth Night as Malvolio1970
The Ealing Comedies as Self1967
Omnibus as Self1967
The Comedians as Major H. O. Jones1967
The Comedians in Africa as Self (uncredited)1966
The Quiller Memorandum as Pol1966
Hotel Paradiso as Benedict Boniface1965
Doctor Zhivago as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago1965
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious as Wilhelm Frick1965
Pasternak as Himself1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire as Marcus Aurelius1962
Lawrence of Arabia as Prince Feisal1962
H.M.S. Defiant as Captain Crawford1961
A Majority of One as Koichi Asano1960
Our Man in Havana as Jim Wormold1960
Tunes of Glory as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.1959
Startime as Not available1959
The Scapegoat as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue1958
The Horse's Mouth as Gulley Jimson1958
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant as Self1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai as Col. Nicholson1957
Barnacle Bill as Captain William Horatio Ambrose1956
The Steve Allen Show as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"1956
The Swan as Prince Albert1955
The Ladykillers as Professor Marcus1955
The Prisoner as The Cardinal1955
To Paris with Love as Sir Edgar Fraser1955
Rowlandson's England as Narrator1954
Father Brown as Father Brown1954
The Stratford Adventure as Self1953
The Oscars as Self1953
Malta Story as Flight Lt. Peter Ross1953
The Captain's Paradise as Captain Henry St. James1952
The Card as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Julius Caesar1951
The Lavender Hill Mob as Henry 'Dutch' Holland1951
The Man in the White Suit as Sidney Stratton1950
Last Holiday as George Bird1950
The Mudlark as Benjamin Disraeli1949
Kind Hearts and Coronets as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha1949
A Run for Your Money as Whimple1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self1948
Oliver Twist as Fagin1946
Great Expectations as Herbert Pocket1934
Evensong as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)