Acting
Alec Guinness
1914-04-02 · Marylebone, London, England, UK
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
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Lawrence of Arabia
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Doctor Zhivago
Murder by Death
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Ladykillers
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Great Expectations
A Passage to India
Little Lord Fauntleroy
The Lavender Hill Mob
Movie credits · 82
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Starring Sigmund Freud
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
When Star Wars Ruled the World
The Story of Star Wars
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
Eskimo Day
Mute Witness
A Foreign Field
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Tales from Hollywood
Kafka
A Handful of Dust
Little Dorrit
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Monsignor Quixote
David Lean: A Life in Film
A Passage to India
Edwin
Return of the Jedi
Lovesick
Little Lord Fauntleroy
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Raise the Titanic
The Empire Strikes Back
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
The Star Wars Holiday Special
The Making of Star Wars
Star Wars
Murder by Death
Caesar and Cleopatra
The Gift of Friendship
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Scrooge
TV credits · 19
Talking Pictures
Performance
Screen One
Smiley's People
American Playhouse
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The South Bank Show
Apostrophes
Film '72
Great Performances
Omnibus
ITV Playhouse
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Startime
The Steve Allen Show
MGM Parade
The Oscars
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Ed Sullivan Show
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