Alec Guinness
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (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. His is 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.
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- Born:
- Apr 2, 1914 In Marylebone, London, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 83
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Evensong 1934-09-03
- Latest Project:
- Movie Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return 2022-09-08
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return | Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2022-09-08 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice) | 2019-12-18 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited) | 2015-12-15 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel | Self | 2015-12-15 |
| Series | Talking Pictures | Himself - Archive footage | 2013-01-05 |
| Movie | Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2006-09-16 |
| Movie | The Story of Star Wars | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | 2004-08-18 |
| Movie | When Star Wars Ruled the World | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | 2004-09-18 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia' | Self (archive footage) | 2003-09-22 |
| Movie | The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' | Self (archive footage) | 2000-11-21 |
| Movie | Eskimo Day | James | 1996-04-04 |
| Movie | Mute Witness | The Reaper | 1995-09-28 |
| Movie | A Foreign Field | Amos | 1993-09-10 |
| Movie | Tales from Hollywood | Heinrich Mann | 1992-10-18 |
| Movie | Kafka | The Chief Clerk | 1991-11-15 |
| Series | Screen One | Amos | 1989-09-10 |
| Movie | A Handful of Dust | Mr. Todd | 1988-06-24 |
| Movie | Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self (archive footage) | 1987-06-08 |
| Movie | Little Dorrit | William Dorrit | 1987-12-11 |
| Movie | David Lean: A Life in Film | Self | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | Monsignor Quixote | Father Quixote | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | A Passage to India | Professor Godbole | 1984-12-14 |
| Movie | Lovesick | Sigmund Freud | 1983-02-18 |
| Movie | Return of the Jedi | Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi | 1983-05-25 |
| Series | Smiley's People | George Smiley | 1982-09-20 |
| Movie | The Empire Strikes Back | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 1980-05-20 |
| Movie | Raise the Titanic | John Bigalow | 1980-08-01 |
| Movie | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Earl of Dorincourt | 1980-12-01 |
| Movie | SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back | Obi Wan Kenobi | 1980-09-22 |
| Series | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | George Smiley | 1979-09-10 |
| Series | The South Bank Show | Unknown | 1978-01-14 |
| Movie | The Star Wars Holiday Special | Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1978-11-17 |
| Movie | Star Wars | Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi | 1977-05-25 |
| Movie | The Making of Star Wars | Self | 1977-09-16 |
| Movie | Caesar and Cleopatra | Caesar | 1976-02-01 |
| Movie | Murder by Death | Bensonmum | 1976-06-23 |
| Movie | The Gift of Friendship | Jocelyn Broome | 1974-09-24 |
| Movie | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Adolf Hitler | 1973-04-19 |
| Movie | Brother Sun, Sister Moon | Papst Innozenz III. | 1972-03-03 |
| Movie | Cromwell | King Charles I | 1970-09-16 |
| Movie | The Ealing Comedies | Self | 1970-09-08 |
| Movie | Scrooge | Jacob Marley's Ghost | 1970-11-05 |
| Movie | Twelfth Night | Malvolio | 1969-01-06 |
| Movie | The Comedians in Africa | Self (uncredited) | 1967-08-31 |
| Movie | The Comedians | Major H. O. Jones | 1967-10-31 |
| Movie | Hotel Paradiso | Benedict Boniface | 1966-03-01 |
| Movie | The Quiller Memorandum | Pol | 1966-11-10 |
| Series | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Unknown | 1965-10-07 |
| Movie | Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious | Wilhelm Frick | 1965-10-13 |
| Movie | Doctor Zhivago | Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago | 1965-12-22 |
| Movie | The Fall of the Roman Empire | Marcus Aurelius | 1964-03-24 |
| Movie | H.M.S. Defiant | Captain Crawford | 1962-04-15 |
| Movie | Lawrence of Arabia | Prince Feisal | 1962-12-11 |
| Movie | A Majority of One | Koichi Asano | 1961-12-27 |
| Movie | Our Man in Havana | Jim Wormold | 1960-01-27 |
| Movie | Tunes of Glory | Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M. | 1960-09-17 |
| Movie | The Scapegoat | John Barratt / Jacques De Gue | 1959-08-06 |
| Series | Startime | Unknown | 1959-10-06 |
| Movie | The Horse's Mouth | Gulley Jimson | 1958-11-11 |
| Movie | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Col. Nicholson | 1957-10-11 |
| Movie | Barnacle Bill | Captain William Horatio Ambrose | 1957-12-17 |
| Movie | The Swan | Prince Albert | 1956-04-26 |
| Series | The Steve Allen Show | Unknown | 1956-06-24 |
| Movie | To Paris with Love | Sir Edgar Fraser | 1955-01-01 |
| Movie | The Prisoner | The Cardinal | 1955-04-19 |
| Movie | The Ladykillers | Professor Marcus | 1955-12-08 |
| Movie | Father Brown | Father Brown | 1954-06-08 |
| Movie | The Stratford Adventure | Self | 1954-08-02 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
| Movie | Malta Story | Flight Lt. Peter Ross | 1953-06-01 |
| Movie | The Captain's Paradise | Captain Henry St. James | 1953-09-28 |
| Movie | The Card | Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin | 1952-02-25 |
| Movie | The Lavender Hill Mob | Henry 'Dutch' Holland | 1951-06-28 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Movie | The Man in the White Suit | Sidney Stratton | 1951-08-07 |
| Movie | Last Holiday | George Bird | 1950-05-15 |
| Movie | The Mudlark | Benjamin Disraeli | 1950-10-03 |
| Movie | Kind Hearts and Coronets | The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha | 1949-06-21 |
| Movie | A Run for Your Money | Whimple | 1949-11-23 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | Oliver Twist | Fagin | 1948-06-28 |
| Movie | Great Expectations | Herbert Pocket | 1946-12-26 |
| Movie | Evensong | W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited) | 1934-09-03 |