Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

4/2/1914 – 8/5/2000Marylebone, 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.

Filmography (101 titles)

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies2.0Movie

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

Self - (archive footage) · 2022

Movie

A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)

Self (archive footage) · 2021

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker6.3Movie

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice) · 2019

Star Wars: The Force Awakens7.2Movie

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited) · 2015

Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel6.3Movie

Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel

Self · 2015

Talking Pictures6.2Show

Talking Pictures

Self (archive footage) · 2013

Movie

Starring Sigmund Freud

(archive footage) · 2012

Hitler: The Comedy Years5.0Movie

Hitler: The Comedy Years

Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2007

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess7.2Movie

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

Self - Actor (archive footage) · 2006

When Star Wars Ruled the World8.8Movie

When Star Wars Ruled the World

Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) · 2004

The Story of Star Wars7.2Movie

The Story of Star Wars

Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) · 2004

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'6.8Movie

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

Self (archive footage) · 2000

Eskimo Day8.0Movie

Eskimo Day

James · 1996

Mute Witness6.5Movie

Mute Witness

The Reaper · 1995

A Foreign FieldMovie

A Foreign Field

Amos · 1993

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered7.6Movie

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

Self (archive footage) · 1993

Tales from Hollywood3.0Movie

Tales from Hollywood

Heinrich Mann · 1992

Kafka6.4Movie

Kafka

The Chief Clerk · 1991

Performance6.3Show

Performance

Heinrich Mann · 1991

Screen One7.2Show

Screen One

Amos · 1989

A Handful of Dust6.1Movie

A Handful of Dust

Mr. Todd · 1988

Little Dorrit6.4Movie

Little Dorrit

William Dorrit · 1987

Grace Kelly: The American Princess7.0Movie

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

Self (archive footage) · 1987

Monsignor Quixote8.8Movie

Monsignor Quixote

Father Quixote · 1985

David Lean: A Life in Film6.0Movie

David Lean: A Life in Film

Self · 1985

A Passage to India6.8Movie

A Passage to India

Professor Godbole · 1984

Edwin8.0Movie

Edwin

Sir Fennimore Truscott · 1984

Return of the Jedi7.9Movie

Return of the Jedi

Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi · 1983

Lovesick5.7Movie

Lovesick

Sigmund Freud · 1983

Smiley's People7.7Show

Smiley's People

George Smiley · 1982