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Alec Guinness picture

Alec Guinness

Acting
Known For

86 Years Old

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.

Born

Marylebone, London, England, UK on 2nd April 1914

Died

5th August 2000

All Credits

The South Bank Show Image
The South Bank Show
Self
Apostrophes Image
Apostrophes
Self
Great Performances Image
Great Performances
Father Quixote
Honest Trailers Image
Honest Trailers
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Omnibus Image
Omnibus
Self
The Steve Allen Show Image
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
The Oscars Image
The Oscars
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show Image
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Talking Pictures Image
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Hallmark Hall of Fame Image
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Julius Caesar
Screen One Image
Screen One
Amos
Star Wars Image
Star Wars
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Performance Image
Performance
Heinrich Mann
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Image
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Smiley
Startime Image
Startime
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Image
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Image
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
The Empire Strikes Back Image
The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Return of the Jedi Image
Return of the Jedi
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Lawrence of Arabia Image
Lawrence of Arabia
Prince Feisal
Smiley's People Image
Smiley's People
George Smiley
Doctor Zhivago Image
Doctor Zhivago
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
The Bridge on the River Kwai Image
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Nicholson
Murder by Death Image
Murder by Death
Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return Image
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Fall of the Roman Empire Image
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Marcus Aurelius
The Star Wars Holiday Special Image
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Great Expectations Image
Great Expectations
Herbert Pocket
Kind Hearts and Coronets Image
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Hitler: The Last Ten Days Image
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Adolf Hitler
Scrooge Image
Scrooge
Jacob Marley's Ghost
Oliver Twist Image
Oliver Twist
Fagin
Raise the Titanic Image
Raise the Titanic
John Bigalow
The Ladykillers Image
The Ladykillers
Professor Marcus
Mute Witness Image
Mute Witness
The Reaper
A Handful of Dust Image
A Handful of Dust
Mr. Todd
A Passage to India Image
A Passage to India
Professor Godbole
The Lavender Hill Mob Image
The Lavender Hill Mob
Henry 'Dutch' Holland
The Man in the White Suit Image
The Man in the White Suit
Sidney Stratton
Cromwell Image
Cromwell
King Charles I
Little Lord Fauntleroy Image
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Earl of Dorincourt
H.M.S. Defiant Image
H.M.S. Defiant
Captain Crawford
Tunes of Glory Image
Tunes of Glory
Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
Brother Sun, Sister Moon Image
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Papst Innozenz III.
The Card Image
The Card
Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
The Quiller Memorandum Image
The Quiller Memorandum
Pol
The Swan Image
The Swan
Prince Albert
Our Man in Havana Image
Our Man in Havana
Jim Wormold
Father Brown Image
Father Brown
Father Brown
Last Holiday Image
Last Holiday
George Bird
The Making of Star Wars Image
The Making of Star Wars
Self
Kafka Image
Kafka
The Chief Clerk
Little Dorrit Image
Little Dorrit
William Dorrit
Lovesick Image
Lovesick
Sigmund Freud
Barnacle Bill Image
Barnacle Bill
Captain William Horatio Ambrose
Hitler: The Comedy Years Image
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered Image
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars Image
The Story of Star Wars
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
To Paris with Love Image
To Paris with Love
Sir Edgar Fraser
The Mudlark Image
The Mudlark
Benjamin Disraeli
Lionpower from MGM Image
Lionpower from MGM
The Horse's Mouth Image
The Horse's Mouth
Gulley Jimson
Hotel Paradiso Image
Hotel Paradiso
Benedict Boniface
The Scapegoat Image
The Scapegoat
John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
Malta Story Image
Malta Story
Flight Lt. Peter Ross
The Comedians Image
The Comedians
Major H. O. Jones
A Run for Your Money Image
A Run for Your Money
Whimple
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel Image
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Self
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back Image
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Obi Wan Kenobi
Grace Kelly: The American Princess Image
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
A Foreign Field Image
A Foreign Field
Amos
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious Image
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
Wilhelm Frick
The Prisoner Image
The Prisoner
The Cardinal
Monsignor Quixote Image
Monsignor Quixote
Father Quixote
Tales from Hollywood Image
Tales from Hollywood
Heinrich Mann
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant Image
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Self
Eskimo Day Image
Eskimo Day
James
When Star Wars Ruled the World Image
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
A Majority of One Image
A Majority of One
Koichi Asano
No Image
Starring Sigmund Freud
(archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess Image
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Twelfth Night Image
Twelfth Night
Malvolio
The Stratford Adventure Image
The Stratford Adventure
Self
The Captain's Paradise Image
The Captain's Paradise
Captain Henry St. James
The Gift of Friendship Image
The Gift of Friendship
Jocelyn Broome
Edwin Image
Edwin
Sir Fennimore Truscott
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' Image
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
Self (archive footage)
David Lean: A Life in Film Image
David Lean: A Life in Film
Self
The Comedians in Africa Image
The Comedians in Africa
Self (uncredited)
Pasternak Image
Pasternak
Himself
Evensong Image
Evensong
W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)
The Ealing Comedies Image
The Ealing Comedies
Self
No Image
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
Caesar and Cleopatra Image
Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar
No Image
Rowlandson's England
Narrator