Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 2, 1914
Place of Birth:
Marylebone, London, England, UK
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return | Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice) |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel | Self |
| 2012 | Starring Sigmund Freud | (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Hitler: The Comedy Years | Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2006 | Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2004 | When Star Wars Ruled the World | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) |
| 2004 | The Story of Star Wars | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) |
| 2000 | The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' | Self (archive footage) |
| 1996 | Eskimo Day | James |
| 1995 | Mute Witness | The Reaper |
| 1993 | Audrey Hepburn: Remembered | Self (archive footage) |
| 1993 | A Foreign Field | Amos |
| 1992 | Tales from Hollywood | Heinrich Mann |
| 1991 | Kafka | The Chief Clerk |
| 1988 | A Handful of Dust | Mr. Todd |
| 1987 | Little Dorrit | William Dorrit |
| 1987 | Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self (archive footage) |
| 1985 | Monsignor Quixote | Father Quixote |
| 1985 | David Lean: A Life in Film | Self |
| 1984 | A Passage to India | Professor Godbole |
| 1984 | Edwin | Sir Fennimore Truscott |
| 1983 | Return of the Jedi | Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi |
| 1983 | Lovesick | Sigmund Freud |
| 1980 | The Empire Strikes Back | Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 1980 | Raise the Titanic | John Bigalow |
| 1980 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Earl of Dorincourt |
| 1980 | SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back | Obi Wan Kenobi |
| 1978 | The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness | |
| 1978 | The Star Wars Holiday Special | Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1977 | Star Wars | Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi |
| 1977 | The Making of Star Wars | Self |
| 1976 | Murder by Death | Butler Jamesir Bensonmum |
| 1976 | Caesar and Cleopatra | Caesar |
| 1974 | The Gift of Friendship | Jocelyn Broome |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Adolf Hitler |
| 1972 | Brother Sun, Sister Moon | Papst Innozenz III. |
| 1970 | Cromwell | King Charles I |
| 1970 | Scrooge | Jacob Marley's Ghost |
| 1970 | The Ealing Comedies | Self |
| 1970 | Twelfth Night | Malvolio |
| 1967 | The Comedians | Major H. O. Jones |
| 1967 | The Comedians in Africa | Self (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Lionpower from MGM | |
| 1966 | The Quiller Memorandum | Pol |
| 1966 | Hotel Paradiso | Benedict Boniface |
| 1965 | Doctor Zhivago | Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago |
| 1965 | Pasternak | Himself |
| 1965 | Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious | Wilhelm Frick |
| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire | Marcus Aurelius |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | Prince Feisal |
| 1962 | H.M.S. Defiant | Captain Crawford |
| 1961 | A Majority of One | Koichi Asano |
| 1960 | Our Man in Havana | Jim Wormold |
| 1960 | Tunes of Glory | Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M. |
| 1959 | The Scapegoat | John Barratt / Jacques De Gue |
| 1958 | The Horse's Mouth | Gulley Jimson |
| 1958 | The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant | Self |
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Col. Nicholson |
| 1957 | Barnacle Bill | Captain William Horatio Ambrose |
| 1956 | The Swan | Prince Albert |
| 1955 | The Ladykillers | Professor Marcus |
| 1955 | The Prisoner | The Cardinal |
| 1955 | To Paris with Love | Sir Edgar Fraser |
| 1955 | Rowlandson's England | Narrator |
| 1954 | Father Brown | Father Brown |
| 1954 | The Stratford Adventure | Self |
| 1953 | The Captain's Paradise | Captain Henry St. James |
| 1953 | Malta Story | Flight Lt. Peter Ross |
| 1952 | The Card | Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin |
| 1951 | The Man in the White Suit | Sidney Stratton |
| 1951 | The Lavender Hill Mob | Henry 'Dutch' Holland |
| 1950 | Last Holiday | George Bird |
| 1950 | The Mudlark | Benjamin Disraeli |
| 1949 | 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 | A Run for Your Money | Whimple |
| 1948 | Oliver Twist | Fagin |
| 1946 | Great Expectations | Herbert Pocket |
| 1934 | Evensong | W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Talking Pictures | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Performance | Heinrich Mann |
| 1989 | Screen One | Amos |
| 1982 | Smiley's People | George Smiley |
| 1979 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | George Smiley |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show | Self |
| 1975 | Apostrophes | Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Father Quixote |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self |
| 1959 | Startime | |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Julius Caesar |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |