Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Known for

Acting

Born

April 2, 1914

Birthplace

Marylebone, London, England, UK

Died

August 5, 2000 (aged 86)

Biography

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.

Best known work

Star Wars

1977

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015

The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

1983

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

1962

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

1965

Murder by Death

Murder by Death

1976

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949

Filmography

2022
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2021
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
2015
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
as Self
2013
Talking PicturesTV
as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
2012
Starring Sigmund Freud
as (archive footage)
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2004
When Star Wars Ruled the World
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2004
The Story of Star Wars
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2000
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
as Self (archive footage)
1996
Eskimo Day
as James
1995
Mute Witness
as The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
1993
A Foreign Field
as Amos
1993
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
1992
Tales from Hollywood
as Heinrich Mann
1991
Kafka
as The Chief Clerk
1991
PerformanceTV
as Heinrich Mann (1 episode)
1989
Screen OneTV
as Amos (1 episode)
1988
A Handful of Dust
as Mr. Todd
1987
Little Dorrit
as William Dorrit
1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage), Thanks
1985
Monsignor Quixote
as Father Quixote
1985
David Lean: A Life in Film
as Self