Alec Guinness
ActingAlso Known As
Alec Guinness de Cuffe, Sir Alec Guinness
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.
Movies
(80 total)
Star Wars
as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Empire Strikes Back
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Return of the Jedi
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Lawrence of Arabia
as Prince Feisal
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Col. Nicholson
Doctor Zhivago
as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Murder by Death
as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Kind Hearts and Coronets
as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
The Ladykillers
as Professor Marcus
The Star Wars Holiday Special
as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Great Expectations
as Herbert Pocket
A Passage to India
as Professor Godbole
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Earl of Dorincourt
The Lavender Hill Mob
as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
Oliver Twist
as Fagin
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Marcus Aurelius
The Man in the White Suit
as Sidney Stratton
Scrooge
as Jacob Marley's Ghost
TV Shows
(16 total)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as George Smiley
The Oscars
as Self
Smiley's People
as George Smiley
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Great Performances
as Father Quixote
Omnibus
as Self
The South Bank Show
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Julius Caesar
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
Screen One
as Amos
Apostrophes
as Self
Performance
as Heinrich Mann
MGM Parade
as self