Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 02, 1914
Died
Aug 05, 2000
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Credits
101 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Self - (archive footage)
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
Self (archive footage)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Self
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Starring Sigmund Freud
(archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Actor (archive footage)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
Self (archive footage)
Eskimo Day
James
Mute Witness
The Reaper
A Foreign Field
Amos
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self (archive footage)
Tales from Hollywood
Heinrich Mann
Kafka
The Chief Clerk
Performance
Heinrich Mann
Screen One
Amos
A Handful of Dust
Mr. Todd
Little Dorrit
William Dorrit
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
Monsignor Quixote
Father Quixote
David Lean: A Life in Film
Self
A Passage to India
Professor Godbole
Edwin
Sir Fennimore Truscott
Return of the Jedi
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Lovesick
Sigmund Freud
Smiley's People
George Smiley
American Playhouse
Heinrich Mann
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Earl of Dorincourt
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Raise the Titanic
John Bigalow
The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Smiley
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
The South Bank Show
Self
The Making of Star Wars
Self
Star Wars
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Murder by Death
Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar
Apostrophes
Self
The Gift of Friendship
Jocelyn Broome
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Adolf Hitler
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Papst Innozenz III.
Film '72
Self
Great Performances
Father Quixote
Scrooge
Jacob Marley's Ghost