Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

b. 1914 — d. 2000 (aged 86) Marylebone, London, England, UK

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Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (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. His is 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

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Horse's Mouth

The Horse's Mouth

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Filmography

Interview Day

Mute Witness

Kafka

The Chief Clerk

Little Dorrit

The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Alec Guinness

A Passage to India

A Passage to India

Professor Godbole

Edwin

Sir Fennimore Truscott

Lovesick

Smiley's People

Smiley's People

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi

Raise the Titanic

Raise the Titanic

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Earl of Dorincourt

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi

The Making of 'Star Wars'

The Making of 'Star Wars'

The Second Annual West End Theatre Awards

Murder by Death

Murder by Death

Caesar and Cleopatra

Caesar and Cleopatra

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Pope Innocent III

Scrooge

Jacob Marley's Ghost

Cromwell

King Charles 'Stuart' I

The Comedians

Major H. O. Jones

The Comedians in Africa

The Comedians in Africa

The Quiller Memorandum

The Quiller Memorandum

Hotel Paradiso

Benedict Boniface

Doctor Zhivago

Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious

Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Marcus Aurelius

Zehn Minuten für den Kinogänger

Farewell to the Vic

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

Damn the Defiant!

Damn the Defiant!

Captain Crawford

A Majority of One

A Majority of One

Tunes of Glory

Major Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.

Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana

The Scapegoat

The Horse's Mouth

The Horse's Mouth

1958 Actor Writer

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

The 15th Annual Golden Globe Awards

Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1957

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Colonel Nicholson

All at Sea

Capt. William Horatio Ambrose

The Swan

Eye on New York

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers

Professor Marcus

The Prisoner

To Paris with Love

To Paris with Love

Col. Sir Edgar Fraser

Rowlandson's England

The Detective

The Stratford Adventure

The Stratford Adventure

Malta Story

Flight Lt. Peter Ross

The Captain's Paradise

The Captain's Paradise

Captain Henry St. James

The Square Mile

The Promoter

The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob

The Man in the White Suit

The Man in the White Suit

Sidney Stratton

Last Holiday

The Mudlark

Benjamin Disraeli

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets

A Run for Your Money

A Run for Your Money

Oliver Twist

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

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