Alec Guinness

Actor

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.

Born: April 2, 1914 in Marylebone, London, England, UK

Died: August 5, 2000 (Age 86)

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
A Handful of Dust Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.4	Actor	Mr. Todd	1988
A Majority of One Movie	6.5	Actor	Koichi Asano	1961
A Passage to India Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Professor Godbole	1984
A Run for Your Money Movie	6.2	Actor	Whimple	1949
Barnacle Bill Movie	6.5	Actor	Captain William Horatio Ambrose	1957
Brother Sun, Sister Moon Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.1	Actor	Papst Innozenz III.	1972
Cromwell Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	King Charles I	1970
H.M.S. Defiant Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Captain Crawford	1962
Doctor Zhivago Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	7.8	Actor	Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago	1965
Evensong Movie	6.5	Actor	W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)	1934
Great Expectations Movie Available on 12 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Herbert Pocket	1946
Hitler: The Last Ten Days Movie	6.4	Actor	Adolf Hitler	1973
Hotel Paradiso Movie	5.9	Actor	Benedict Boniface	1966
Kafka Movie	6.7	Actor	The Chief Clerk	1991
Kind Hearts and Coronets Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	8.1	Actor	The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha	1949
Last Holiday Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.1	Actor	George Bird	1950
Lawrence of Arabia Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	8.2	Actor	Prince Feisal	1962
Little Dorrit Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	7	Actor	William Dorrit	1987
Star Wars Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	8.7	Actor	Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi	1977
The Empire Strikes Back Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	8.8	Actor	Obi-Wan Kenobi	1980
Return of the Jedi Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	8.4	Actor	Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi	1983
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Movie Available on 10 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)	2015
The Bridge on the River Kwai Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	8.2	Actor	Col. Nicholson	1957
Murder by Death Movie	7.4	Actor	Bensonmum	1976
The Ladykillers Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Professor Marcus	1955
The Lavender Hill Mob Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	Henry 'Dutch' Holland	1951
Oliver Twist Movie Available on 12 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	Fagin	1948
Scrooge Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	Jacob Marley's Ghost	1970
The Man in the White Suit Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Sidney Stratton	1951
The Fall of the Roman Empire Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.8	Actor	Marcus Aurelius	1964
Mute Witness Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	The Reaper	1995
Our Man in Havana Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.3	Actor	Jim Wormold	1960
Raise the Titanic Movie Available on 25 streaming services.	5.4	Actor	John Bigalow	1980
Tunes of Glory Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.	1960
The Quiller Memorandum Movie	6.2	Actor	Pol	1966
The Horse's Mouth Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.8	Actor	Gulley Jimson	1958
The Swan Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	Prince Albert	1956
The Comedians Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.1	Actor	Major H. O. Jones	1967
The Scapegoat Movie	6.8	Actor	John Barratt / Jacques De Gue	1959
The Captain's Paradise Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	Captain Henry St. James	1953
Malta Story Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	Flight Lt. Peter Ross	1953
The Card Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin	1952
Father Brown Movie	6.5	Actor	Father Brown	1954
Lovesick Movie	5	Actor	Sigmund Freud	1983
The Mudlark Movie	6.7	Actor	Benjamin Disraeli	1950
The Prisoner Movie	6.6	Actor	The Cardinal	1955
To Paris with Love Movie	5.3	Actor	Sir Edgar Fraser	1955
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious Movie	5.7	Actor	Wilhelm Frick	1965
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)	2019
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' Movie	6.8	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2000
Twelfth Night Movie	6.7	Actor	Malvolio	1970
The Ealing Comedies Movie	8.4	Actor	Self	1970
David Lean: A Life in Film Movie	9.3	Actor	Self	1985
Monsignor Quixote Movie	7.6	Actor	Father Quixote	1985
Tales from Hollywood Movie	7.9	Actor	Heinrich Mann	1992
A Foreign Field Movie	7.5	Actor	Amos	1993
The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia' Movie	8.1	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2003
The Story of Star Wars Movie	7.5	Actor	Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)	2004
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.1	Actor	Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)	2022
Grace Kelly: The American Princess Movie	6.6	Actor	Self (archive footage)	1987
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness Movie		Actor		1978
Hallmark Hall of Fame TV Show	7.9	Actor	Julius Caesar 1 Episode	1951-1978
Thirty-Minute Theatre TV Show	7.3	Actor	The Executioner 1 Episode	1965-1973
Screen One TV Show	6.5	Actor	Amos 1 Episode	1985-2002
The South Bank Show TV Show	6.6	Actor	Self 2 Episodes	1978-2023
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show TV Show	8.2	Actor	Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" 1 Episode	1956-1960
Startime TV Show	6.2	Actor	1 Episode	1959-1961
Apostrophes TV Show	6.8	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1975-1990
The Ed Sullivan Show TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Self - Guest 1 Episode	1948-1971
Great Performances TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Father Quixote 1 Episode	1971
Talking Pictures TV Show	7.5	Actor	Self (archive footage) 1 Episode	2013
Performance TV Show	6.7	Actor	Heinrich Mann 1 Episode	1991-1998
The Oscars TV Show	7	Actor	Self 2 Episodes	1953
Omnibus TV Show	7	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1967-2003
The Comedians in Africa Short Film	6.1	Actor	Self (uncredited)	1967
The Stratford Adventure Short Film	6.5	Actor	Self	1954
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant Short Film	6.3	Actor	Self	1958
Pasternak Short Film	6.4	Actor	Himself	1965
Rowlandson's England Short Film	7.7	Actor	Narrator	1955
Starring Sigmund Freud Short Film	9.1	Actor	(archive footage)	2012
The Star Wars Holiday Special Movie	2.4	Actor	Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)	1978
SP FX: Special Effects - The Empire Strikes Back Movie	7.4	Actor	Obi Wan Kenobi	1980
Interview Day Movie	7.2	Actor	James	1996
When Star Wars Ruled the World Movie	7	Actor	Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)	2004
Caesar and Cleopatra Movie	6.8	Actor	Caesar	1976
The Gift of Friendship Movie	8.2	Actor	Jocelyn Broome	1974
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel Movie	6.6	Actor	Self	2015
The Making of 'Star Wars' Movie	7.3	Actor	Self	1977
Little Lord Fauntleroy Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	Earl of Dorincourt	1980
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess Movie	6.6	Actor	Self - Actor (archive footage)	2006
Edwin Movie	6.8	Actor	Sir Fennimore Truscott	1984
Hitler: The Comedy Years Movie	6.4	Actor	Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)	2007
Audrey Hepburn Remembered Movie	7	Actor	Self (archive footage)	1993
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Limited Series	8.3	Actor	George Smiley 7 Episodes	1979-1979
Smiley's People Limited Series	8.3	Actor	George Smiley 6 Episodes	1982-1982
The Horse's Mouth Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.8	Writing	Writer	1958
Grace Kelly: The American Princess Movie	6.6	Crew	Thanks	1987
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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