Alec Guinness
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday2 April 1914
Died5 August 2000 (age 86)
Place of birthMarylebone, London, England, UK
Known credits101
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.
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022 · Self - (archive footage)
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 · Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
2015 · Self
Talking Pictures
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012 · (archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007 · Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004 · Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
2004 · Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000 · Self (archive footage)
Eskimo Day
1996 · James
Mute Witness
1995 · The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
A Foreign Field
1993 · Amos
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Tales from Hollywood
1992 · Heinrich Mann
Kafka
1991 · The Chief Clerk
Performance
1991 · Heinrich Mann
Screen One
1989 · Amos
A Handful of Dust
1988 · Mr. Todd
Little Dorrit
1987 · William Dorrit
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987 · Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987 · Thanks
Monsignor Quixote
1985 · Father Quixote
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985 · Self
A Passage to India
1984 · Professor Godbole
Edwin
1984 · Sir Fennimore Truscott
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Lovesick
1983 · Sigmund Freud
Smiley's People
1982 · George Smiley
American Playhouse
1982 · Heinrich Mann
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980 · Earl of Dorincourt
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Raise the Titanic
1980 · John Bigalow
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Obi-Wan Kenobi
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979 · George Smiley
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978 · Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
The South Bank Show
1978 · Self
The Making of Star Wars
1977 · Self
Star Wars
1977 · Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Murder by Death
1976 · Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Caesar and Cleopatra
1976 · Caesar
Apostrophes
1975 · Self
The Gift of Friendship
1974 · Jocelyn Broome
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973 · Adolf Hitler
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972 · Papst Innozenz III.
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