Alec Guinness
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Apr 2, 1914 (112 years old)
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England, UK
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
| 2022 | Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction MoviesSelf - (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)Self (archive footage) | |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerObi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice) | |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Force AwakensObi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited) | |
| 2015 | Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber DuelSelf | |
| 2013 | Talking PicturesSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2012 | Starring Sigmund Freud(archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Hitler: The Comedy YearsAdolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2006 | Grace Kelly: Destiny of a PrincessSelf - Actor (archive footage) | |
| 2004 | When Star Wars Ruled the WorldObi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | |
| 2004 | The Story of Star WarsObi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'Self (archive footage) | |
| 1996 | Eskimo DayJames | |
| 1995 | Mute WitnessThe Reaper | |
| 1993 | Audrey Hepburn: RememberedSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1993 | A Foreign FieldAmos | |
| 1992 | Tales from HollywoodHeinrich Mann | |
| 1991 | KafkaThe Chief Clerk | |
| 1991 | PerformanceHeinrich Mann | |
| 1989 | Screen OneAmos | |
| 1988 | A Handful of DustMr. Todd | |
| 1987 | Little DorritWilliam Dorrit | |
| 1987 | Grace Kelly: The American PrincessSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1985 | Monsignor QuixoteFather Quixote | |
| 1985 | David Lean: A Life in FilmSelf | |
| 1984 | A Passage to IndiaProfessor Godbole | |
| 1984 | EdwinSir Fennimore Truscott | |
| 1983 | Return of the JediBen 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi | |
| 1983 | LovesickSigmund Freud | |
| 1982 | Smiley's PeopleGeorge Smiley | |
| 1980 | The Empire Strikes BackObi-Wan Kenobi | |
| 1980 | Raise the TitanicJohn Bigalow | |
| 1980 | Little Lord FauntleroyEarl of Dorincourt | |
| 1980 | SP FX: The Empire Strikes BackObi Wan Kenobi | |
| 1979 | Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyGeorge Smiley | |
| 1978 | The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness | |
| 1978 | The Star Wars Holiday SpecialBen (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1978 | The South Bank ShowSelf | |
| 1977 | Star WarsObi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi | |
| 1977 | The Making of Star WarsSelf | |
| 1976 | Murder by DeathButler Jamesir Bensonmum | |
| 1976 | Caesar and CleopatraCaesar | |
| 1975 | ApostrophesSelf | |
| 1974 | The Gift of FriendshipJocelyn Broome | |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten DaysAdolf Hitler | |
| 1972 | Brother Sun, Sister MoonPapst Innozenz III. | |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesFather Quixote | |
| 1970 | CromwellKing Charles I | |
| 1970 | ScroogeJacob Marley's Ghost | |
| 1970 | The Ealing ComediesSelf | |
| 1970 | Twelfth NightMalvolio | |
| 1967 | The ComediansMajor H. O. Jones | |
| 1967 | The Comedians in AfricaSelf (uncredited) | |
| 1967 | Lionpower from MGMSelf - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1967 | OmnibusSelf | |
| 1966 | The Quiller MemorandumPol | |
| 1966 | Hotel ParadisoBenedict Boniface | |
| 1965 | Doctor ZhivagoGen. Yevgraf Zhivago | |
| 1965 | PasternakSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1965 | Situation Hopeless — But Not SeriousWilhelm Frick | |
| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman EmpireMarcus Aurelius | |
| 1962 | Lawrence of ArabiaPrince Feisal | |
| 1962 | H.M.S. DefiantCaptain Crawford | |
| 1961 | A Majority of OneKoichi Asano | |
| 1960 | Our Man in HavanaJim Wormold | |
| 1960 | Tunes of GloryMaj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M. | |
| 1959 | The ScapegoatJohn Barratt / Jacques De Gue | |
| 1959 | Startime | |
| 1958 | The Horse's MouthGulley Jimson | |
| 1958 | The Rise and Fall of a Jungle GiantSelf | |
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River KwaiCol. Nicholson | |
| 1957 | Barnacle BillCaptain William Horatio Ambrose | |
| 1956 | The SwanPrince Albert | |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" | |
| 1955 | The LadykillersProfessor Marcus | |
| 1955 | The PrisonerThe Cardinal | |
| 1955 | To Paris with LoveSir Edgar Fraser | |
| 1955 | Rowlandson's EnglandNarrator | |
| 1955 | MGM Paradeself | |
| 1954 | Father BrownFather Brown | |
| 1954 | The Stratford AdventureSelf | |
| 1953 | The Captain's ParadiseCaptain Henry St. James | |
| 1953 | Malta StoryFlight Lt. Peter Ross | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| 1952 | The CardEdward Henry 'Denry' Machin | |
| 1951 | The Man in the White SuitSidney Stratton | |
| 1951 | The Lavender Hill MobHenry 'Dutch' Holland | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameJulius Caesar | |
| 1950 | Last HolidayGeorge Bird | |
| 1950 | The MudlarkBenjamin Disraeli | |
| 1949 | Kind Hearts and CoronetsThe D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha | |
| 1949 | A Run for Your MoneyWhimple | |
| 1948 | Oliver TwistFagin | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf | |
| 1946 | Great ExpectationsHerbert Pocket | |
| 1934 | EvensongW.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited) |
| 1958 | The Horse's MouthWriter |
| 1987 | Grace Kelly: The American PrincessThanks |