About

Known credits:
84
Birthday:
1914-04-02
Place of birth:
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Website:
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Alec Guinness

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2022 Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return Actor Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited) 64
Fair
2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Actor Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice) 62
Fair
2015 Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel Actor Self 59
Average
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Actor Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited) 72
Good
2012 Starring Sigmund Freud Actor (archive footage) N/A
N/A
2007 Hitler: The Comedy Years Actor Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited) 59
Average
2006 Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess Actor Self - Actor (archive footage) 59
Average
2004 When Star Wars Ruled the World Actor Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) 59
Average
2004 The Story of Star Wars Actor Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) 59
Average
2003 The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia' Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2000 The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
1996 Eskimo Day Actor James 59
Average
1995 Mute Witness Actor The Reaper 59
Average
1993 A Foreign Field Actor Amos N/A
N/A
1993 Audrey Hepburn: Remembered Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
1992 Tales from Hollywood Actor Heinrich Mann N/A
N/A
1991 Kafka Actor The Chief Clerk 60
Fair
1988 A Handful of Dust Actor Mr. Todd 59
Average
1987 Little Dorrit Actor William Dorrit 59
Average
1987 Grace Kelly: The American Princess Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
1985 Monsignor Quixote Actor Father Quixote 59
Average
1985 David Lean: A Life in Film Actor Self 59
Average
1984 A Passage to India Actor Professor Godbole 62
Fair
1984 Edwin Actor Sir Fennimore Truscott 59
Average
1983 Return of the Jedi Actor Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi 78
Good
1983 Lovesick Actor Sigmund Freud 58
Average
1982 Smiley's People Actor George Smiley 72
Good
1980 Little Lord Fauntleroy Actor Earl of Dorincourt 63
Fair
1980 SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back Actor Obi Wan Kenobi 59
Average
1980 Raise the Titanic Actor John Bigalow 57
Average
1980 The Empire Strikes Back Actor Obi-Wan Kenobi 83
Very good
1979 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Actor George Smiley 72
Good
1978 The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness Actor N/A
N/A
1978 The Star Wars Holiday Special Actor Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited) 46
Bad
1977 The Making of Star Wars Actor Self 59
Average
1977 Star Wars Actor Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi 81
Very good
1976 Murder by Death Actor Butler Jamesir Bensonmum 66
Fair
1976 Caesar and Cleopatra Actor Caesar 59
Average
1974 The Gift of Friendship Actor Jocelyn Broome N/A
N/A
1973 Hitler: The Last Ten Days Actor Adolf Hitler 59
Average
1972 Brother Sun, Sister Moon Actor Papst Innozenz III. 61
Fair
1970 Scrooge Actor Jacob Marley's Ghost 61
Fair
1970 The Ealing Comedies Actor Self N/A
N/A
1970 Cromwell Actor King Charles I 59
Average
1970 Twelfth Night Actor Malvolio 59
Average
1967 The Comedians Actor Major H. O. Jones 59
Average
1967 The Comedians in Africa Actor Self (uncredited) 58
Average
1966 The Quiller Memorandum Actor Pol 58
Average
1966 Hotel Paradiso Actor Benedict Boniface 58
Average
1965 Pasternak Actor Himself 59
Average
1965 Doctor Zhivago Actor Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago 70
Good
1965 Situation Hopeless - But Not Serious Actor Wilhelm Frick 59
Average
1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire Actor Marcus Aurelius 60
Fair
1962 Lawrence of Arabia Actor Prince Feisal 76
Good
1962 H.M.S. Defiant Actor Captain Crawford 59
Average
1961 A Majority of One Actor Koichi Asano 58
Average
1960 Tunes of Glory Actor Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M. 60
Fair
1960 Our Man in Havana Actor Jim Wormold 60
Fair
1959 The Scapegoat Actor John Barratt / Jacques De Gue 59
Average
1958 The Horse's Mouth Actor Gulley Jimson 59
Average
1958 The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant Actor Self N/A
N/A
1957 Barnacle Bill Actor Captain William Horatio Ambrose 59
Average
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai Actor Col. Nicholson 74
Good
1956 The Swan Actor Prince Albert 59
Average
1955 The Ladykillers Actor Professor Marcus 65
Fair
1955 The Prisoner Actor The Cardinal 59
Average
1955 To Paris with Love Actor Sir Edgar Fraser 58
Average
1955 Rowlandson's England Actor Narrator N/A
N/A
1954 The Stratford Adventure Actor Self 58
Average
1954 Father Brown Actor Father Brown 59
Average
1953 The Captain's Paradise Actor Captain Henry St. James 58
Average
1953 Malta Story Actor Flight Lt. Peter Ross 59
Average
1952 The Card Actor Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin 59
Average
1951 The Man in the White Suit Actor Sidney Stratton 61
Fair
1951 The Lavender Hill Mob Actor Henry 'Dutch' Holland 63
Fair
1950 The Mudlark Actor Benjamin Disraeli 59
Average
1950 Last Holiday Actor George Bird 60
Fair
1949 A Run for Your Money Actor Whimple 58
Average
1949 Kind Hearts and Coronets Actor The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha 68
Fair
1948 Oliver Twist Actor Fagin 63
Fair
1946 Great Expectations Actor Herbert Pocket 64
Fair
1934 Evensong Actor W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited) N/A
N/A

Writing
1958 The Horse's Mouth Writing Writer 59
Average

Crew
1987 Grace Kelly: The American Princess Crew Thanks 59
Average