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Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Actor · Born 1914-04-02 · Marylebone, London, England, UK

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Star Wars (1977) — Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
  2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) — Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
  3. The Empire Strikes Back (1980) — Obi-Wan Kenobi
  4. Return of the Jedi (1983) — Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
  5. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) — Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
  6. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) — Prince Feisal
  7. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) — Col. Nicholson
  8. Doctor Zhivago (1965) — Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
  9. Murder by Death (1976) — Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
  10. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) — The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
  11. The Ladykillers (1955) — Professor Marcus
  12. The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) — Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
  13. Great Expectations (1946) — Herbert Pocket
  14. A Passage to India (1984) — Professor Godbole
  15. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) — Earl of Dorincourt
  16. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) — Henry 'Dutch' Holland
  17. Oliver Twist (1948) — Fagin
  18. The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) — Marcus Aurelius
  19. The Man in the White Suit (1951) — Sidney Stratton
  20. Scrooge (1970) — Jacob Marley's Ghost
  21. Mute Witness (1995) — The Reaper
  22. Kafka (1991) — The Chief Clerk
  23. Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) — Papst Innozenz III.
  24. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) — George Smiley
  25. Our Man in Havana (1960) — Jim Wormold
  26. Raise the Titanic (1980) — John Bigalow
  27. Cromwell (1970) — King Charles I
  28. The Quiller Memorandum (1966) — Pol
  29. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  30. Tunes of Glory (1960) — Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
  31. H.M.S. Defiant (1962) — Captain Crawford
  32. Last Holiday (1950) — George Bird
  33. Smiley's People (1982) — George Smiley
  34. The Horse's Mouth (1958) — Gulley Jimson
  35. The Comedians (1967) — Major H. O. Jones
  36. The Card (1952) — Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
  37. A Handful of Dust (1988) — Mr. Todd
  38. The Scapegoat (1959) — John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
  39. Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973) — Adolf Hitler
  40. The Making of Star Wars (1977) — Self