Alec Guinness
Acting
Born: 1914-04-02 in 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
Great Performances
Father Quixote
Star Wars
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Apostrophes
Self
American Playhouse
Heinrich Mann
Omnibus
Self
The South Bank Show
Self
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
ITV Playhouse
Jocelyn Broome
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Executioner
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
Return of the Jedi
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
The Oscars
Self
Performance
Heinrich Mann
Lawrence of Arabia
Prince Feisal
MGM Parade
self
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Nicholson
Smiley's People
George Smiley
Screen One
Amos
Startime
Jebal Deeks
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Doctor Zhivago
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Murder by Death
Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Smiley
Great Expectations
Herbert Pocket
Oliver Twist
Fagin
Mute Witness
The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
Twelfth Night
Malvolio
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Marcus Aurelius
The Ladykillers
Professor Marcus
Raise the Titanic
John Bigalow
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Julius Caesar
A Passage to India
Professor Godbole
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Earl of Dorincourt
The Swan
Prince Albert
Monsignor Quixote
Father Quixote