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
| Birth Location | Marylebone, London, England, UK |
|---|---|
| Born | 1914-04-02 |
| Died | 2000-08-05 |
Movies
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
2019
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
2015
2015
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2006
When Star Wars Ruled the World
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2004
The Story of Star Wars
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2004
The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia'
as Self (archive footage)
2003
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Eskimo Day
as James
1996
Mute Witness
as The Reaper
1995
A Foreign Field
as Amos
1993
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
1993
Tales from Hollywood
as Heinrich Mann
1992
Kafka
as The Chief Clerk
1991
A Handful of Dust
as Mr. Todd
1988
Little Dorrit
as William Dorrit
1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
1987
David Lean: A Life in Film
as Self
1985
Monsignor Quixote
as Father Quixote
1985
A Passage to India
as Professor Godbole
1984
Edwin
as Sir Fennimore Truscott
1984
Return of the Jedi
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
1983
Lovesick
as Sigmund Freud
1983
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Earl of Dorincourt
1980
SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back
as Obi Wan Kenobi
1980
Raise the Titanic
as John Bigalow
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
1980
The Star Wars Holiday Special
as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
1978
The Making of Star Wars
as Self
1977
Star Wars
as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
1977
Murder by Death
as Bensonmum
1976
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Caesar
1976
The Gift of Friendship
as Jocelyn Broome
1974
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
as Adolf Hitler
1973
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
as Papst Innozenz III.
1972
Scrooge
as Jacob Marley's Ghost
1970
Cromwell
as King Charles I
1970
The Ealing Comedies
as Self
1970
Twelfth Night
as Malvolio
1969
The Comedians
as Major H. O. Jones
1967
The Comedians in Africa
as Self (uncredited)
1967
The Quiller Memorandum
as Pol
1966
Hotel Paradiso
as Benedict Boniface
1966
Pasternak
as Himself
1965
Doctor Zhivago
as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
1965
Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious
as Wilhelm Frick
1965
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Marcus Aurelius
1964
Lawrence of Arabia
as Prince Feisal
1962
H.M.S. Defiant
as Captain Crawford
1962
A Majority of One
as Koichi Asano
1961
Tunes of Glory
as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
1960
Our Man in Havana
as Jim Wormold
1960
The Scapegoat
as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
1959
The Horse's Mouth
as Gulley Jimson
1958
1958
Barnacle Bill
as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Col. Nicholson
1957
The Swan
as Prince Albert
1956
The Ladykillers
as Professor Marcus
1955
The Prisoner
as The Cardinal
1955
To Paris with Love
as Sir Edgar Fraser
1955
The Stratford Adventure
as Self
1954
Father Brown
as Father Brown
1954
The Captain's Paradise
as Captain Henry St. James
1953
Malta Story
as Flight Lt. Peter Ross
1953
The Card
as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
1952
The Man in the White Suit
as Sidney Stratton
1951
The Lavender Hill Mob
as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
1951
The Mudlark
as Benjamin Disraeli
1950
Last Holiday
as George Bird
1950
A Run for Your Money
as Whimple
1949
Kind Hearts and Coronets
as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
1949
Oliver Twist
as Fagin
1948
Great Expectations
as Herbert Pocket
1946
Evensong
as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)
1934
