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Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 02, 1914
Died Aug 05, 2000 (86)
Birthplace Marylebone, London, England, UK
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Jul 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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 Th ... e 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.

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Filmography

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)

Hitler: The Comedy Years

Hitler: The Comedy Years

2007

as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)

When Star Wars Ruled the World

When Star Wars Ruled the World

2004

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

The Story of Star Wars

The Story of Star Wars

2004

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

Eskimo Day

Eskimo Day

1996

as James

Mute Witness

Mute Witness

1995

as The Reaper

A Foreign Field

A Foreign Field

1993

as Amos

Tales from Hollywood

Tales from Hollywood

1992

as Heinrich Mann

Kafka

Kafka

1991

as The Chief Clerk

A Handful of Dust

A Handful of Dust

1988

as Mr. Todd

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

1987

as William Dorrit

Monsignor Quixote

Monsignor Quixote

1985

as Father Quixote

Edwin

Edwin

1984

as Sir Fennimore Truscott

A Passage to India

A Passage to India

1984

as Professor Godbole

Lovesick

Lovesick

1983

as Sigmund Freud

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

1983

as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980

as Earl of Dorincourt

Raise the Titanic

Raise the Titanic

1980

as John Bigalow

SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back

SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back

1980

as Obi Wan Kenobi

The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

The Star Wars Holiday Special

The Star Wars Holiday Special

1978

as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)

Star Wars

Star Wars

1977

as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi

Murder by Death

Murder by Death

1976

as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum

Caesar and Cleopatra

Caesar and Cleopatra

1976

as Caesar

The Gift of Friendship

The Gift of Friendship

1974

as Jocelyn Broome

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973

as Adolf Hitler

Cromwell

Cromwell

1970

as King Charles I

Scrooge

Scrooge

1970

as Jacob Marley's Ghost

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

1970

as Malvolio

The Comedians

The Comedians

1967

as Major H. O. Jones

Hotel Paradiso

Hotel Paradiso

1966

as Benedict Boniface

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

1965

as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964

as Marcus Aurelius

H.M.S. Defiant

H.M.S. Defiant

1962

as Captain Crawford

Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

1962

as Prince Feisal

A Majority of One

A Majority of One

1961

as Koichi Asano

Tunes of Glory

Tunes of Glory

1960

as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.

Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana

1960

as Jim Wormold

The Scapegoat

The Scapegoat

1959

as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue

The Horse's Mouth

The Horse's Mouth

1958

as Gulley Jimson

Barnacle Bill

Barnacle Bill

1957

as Captain William Horatio Ambrose

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

as Col. Nicholson

The Swan

The Swan

1956

as Prince Albert

The Prisoner

The Prisoner

1955

as The Cardinal

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers

1955

as Professor Marcus

Rowlandson's England

Rowlandson's England

1955

as Narrator

To Paris with Love

To Paris with Love

1955

as Sir Edgar Fraser

Father Brown

Father Brown

1954

as Father Brown

The Captain's Paradise

The Captain's Paradise

1953

as Captain Henry St. James

Malta Story

Malta Story

1953

as Flight Lt. Peter Ross

The Card

The Card

1952

as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin

The Man in the White Suit

The Man in the White Suit

1951

as Sidney Stratton

The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951

as Henry 'Dutch' Holland

Last Holiday

Last Holiday

1950

as George Bird

The Mudlark

The Mudlark

1950

as Benjamin Disraeli

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949

as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha

A Run for Your Money

A Run for Your Money

1949

as Whimple

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1948

as Fagin

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1946

as Herbert Pocket

Evensong

Evensong

1934

as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)

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Academy Awards Best Actor The Bridge on the River Kwai Nominated
BAFTA Awards Best Actor The Horse's Mouth Nominated
Television Credits

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

as George Smiley

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Sep 10, 1979

Smiley's People

as George Smiley

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 20, 1982

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Julius Caesar

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

Performance

as Heinrich Mann

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 22, 1991

Screen One

as Amos

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1989

Great Performances

as Father Quixote

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1971

The South Bank Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 14, 1978

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 24, 1956

Startime

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 1959

Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 05, 2013

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

Omnibus

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 13, 1967

Apostrophes

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1975

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