Alec Guinness
Acting
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
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movieWay of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
Self - (archive footage)
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
movieStar Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
tvTalking Pictures
2013
Self (archive footage)
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
(archive footage)
movieHitler: The Comedy Years
2007
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieGrace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006
Self - Actor (archive footage)
movieWhen Star Wars Ruled the World
2004
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
movieThe Story of Star Wars
2004
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
movieThe Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000
Self (archive footage)
movieEskimo Day
1996
James
movieMute Witness
1995
The Reaper
movieAudrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
Self (archive footage)
movieTales from Hollywood
1992
Heinrich Mann
movieKafka
1991
The Chief Clerk
tvPerformance
1991
Heinrich Mann
tvScreen One
1989
Amos
movieA Handful of Dust
1988
Mr. Todd
movieLittle Dorrit
1987
William Dorrit
movieGrace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
Self (archive footage)
movieMonsignor Quixote
1985
Father Quixote
movieA Passage to India
1984
Professor Godbole
movieEdwin
1984
Sir Fennimore Truscott
movieReturn of the Jedi
1983
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
movieLovesick
1983
Sigmund Freud
tvSmiley's People
1982
George Smiley
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Heinrich Mann
movieLittle Lord Fauntleroy
1980
Earl of Dorincourt
movieSP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
movieRaise the Titanic
1980
John Bigalow
movieThe Empire Strikes Back
1980
Obi-Wan Kenobi
tvTinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
George Smiley
movieThe Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieStar Wars
1977
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
movieMurder by Death
1976
Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
movieThe Gift of Friendship
1974
Jocelyn Broome
movieHitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
Adolf Hitler
movieBrother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
Papst Innozenz III.
tvGreat Performances
1971
Father Quixote
movieScrooge
1970
Jacob Marley's Ghost
movieCromwell
1970
King Charles I
movieTwelfth Night
1970
Malvolio
movieThe Comedians
1967
Major H. O. Jones
tvOmnibus
1967
Self
tvITV Playhouse
1967
Jocelyn Broome
movieThe Comedians in Africa
1967
Self (uncredited)
movieLionpower from MGM
1967
Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieHotel Paradiso
1966
Benedict Boniface
moviePasternak
1965
Self (archive footage)
movieDoctor Zhivago
1965
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
movieSituation Hopeless — But Not Serious
1965
Wilhelm Frick
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
The Executioner
movieThe Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
Marcus Aurelius
movieLawrence of Arabia
1962
Prince Feisal
movieH.M.S. Defiant
1962
Captain Crawford
movieA Majority of One
1961
Koichi Asano
movieTunes of Glory
1960
Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
movieOur Man in Havana
1960
Jim Wormold
tvStartime
1959
Jebal Deeks
movieThe Scapegoat
1959
John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
movieThe Horse's Mouth
1958
Gulley Jimson
movieBarnacle Bill
1957
Captain William Horatio Ambrose
movieThe Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
Col. Nicholson
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956
Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
movieThe Swan
1956
Prince Albert
movieThe Ladykillers
1955
Professor Marcus
tvMGM Parade
1955
self
movieThe Prisoner
1955
The Cardinal
movieTo Paris with Love
1955
Sir Edgar Fraser
movieFather Brown
1954
Father Brown
movieThe Captain's Paradise
1953
Captain Henry St. James
movieMalta Story
1953
Flight Lt. Peter Ross
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
movieThe Card
1952
Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Julius Caesar
movieThe Man in the White Suit
1951
Sidney Stratton
movieThe Lavender Hill Mob
1951
Henry 'Dutch' Holland
movieThe Mudlark
1950
Benjamin Disraeli
movieLast Holiday
1950
George Bird
movieKind Hearts and Coronets
1949
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
movieGreat Expectations
1946
Herbert Pocket
movieEvensong
1934
W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)