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
Star Wars
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Return of the Jedi
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Lawrence of Arabia
Prince Feisal
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Nicholson
Doctor Zhivago
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Murder by Death
Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
The Ladykillers
Professor Marcus
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Great Expectations
Herbert Pocket
A Passage to India
Professor Godbole
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Earl of Dorincourt
The Lavender Hill Mob
Henry 'Dutch' Holland
Oliver Twist
Fagin
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Marcus Aurelius
The Man in the White Suit
Sidney Stratton
Scrooge
Jacob Marley's Ghost
Mute Witness
The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
Kafka
The Chief Clerk
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Papst Innozenz III.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Smiley
Our Man in Havana
Jim Wormold
Raise the Titanic
John Bigalow
Cromwell
King Charles I
The Quiller Memorandum
Pol
The Oscars
Self
Tunes of Glory
Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
H.M.S. Defiant
Captain Crawford
Last Holiday
George Bird
Smiley's People
George Smiley
The Horse's Mouth
Gulley Jimson
The Comedians
Major H. O. Jones
A Handful of Dust
Mr. Todd
The Card
Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Adolf Hitler
The Scapegoat
John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
The Making of Star Wars
Self