Alec Guinness
Born
April 2, 1914
Died
August 5, 2000 (86 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England, UK
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.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
2019
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
2015
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Self
2015
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2013
Starring Sigmund Freud
(archive footage)
2012
Honest Trailers
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2012
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2006
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2004
The Story of Star Wars
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2004
The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia'
Self (archive footage)
2003
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
Self (archive footage)
2000
Eskimo Day
James
1996
Mute Witness
The Reaper
1995
A Foreign Field
Amos
1993
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self (archive footage)
1993
Tales from Hollywood
Heinrich Mann
1992
Kafka
The Chief Clerk
1991
Performance
Heinrich Mann · (1 episode)
1991
Screen One
Amos · (1 episode)
1989
A Handful of Dust
Mr. Todd
1988
Little Dorrit
William Dorrit
1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
1987
Monsignor Quixote
Father Quixote
1985
David Lean: A Life in Film
Self
1985
A Passage to India
Professor Godbole
1984
Edwin
Sir Fennimore Truscott
1984
Return of the Jedi
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
1983
Lovesick
Sigmund Freud
1983
Smiley's People
George Smiley · (6 episodes)
1982
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Earl of Dorincourt
1980
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Obi Wan Kenobi
1980
Raise the Titanic
John Bigalow
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
1980
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Smiley · (7 episodes)
1979
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
1978
The South Bank Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1978
The Making of Star Wars
Self
1977
Star Wars
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
1977
Murder by Death
Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
1976
Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar
1976
Apostrophes
Self · (1 episode)
1975
The Gift of Friendship
Jocelyn Broome
1974
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Adolf Hitler
1973
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Papst Innozenz III.
1972
Great Performances
Father Quixote · (1 episode)
1971
Scrooge
Jacob Marley's Ghost
1970
The Ealing Comedies
Self
1970
Cromwell
King Charles I
1970
Twelfth Night
Malvolio
1970
The Comedians
Major H. O. Jones
1967
Omnibus
Self · (1 episode)
1967
The Comedians in Africa
Self (uncredited)
1967
The Quiller Memorandum
Pol
1966
Hotel Paradiso
Benedict Boniface
1966
Pasternak
Himself
1965
Doctor Zhivago
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
1965
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
Wilhelm Frick
1965
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Marcus Aurelius
1964
Lawrence of Arabia
Prince Feisal
1962
H.M.S. Defiant
Captain Crawford
1962
A Majority of One
Koichi Asano
1961
Tunes of Glory
Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
1960
Our Man in Havana
Jim Wormold
1960
Startime
(1 episode)
1959
The Scapegoat
John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
1959
The Horse's Mouth
Gulley Jimson
1958
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Self
1958
Barnacle Bill
Captain William Horatio Ambrose
1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Nicholson
1957
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" · (1 episode)
1956
The Swan
Prince Albert
1956
The Ladykillers
Professor Marcus
1955
The Prisoner
The Cardinal
1955
To Paris with Love
Sir Edgar Fraser
1955
Rowlandson's England
Narrator
1955
The Stratford Adventure
Self
1954
Father Brown
Father Brown
1954
The Captain's Paradise
Captain Henry St. James
1953
Malta Story
Flight Lt. Peter Ross
1953
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
1953
The Card
Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Julius Caesar · (1 episode)
1951
The Man in the White Suit
Sidney Stratton
1951
The Lavender Hill Mob
Henry 'Dutch' Holland
1951
The Mudlark
Benjamin Disraeli
1950
Last Holiday
George Bird
1950
A Run for Your Money
Whimple
1949
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
1949
Oliver Twist
Fagin
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948
Great Expectations
Herbert Pocket
1946
Evensong
W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)
1934