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Alec Guinness
Born · April 2, 1914
Died · August 5, 2000 (86 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Marylebone, London, England, UK
Bio
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)
6.8
2022
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
6.3
2019
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
7.3
2015
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Self
6.3
2015
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
5.0
2013
Starring Sigmund Freud
(archive footage)
0.0
2012
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.0
2007
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Actor (archive footage)
7.2
2006
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
8.8
2004
The Story of Star Wars
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
7.1
2004
The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia'
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2003
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
Self (archive footage)
6.3
2000
Eskimo Day
James
8.0
1996
Mute Witness
The Reaper
6.4
1995
A Foreign Field
Amos
0.0
1993
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self (archive footage)
7.0
1993
Tales from Hollywood
Heinrich Mann
1.0
1992
Kafka
The Chief Clerk
6.4
1991
Performance
Heinrich Mann · (1 episode)
6.0
1991
Screen One
Amos · (1 episode)
7.0
1989
A Handful of Dust
Mr. Todd
6.2
1988
Little Dorrit
William Dorrit
6.5
1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
6.5
1987
Monsignor Quixote
Father Quixote
8.5
1985
David Lean: A Life in Film
Self
6.0
1985
A Passage to India
Professor Godbole
6.8
1984
Edwin
Sir Fennimore Truscott
8.0
1984
Return of the Jedi
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
7.9
1983
Lovesick
Sigmund Freud
5.5
1983
Smiley's People
George Smiley · (6 episodes)
7.7
1982
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Earl of Dorincourt
7.4
1980
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Obi Wan Kenobi
8.6
1980
Raise the Titanic
John Bigalow
5.3
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
8.4
1980
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Smiley · (7 episodes)
7.6
1979
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
0.0
1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
3.4
1978
The South Bank Show
Self · (2 episodes)
5.6
1978
The Making of Star Wars
Self
7.0
1977
Star Wars
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
8.2
1977
Murder by Death
Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
7.2
1976
Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar
6.0
1976
Apostrophes
Self · (1 episode)
8.5
1975
The Gift of Friendship
Jocelyn Broome
0.0
1974
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Adolf Hitler
6.1
1973
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Papst Innozenz III.
7.0
1972
Great Performances
Father Quixote · (1 episode)
5.4
1971
Scrooge
Jacob Marley's Ghost
6.9
1970
The Ealing Comedies
Self
0.0
1970
Cromwell
King Charles I
6.5
1970
Twelfth Night
Malvolio
6.4
1970
The Comedians
Major H. O. Jones
6.1
1967
Omnibus
Self · (1 episode)
7.3
1967
The Comedians in Africa
Self (uncredited)
5.3
1967
The Quiller Memorandum
Pol
5.7
1966
Hotel Paradiso
Benedict Boniface
5.4
1966
Pasternak
Himself
5.0
1965
Doctor Zhivago
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
7.6
1965
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
Wilhelm Frick
7.0
1965
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Marcus Aurelius
6.5
1964
Lawrence of Arabia
Prince Feisal
8.0
1962
H.M.S. Defiant
Captain Crawford
6.5
1962
A Majority of One
Koichi Asano
5.7
1961
Tunes of Glory
Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
7.1
1960
Our Man in Havana
Jim Wormold
6.7
1960
Startime
(1 episode)
6.0
1959
The Scapegoat
John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
6.8
1959
The Horse's Mouth
Gulley Jimson
6.8
1958
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Self
0.0
1958
Barnacle Bill
Captain William Horatio Ambrose
6.4
1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Nicholson
7.8
1957
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
The Swan
Prince Albert
6.9
1956
The Ladykillers
Professor Marcus
7.3
1955
The Prisoner
The Cardinal
7.2
1955
To Paris with Love
Sir Edgar Fraser
5.2
1955
Rowlandson's England
Narrator
0.0
1955
The Stratford Adventure
Self
6.0
1954
Father Brown
Father Brown
6.3
1954
The Captain's Paradise
Captain Henry St. James
5.5
1953
Malta Story
Flight Lt. Peter Ross
5.9
1953
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
6.9
1953
The Card
Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
6.9
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Julius Caesar · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
The Man in the White Suit
Sidney Stratton
6.8
1951
The Lavender Hill Mob
Henry 'Dutch' Holland
7.2
1951
The Mudlark
Benjamin Disraeli
6.5
1950
Last Holiday
George Bird
7.2
1950
A Run for Your Money
Whimple
5.9
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
7.7
1949
Oliver Twist
Fagin
7.5
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
1948
Great Expectations
Herbert Pocket
7.3
1946
Evensong
W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)
0.0
1934