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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2021
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Character:Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Release Date:18/12/2019
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Character:Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Release Date:15/12/2015
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Character:Self
Release Date:15/12/2015
Starring Sigmund Freud
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/11/2012
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Character:Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:10/05/2007
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:16/09/2006
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Character:Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Release Date:18/09/2004
The Story of Star Wars
Character:Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Release Date:18/08/2004
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/11/2000
Eskimo Day
Character:James
Release Date:04/04/1996
Mute Witness
Character:The Reaper
Release Date:15/09/1995
A Foreign Field
Character:Amos
Release Date:10/09/1993
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/08/1993
Tales from Hollywood
Character:Heinrich Mann
Release Date:18/10/1992
Kafka
Character:The Chief Clerk
Release Date:15/11/1991
A Handful of Dust
Character:Mr. Todd
Release Date:24/06/1988
Little Dorrit
Character:William Dorrit
Release Date:11/12/1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/06/1987
Monsignor Quixote
Character:Father Quixote
Release Date:01/01/1985
David Lean: A Life in Film
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1985
A Passage to India
Character:Professor Godbole
Release Date:14/12/1984
Edwin
Character:Sir Fennimore Truscott
Release Date:01/01/1984
Return of the Jedi
Character:Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Release Date:25/05/1983
Lovesick
Character:Sigmund Freud
Release Date:18/02/1983
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Character:Earl of Dorincourt
Release Date:01/12/1980
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Character:Obi Wan Kenobi
Release Date:22/09/1980
Raise the Titanic
Character:John Bigalow
Release Date:01/08/1980
The Empire Strikes Back
Character:Obi-Wan Kenobi
Release Date:20/05/1980
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
Character:
Release Date:31/12/1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Character:Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:17/11/1978
The Making of Star Wars
Character:Self
Release Date:16/09/1977
Star Wars
Character:Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Release Date:25/05/1977
Murder by Death
Character:Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Release Date:23/06/1976
Caesar and Cleopatra
Character:Caesar
Release Date:01/02/1976
The Gift of Friendship
Character:Jocelyn Broome
Release Date:24/09/1974
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Character:Adolf Hitler
Release Date:19/04/1973
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Character:Papst Innozenz III.
Release Date:03/03/1972
Scrooge
Character:Jacob Marley's Ghost
Release Date:05/11/1970
The Ealing Comedies
Character:Self
Release Date:08/09/1970
Cromwell
Character:King Charles I
Release Date:16/07/1970
Twelfth Night
Character:Malvolio
Release Date:12/07/1970
The Comedians
Character:Major H. O. Jones
Release Date:31/10/1967
The Comedians in Africa
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:31/08/1967
Lionpower from MGM
Character:Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1967
The Quiller Memorandum
Character:Pol
Release Date:10/11/1966
Hotel Paradiso
Character:Benedict Boniface
Release Date:01/03/1966
Pasternak
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/1965
Doctor Zhivago
Character:Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Release Date:22/12/1965
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
Character:Wilhelm Frick
Release Date:13/10/1965
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Character:Marcus Aurelius
Release Date:24/03/1964
Lawrence of Arabia
Character:Prince Feisal
Release Date:11/12/1962
H.M.S. Defiant
Character:Captain Crawford
Release Date:15/04/1962
A Majority of One
Character:Koichi Asano
Release Date:27/12/1961
Tunes of Glory
Character:Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
Release Date:17/09/1960
Our Man in Havana
Character:Jim Wormold
Release Date:27/01/1960
The Scapegoat
Character:John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
Release Date:06/08/1959
The Horse's Mouth
Character:Gulley Jimson
Release Date:11/11/1958
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1958
Barnacle Bill
Character:Captain William Horatio Ambrose
Release Date:17/12/1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Character:Col. Nicholson
Release Date:11/10/1957
The Swan
Character:Prince Albert
Release Date:26/04/1956
The Ladykillers
Character:Professor Marcus
Release Date:08/12/1955
The Prisoner
Character:The Cardinal
Release Date:19/04/1955
To Paris with Love
Character:Sir Edgar Fraser
Release Date:01/01/1955
Rowlandson's England
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1955
The Stratford Adventure
Character:Self
Release Date:02/08/1954
Father Brown
Character:Father Brown
Release Date:08/06/1954
The Captain's Paradise
Character:Captain Henry St. James
Release Date:09/06/1953
Malta Story
Character:Flight Lt. Peter Ross
Release Date:01/06/1953
The Card
Character:Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
Release Date:25/02/1952
The Man in the White Suit
Character:Sidney Stratton
Release Date:07/08/1951
The Lavender Hill Mob
Character:Henry 'Dutch' Holland
Release Date:28/06/1951
The Mudlark
Character:Benjamin Disraeli
Release Date:03/10/1950
Last Holiday
Character:George Bird
Release Date:15/05/1950
A Run for Your Money
Character:Whimple
Release Date:23/11/1949
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Character:The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Release Date:21/06/1949
Oliver Twist
Character:Fagin
Release Date:28/06/1948
Great Expectations
Character:Herbert Pocket
Release Date:26/12/1946
Evensong
Character:W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)
Release Date:03/09/1934
Television Appearances
Talking Pictures
Character:Self (archive footage)
Performance
Character:Heinrich Mann
Screen One
Character:Amos
Smiley's People
Character:George Smiley
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Character:George Smiley
The South Bank Show
Character:Self
Apostrophes
Character:Self
Great Performances
Character:Father Quixote
Omnibus
Character:Self
Startime
Character:
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
The Oscars
Character:Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Julius Caesar
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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