Alec Guinness
Known for: Acting
Born: April 2, 1914
Died: August 5, 2000
Place of birth: Marylebone, London, England, UK
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
82 movies · 19 TV shows, newest first
2.0
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022NR
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
2021
6.3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
7.2
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
6.3
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
2015
6.2
Talking Pictures
2013NR
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
5.0
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
7.2
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006
8.8
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004
7.2
The Story of Star Wars
2004
6.8
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000
8.0
Eskimo Day
1996
6.4
Mute Witness
1995
7.0
A Foreign Field
1993
7.6
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
3.0
Tales from Hollywood
1992
6.4
Kafka
1991
6.3
Performance
1991
7.2
Screen One
1989
6.1
A Handful of Dust
1988
6.4
Little Dorrit
1987
7.0
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
8.8
Monsignor Quixote
1985
6.0
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985
6.8
A Passage to India
1984
8.0
Edwin
1984
7.9
Return of the Jedi
1983
5.9
Lovesick
1983
7.7
Smiley's People
1982
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
7.3
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
8.2
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980
5.4
Raise the Titanic
1980
8.4
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
7.6
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979NR
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1978
3.4
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
5.6
The South Bank Show
1978
7.1
The Making of Star Wars
1977
8.2
Star Wars
1977
7.1
Murder by Death
1976
8.0
Caesar and Cleopatra
1976
8.5
Apostrophes
1975
10.0
The Gift of Friendship
1974
6.2
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
7.0
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
19725.1
Film '72
1971
6.1
Great Performances
1971
6.8
Scrooge
1970
NR
The Ealing Comedies
1970
6.6
Cromwell
1970
6.5
Twelfth Night
1970
6.1
The Comedians
1967
7.2
Omnibus
1967
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
5.8
The Comedians in Africa
1967
6.3
Lionpower from MGM
1967
5.9
The Quiller Memorandum
1966
6.0
Hotel Paradiso
1966
6.7
Pasternak
1965
7.6
Doctor Zhivago
1965
6.9
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
1965
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
6.5
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
8.0
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
6.5
H.M.S. Defiant
1962
6.1
A Majority of One
1961
7.0
Tunes of Glory
1960
6.7
Our Man in Havana
1960
6.8
Startime
1959
6.8
The Scapegoat
1959
6.8
The Horse's Mouth
1958
NR
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958
NR
...On Seeing Film
1958
6.6
Barnacle Bill
1957
7.8
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
1956
6.9
The Swan
1956
7.3
The Ladykillers
1955
7.5
MGM Parade
1955
7.2
The Prisoner
1955
5.6
To Paris with Love
19558.0
Rowlandson's England
1955
6.2
The Stratford Adventure
1954
6.5
Father Brown
1954
5.7
The Captain's Paradise
1953
6.3
Malta Story
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
7.0
The Card
1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
6.9
The Man in the White Suit
1951
7.2
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
6.6
The Mudlark
1950
7.1
Last Holiday
1950
6.2
A Run for Your Money
1949
7.6
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949
7.6
Oliver Twist
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
7.3
Great Expectations
1946
6.0
Evensong
1934