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.

Filmography

• Star Wars as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
• Doctor Zhivago as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
• Lawrence of Arabia as Prince Feisal
• The Bridge on the River Kwai as Col. Nicholson
• Kafka as The Chief Clerk
• Return of the Jedi as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
• Pasternak as Self (archive footage)
• The Empire Strikes Back as Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Brother Sun, Sister Moon as Papst Innozenz III.
• Oliver Twist as Fagin