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
• Return of the Jedi as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
• The Empire Strikes Back as Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Oliver Twist as Fagin
• The Ladykillers as Professor Marcus
• Murder by Death as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
• Kind Hearts and Coronets as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha

TV

• The South Bank Show as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame as Julius Caesar
• The Steve Allen Show as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
• Smiley's People as George Smiley
• The Oscars as Self
• Startime
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley
• Performance as Heinrich Mann
• Screen One as Amos
• Talking Pictures as Self (archive footage)