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Alec Guinness

Acting Born Apr 2, 1914 Marylebone, London, England, UK 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Star Wars

as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Film

The Empire Strikes Back

as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Film

Lawrence of Arabia

as Prince Feisal

Full filmography

  • Great Performances (1971) as Father Quixote
  • Apostrophes (1975) as Self
  • Star Wars (1977) as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • MGM Parade (1955) as self
  • Film '72 (1971) as Self
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • Omnibus (1967) as Self
  • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as The Executioner
  • The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Obi-Wan Kenobi
  • The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
  • ITV Playhouse (1967) as Jocelyn Broome
  • The South Bank Show (1978) as Self
  • Screen One (1989) as Amos
  • Return of the Jedi (1983) as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
  • Performance (1991) as Heinrich Mann
  • Startime (1959) as Jebal Deeks
  • Lawrence of Arabia (1962) as Prince Feisal
  • Doctor Zhivago (1965) as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) as Col. Nicholson
  • Talking Pictures (2013) as Self (archive footage)
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) as George Smiley