Personal Info
Known Credits
80
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1914-04-02 (111 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Also Known For
Alec Guinness de CuffeSir Alec GuinnessСэр Алек Гиннесс
Alec Guinness
Biography
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 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 adaptatio ...
Known For
Acting
2022 --
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
| Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019 --
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
| Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
2015 --
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
| Self
2015 --
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
| Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
2012 --
Starring Sigmund Freud
| (archive footage)
2007 --
Hitler: The Comedy Years
| Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006 --
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
| Self - Actor (archive footage)
2004 --
When Star Wars Ruled the World
| Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2004 --
The Story of Star Wars
| Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2003 --
The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia'
| Self (archive footage)
2000 --
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
| Self (archive footage)
1996 --
Eskimo Day
| James
1995 --
Mute Witness
| The Reaper
1993 --
A Foreign Field
| Amos
1993 --
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
| Self (archive footage)
1992 --
Tales from Hollywood
| Heinrich Mann
1991 --
Kafka
| The Chief Clerk
1988 --
A Handful of Dust
| Mr. Todd
1987 --
Little Dorrit
| William Dorrit
1987 --
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
| Self (archive footage)
1985 --
David Lean: A Life in Film
| Self
1985 --
Monsignor Quixote
| Father Quixote
1984 --
A Passage to India
| Professor Godbole
1984 --
Edwin
| Sir Fennimore Truscott
1983 --
Return of the Jedi
| Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
1983 --
Lovesick
| Sigmund Freud
1980 --
Little Lord Fauntleroy
| Earl of Dorincourt
1980 --
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
| Obi Wan Kenobi
1980 --
Raise the Titanic
| John Bigalow
1980 --
The Empire Strikes Back
| Obi-Wan Kenobi
1978 --
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
|
1978 --
The Star Wars Holiday Special
| Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
1977 --
The Making of Star Wars
| Self
1977 --
Star Wars
| Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
1976 --
Murder by Death
| Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
1976 --
Caesar and Cleopatra
| Caesar
1974 --
The Gift of Friendship
| Jocelyn Broome
1973 --
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
| Adolf Hitler
1972 --
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
| Papst Innozenz III.
1970 --
Scrooge
| Jacob Marley's Ghost
1970 --
The Ealing Comedies
| Self
1970 --
Cromwell
| King Charles I
1970 --
Twelfth Night
| Malvolio
1967 --
The Comedians
| Major H. O. Jones
1967 --
The Comedians in Africa
| Self (uncredited)
1966 --
The Quiller Memorandum
| Pol
1966 --
Hotel Paradiso
| Benedict Boniface
1965 --
Pasternak
| Himself
1965 --
Doctor Zhivago
| Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
1965 --
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
| Wilhelm Frick
1964 --
The Fall of the Roman Empire
| Marcus Aurelius
1962 --
Lawrence of Arabia
| Prince Feisal
1962 --
H.M.S. Defiant
| Captain Crawford
1961 --
A Majority of One
| Koichi Asano
1960 --
Tunes of Glory
| Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
1960 --
Our Man in Havana
| Jim Wormold
1959 --
The Scapegoat
| John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
1958 --
The Horse's Mouth
| Gulley Jimson
1958 --
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
| Self
1957 --
Barnacle Bill
| Captain William Horatio Ambrose
1957 --
The Bridge on the River Kwai
| Col. Nicholson
1956 --
The Swan
| Prince Albert
1955 --
The Ladykillers
| Professor Marcus
1955 --
The Prisoner
| The Cardinal
1955 --
Rowlandson's England
| Narrator
1955 --
To Paris with Love
| Sir Edgar Fraser
1954 --
The Stratford Adventure
| Self
1954 --
Father Brown
| Father Brown
1953 --
The Captain's Paradise
| Captain Henry St. James
1953 --
Malta Story
| Flight Lt. Peter Ross
1952 --
The Card
| Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
1951 --
The Man in the White Suit
| Sidney Stratton
1951 --
The Lavender Hill Mob
| Henry 'Dutch' Holland
1950 --
The Mudlark
| Benjamin Disraeli
1950 --
Last Holiday
| George Bird
1949 --
A Run for Your Money
| Whimple
1949 --
Kind Hearts and Coronets
| The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
1948 --
Oliver Twist
| Fagin
1946 --
Great Expectations
| Herbert Pocket
1934 --
Evensong
| W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)