Acting
Alec Guinness
EN, FR, NL, IT cinema · 82 credits
Born
2 April 1914
Died
5 August 2000 (aged 86)
Birthplace
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Also known as Alec Guinness de Cuffe · Sir Alec Guinness
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.
Known for
Filmography
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
2021
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
as Self (archive footage)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
Starring Sigmund Freud
as (archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
as Self (archive footage)
Eskimo Day
as James
Mute Witness
as The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
A Foreign Field
as Amos
Tales from Hollywood
as Heinrich Mann
Kafka
as The Chief Clerk
A Handful of Dust
as Mr. Todd
Little Dorrit
as William Dorrit
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage), Thanks
Monsignor Quixote
as Father Quixote
A Passage to India
as Professor Godbole
Edwin
as Sir Fennimore Truscott
Return of the Jedi
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Lovesick
as Sigmund Freud
The Empire Strikes Back
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Raise the Titanic
as John Bigalow
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Earl of Dorincourt
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
as Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Star Wars Holiday Special
as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Wars
as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Murder by Death
as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Caesar
The Gift of Friendship
as Jocelyn Broome
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
as Adolf Hitler
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
as Papst Innozenz III.
Cromwell
as King Charles I
Scrooge
as Jacob Marley's Ghost
Twelfth Night
as Malvolio
The Comedians
as Major H. O. Jones
The Comedians in Africa
as Self (uncredited)
Lionpower from MGM
as Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hotel Paradiso
as Benedict Boniface
Doctor Zhivago
as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Pasternak
as Self (archive footage)
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious
as Wilhelm Frick
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Marcus Aurelius
Lawrence of Arabia
as Prince Feisal
H.M.S. Defiant
as Captain Crawford
A Majority of One
as Koichi Asano
Our Man in Havana
as Jim Wormold
Tunes of Glory
as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
The Scapegoat
as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
The Horse's Mouth
as Gulley Jimson, Writer
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Col. Nicholson
Barnacle Bill
as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
The Swan
as Prince Albert
The Ladykillers
as Professor Marcus
The Prisoner
as The Cardinal
To Paris with Love
as Sir Edgar Fraser
Father Brown
as Father Brown
The Captain's Paradise
as Captain Henry St. James
Malta Story
as Flight Lt. Peter Ross
The Card
as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
The Man in the White Suit
as Sidney Stratton
The Lavender Hill Mob
as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
Last Holiday
as George Bird
The Mudlark
as Benjamin Disraeli
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
A Run for Your Money
as Whimple
Oliver Twist
as Fagin
Great Expectations
as Herbert Pocket
Evensong
as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)