
Alec Guinness
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE 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 ForActing
- Born2 April 1914 (age 111)
- Place of BirthMarylebone, London, England, UK
Alec Guinness

- Known ForActing
- Born2 April 1914 (age 111)
- Place of BirthMarylebone, London, England, UK
KNOWN FOR
PHOTOS
CREDITS
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
2021

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015

Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
2015
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012

Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006

When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004

The Story of Star Wars
2004

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000

Eskimo Day
1996

Mute Witness
1995

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993

A Foreign Field
1993

Tales from Hollywood
1992

Kafka
1991

A Handful of Dust
1988

Little Dorrit
1987

Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987

Monsignor Quixote
1985

David Lean: A Life in Film
1985

A Passage to India
1984

Edwin
1984

Return of the Jedi
1983

Lovesick
1983

The Empire Strikes Back
1980

Raise the Titanic
1980

Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1978

The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978

Star Wars
1977

The Making of Star Wars
1977

Murder by Death
1976

Caesar and Cleopatra
1976

The Gift of Friendship
1974

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973

Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972

Cromwell
1970

Scrooge
1970

The Ealing Comedies
1970

Twelfth Night
1970

The Comedians
1967

The Comedians in Africa
1967

Lionpower from MGM
1967

The Quiller Memorandum
1966

Hotel Paradiso
1966

Doctor Zhivago
1965

Pasternak
1965

Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
1965

The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964

Lawrence of Arabia
1962

H.M.S. Defiant
1962

A Majority of One
1961

Our Man in Havana
1960

Tunes of Glory
1960

The Scapegoat
1959

The Horse's Mouth
1958

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958

The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957

Barnacle Bill
1957

The Swan
1956

The Ladykillers
1955

The Prisoner
1955

To Paris with Love
1955
Rowlandson's England
1955

Father Brown
1954

The Stratford Adventure
1954

The Captain's Paradise
1953

Malta Story
1953

The Card
1952

The Man in the White Suit
1951

The Lavender Hill Mob
1951

Last Holiday
1950

The Mudlark
1950

Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949

A Run for Your Money
1949

Oliver Twist
1948

Great Expectations
1946
