Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Date of Birth:

Apr 02, 1914

Place of Birth:

Marylebone, London, England, UK

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 adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

filmography:

Eskimo Day Eskimo Day

1996

The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness

1978

The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia' The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia'

2003

Monsignor Quixote Monsignor Quixote

1985

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

1958

Twelfth Night Twelfth Night

1970

Tales from Hollywood Tales from Hollywood

1992

Caesar and Cleopatra Caesar and Cleopatra

1976

The Gift of Friendship The Gift of Friendship

1974

A Majority of One A Majority of One

1961

Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious

1965

To Paris with Love To Paris with Love

1955

The Comedians The Comedians

1967

The Prisoner The Prisoner

1955

Father Brown Father Brown

1954

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

2000

Hotel Paradiso Hotel Paradiso

1966

The Scapegoat The Scapegoat

1959

The Mudlark The Mudlark

1950

Evensong Evensong

1934

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

2022

The Comedians in Africa The Comedians in Africa

1967

A Foreign Field A Foreign Field

1993

The Story of Star Wars The Story of Star Wars

2004

David Lean: A Life in Film David Lean: A Life in Film

1985

Edwin Edwin

1984

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

2006

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019

The Making of Star Wars The Making of Star Wars

1977

Starring Sigmund Freud Starring Sigmund Freud

2012

The Stratford Adventure The Stratford Adventure

1954

When Star Wars Ruled the World When Star Wars Ruled the World

2004

Grace Kelly: The American Princess Grace Kelly: The American Princess

1987

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

1993

The Star Wars Holiday Special The Star Wars Holiday Special

1978

Rowlandson's England Rowlandson's England

1955

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

1980

Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel

2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015

The Ealing Comedies The Ealing Comedies

1970

Lovesick Lovesick

1983

Kind Hearts and Coronets Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949

Cromwell Cromwell

1970

Murder by Death Murder by Death

1976

Raise the Titanic Raise the Titanic

1980

Our Man in Havana Our Man in Havana

1960

Scrooge Scrooge

1970

The Lavender Hill Mob The Lavender Hill Mob

1951

The Man in the White Suit The Man in the White Suit

1951

The Ladykillers The Ladykillers

1955

Oliver Twist Oliver Twist

1948

The Bridge on the River Kwai The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

Lawrence of Arabia Lawrence of Arabia

1962

Doctor Zhivago Doctor Zhivago

1965

Kafka Kafka

1991

Pasternak Pasternak

1965

Brother Sun, Sister Moon Brother Sun, Sister Moon

1972

Return of the Jedi Return of the Jedi

1983

The Empire Strikes Back The Empire Strikes Back

1980

Great Expectations Great Expectations

1946

H.M.S. Defiant H.M.S. Defiant

1962

Little Dorrit Little Dorrit

1987

Last Holiday Last Holiday

1950

The Quiller Memorandum The Quiller Memorandum

1966

Malta Story Malta Story

1953

Hitler: The Last Ten Days Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973

Mute Witness Mute Witness

1995

Hitler: The Comedy Years Hitler: The Comedy Years

2007

The Fall of the Roman Empire The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964

A Handful of Dust A Handful of Dust

1988

Little Lord Fauntleroy Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980

The Card The Card

1952

The Captain's Paradise The Captain's Paradise

1953

Tunes of Glory Tunes of Glory

1960

The Horse's Mouth The Horse's Mouth

1958

The Swan The Swan

1956

A Run for Your Money A Run for Your Money

1949

Barnacle Bill Barnacle Bill

1957

A Passage to India A Passage to India

1984

Star Wars Star Wars

1977

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