1914-04-02 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.
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Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return | Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2022-09-07 |
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice) | 2019-12-18 |
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited) | 2015-12-15 |
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Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel | Self | 2015-12-15 |
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Starring Sigmund Freud | (archive footage) | 2012-11-01 |
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Hitler: The Comedy Years | Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2007-05-10 |
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Grace face à son destin | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2006-09-16 |
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When Star Wars Ruled the World | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | 2004-09-18 |
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The Story of Star Wars | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | 2004-08-18 |
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The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia' | Self (archive footage) | 2003-09-22 |
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The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' | Self (archive footage) | 2000-11-21 |
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Eskimo Day | James | 1996-04-04 |
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Mute Witness | The Reaper | 1995-09-15 |
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A Foreign Field | Amos | 1993-09-10 |
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Audrey Hepburn: Remembered | Self (archive footage) | 1993-08-11 |
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Tales from Hollywood | Heinrich Mann | 1992-10-18 |
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Kafka | The Chief Clerk | 1991-11-15 |
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A Handful of Dust | Mr. Todd | 1988-06-24 |
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Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self (archive footage) | 1987-06-08 |
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Little Dorrit | William Dorrit | 1987-12-11 |
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Monsignor Quixote | Father Quixote | 1985-01-01 |
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David Lean: A Life in Film | Self | 1985-01-01 |
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A Passage to India | Professor Godbole | 1984-12-14 |
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Edwin | Sir Fennimore Truscott | 1984-01-01 |
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Lovesick | Sigmund Freud | 1983-02-18 |
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Return of the Jedi | Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi | 1983-05-25 |
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Little Lord Fauntleroy | Earl of Dorincourt | 1980-12-01 |
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The Empire Strikes Back | Obi-Wan Kenobi | 1980-05-20 |
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Raise the Titanic | John Bigalow | 1980-08-01 |
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SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back | Obi Wan Kenobi | 1980-09-22 |
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The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness | 1978-12-31 | |
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The Star Wars Holiday Special | Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1978-11-17 |
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Star Wars | Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi | 1977-05-25 |
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The Making of Star Wars | Self | 1977-09-16 |
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Caesar and Cleopatra | Caesar | 1976-02-01 |
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Murder by Death | Butler Jamesir Bensonmum | 1976-06-23 |
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The Gift of Friendship | Jocelyn Broome | 1974-09-24 |
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Adolf Hitler | 1973-04-19 |
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Fratello sole, sorella luna | Papst Innozenz III. | 1972-03-03 |
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Scrooge | Jacob Marley's Ghost | 1970-11-05 |
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The Ealing Comedies | Self | 1970-09-08 |
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Twelfth Night | Malvolio | 1970-07-12 |
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Cromwell | King Charles I | 1970-07-16 |
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The Comedians in Africa | Self (uncredited) | 1967-08-31 |
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The Comedians | Major H. O. Jones | 1967-10-31 |
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The Quiller Memorandum | Pol | 1966-11-10 |
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Hotel Paradiso | Benedict Boniface | 1966-03-01 |
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Doctor Zhivago | Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago | 1965-12-22 |
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Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious | Wilhelm Frick | 1965-10-13 |
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Pasternak | Himself | 1965-12-31 |
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The Fall of the Roman Empire | Marcus Aurelius | 1964-03-24 |
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Lawrence of Arabia | Prince Feisal | 1962-12-11 |
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H.M.S. Defiant | Captain Crawford | 1962-04-15 |
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A Majority of One | Koichi Asano | 1961-12-27 |
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Tunes of Glory | Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M. | 1960-09-17 |
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Our Man in Havana | Jim Wormold | 1960-01-27 |
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The Scapegoat | John Barratt / Jacques De Gue | 1959-08-06 |
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The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant | Self | 1958-01-01 |
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The Horse's Mouth | Gulley Jimson | 1958-11-11 |
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The Bridge on the River Kwai | Col. Nicholson | 1957-10-11 |
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Barnacle Bill | Captain William Horatio Ambrose | 1957-12-17 |
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The Swan | Prince Albert | 1956-04-26 |
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The Ladykillers | Professor Marcus | 1955-12-08 |
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Rowlandson's England | Narrator | 1955-01-01 |
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The Prisoner | The Cardinal | 1955-04-19 |
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To Paris with Love | Sir Edgar Fraser | 1955-01-01 |
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Father Brown | Father Brown | 1954-06-08 |
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The Stratford Adventure | Self | 1954-08-02 |
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Malta Story | Flight Lt. Peter Ross | 1953-06-01 |
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The Captain's Paradise | Captain Henry St. James | 1953-09-28 |
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The Card | Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin | 1952-02-25 |
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The Lavender Hill Mob | Henry 'Dutch' Holland | 1951-06-28 |
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The Man in the White Suit | Sidney Stratton | 1951-08-07 |
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Last Holiday | George Bird | 1950-05-15 |
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The Mudlark | Benjamin Disraeli | 1950-10-03 |
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A Run for Your Money | Whimple | 1949-11-23 |
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Kind Hearts and Coronets | The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha | 1949-06-21 |
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Oliver Twist | Fagin | 1948-06-28 |
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Great Expectations | Herbert Pocket | 1946-12-26 |
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Evensong | W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited) | 1934-09-03 |
