1914-04-02 Marylebone, London, England, UK
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.
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Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies | Self - (archive footage) | 2022-06-22 |
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A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland) | Self (archive footage) | 2021-01-01 |
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice) | 2019-12-18 |
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Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel | Self | 2015-12-15 |
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited) | 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 '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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Little Dorrit | William Dorrit | 1987-12-11 |
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Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self (archive footage) | 1987-06-08 |
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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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Edwin | Sir Fennimore Truscott | 1984-01-01 |
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A Passage to India | Professor Godbole | 1984-12-14 |
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Return of the Jedi | Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi | 1983-05-25 |
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Lovesick | Sigmund Freud | 1983-02-18 |
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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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SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back | Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | 1980-09-22 |
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Raise the Titanic | John Bigalow | 1980-08-01 |
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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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Murder by Death | Butler Jamesir Bensonmum | 1976-06-23 |
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Caesar and Cleopatra | Caesar | 1976-02-01 |
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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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Twelfth Night | Malvolio | 1970-07-12 |
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The Ealing Comedies | Self | 1970-09-08 |
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Scrooge | Jacob Marley's Ghost | 1970-11-05 |
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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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Lionpower from MGM | Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1967-01-01 |
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The Comedians | Major H. O. Jones | 1967-10-31 |
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Hotel Paradiso | Benedict Boniface | 1966-03-01 |
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The Quiller Memorandum | Pol | 1966-11-10 |
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Pasternak | Self (archive footage) | 1965-12-31 |
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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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The Fall of the Roman Empire | Marcus Aurelius | 1964-03-24 |
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H.M.S. Defiant | Captain Crawford | 1962-04-15 |
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Lawrence of Arabia | Prince Feisal | 1962-12-11 |
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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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...On Seeing Film | Self | 1958-01-01 |
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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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To Paris with Love | Sir Edgar Fraser | 1955-01-01 |
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Rowlandson's England | Narrator | 1955-01-01 |
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The Ladykillers | Professor Marcus | 1955-12-08 |
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The Prisoner | The Cardinal | 1955-04-19 |
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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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The Captain's Paradise | Captain Henry St. James | 1953-06-09 |
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Malta Story | Flight Lt. Peter Ross | 1953-06-01 |
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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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The Mudlark | Benjamin Disraeli | 1950-10-03 |
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Last Holiday | George Bird | 1950-05-15 |
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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 |
