Biography
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
all 102
Movies 87
self 27
TV Shows 15
Writer 1
Narrator 1
Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022)
Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Movie
6.62
The D'Ascoyne Family

Once More with Ealing (2019)
Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Movie
6.86
Self (archive footage)

Talking Pictures (2013)
TV
(archive footage)

Starring Sigmund Freud (2012)
Movie
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
Movie
Self - Actor (archive footage)

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess (2006)
Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

When Star Wars Ruled the World (2004)
Movie
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

The Story of Star Wars (2004)
Movie
Self (archive footage)

The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia' (2003)
Movie
Self (archive footage)

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' (2000)
Movie
The Reaper

Mute Witness (1995)
Movie
Self (archive footage)

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered (1993)
Movie
Heinrich Mann

Tales from Hollywood (1992)
Movie
The Chief Clerk

Kafka (1991)
Movie
6
Heinrich Mann

Performance (1991)
TV
Mr. Todd

A Handful of Dust (1988)
Movie
William Dorrit

Little Dorrit (1987)
Movie
Self (archive footage) / Thanks

Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987)
Movie
Father Quixote

Monsignor Quixote (1985)
Movie
Professor Godbole

A Passage to India (1984)
Movie
6
Sir Fennimore Truscott

Edwin (1984)
Movie
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi

Return of the Jedi (1983)
Movie
6.06
Sigmund Freud

Lovesick (1983)
Movie
1
George Smiley

Smiley's People (1982)
TV
6
Earl of Dorincourt

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
Movie
Obi Wan Kenobi

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Movie
John Bigalow

Raise the Titanic (1980)
Movie
6
Obi-Wan Kenobi

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Movie
6.02
George Smiley

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)
TV
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
Movie
Obi-Wan 'Ben' Kenobi

Star Wars (1977)
Movie
6.1
Butler Jamesir Bensonmum

Murder by Death (1976)
Movie
6
Jocelyn Broome

The Gift of Friendship (1974)
Movie
Adolf Hitler

Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
Movie
Papst Innozenz III.

Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
Movie
Father Quixote

Great Performances (1971)
TV
1
Jacob Marley's Ghost

Scrooge (1970)
Movie
10
King Charles I

Cromwell (1970)
Movie
Malvolio

Twelfth Night (1970)
Movie
Self - Reader

Solo (1970)
TV
Major H. O. Jones

The Comedians (1967)
Movie
Self

Omnibus (1967)
TV
Self (uncredited)

The Comedians in Africa (1967)
Movie
Benedict Boniface

Hotel Paradiso (1966)
Movie
Himself

Pasternak (1965)
Movie
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Movie
9
Wilhelm Frick

Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious (1965)
Movie
Marcus Aurelius

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Movie
Prince Feisal

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Movie
5.02
Captain Crawford

H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
Movie
Koichi Asano

A Majority of One (1961)
Movie
6
Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.

Tunes of Glory (1960)
Movie
Jim Wormold

Our Man in Havana (1960)
Movie
4
John Barratt / Jacques De Gue

The Scapegoat (1959)
Movie
Gulley Jimson / Writer

The Horse's Mouth (1958)
Movie
6
Captain William Horatio Ambrose

Barnacle Bill (1957)
Movie
Col. Nicholson

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Movie
6.23
Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

The Steve Allen Show (1956)
TV
Prince Albert

The Swan (1956)
Movie
Professor Marcus

The Ladykillers (1955)
Movie
5.75
The Cardinal

The Prisoner (1955)
Movie
6
Narrator

Rowlandson's England (1955)
Movie
Sir Edgar Fraser

To Paris with Love (1955)
Movie
Father Brown

Father Brown (1954)
Movie
1
Captain Henry St. James

The Captain's Paradise (1953)
Movie
Flight Lt. Peter Ross

Malta Story (1953)
Movie
Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin

The Card (1952)
Movie
Julius Caesar

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Sidney Stratton

The Man in the White Suit (1951)
Movie
5
Henry 'Dutch' Holland

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Movie
9
Benjamin Disraeli

The Mudlark (1950)
Movie
George Bird

Last Holiday (1950)
Movie
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Movie
4.25
Herbert Pocket

Great Expectations (1946)
Movie
5.67
W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)

Evensong (1934)
Movie
The D'Ascoyne Family

Those British Faces: A Tribute to Dennis Price 1915-1973
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1914-04-02
Deathday2000-08-05 (86 years old)
Birth NameAlec Guinness de Cuffe
Birth PlaceMarylebone, United Kingdom
ReligionCatholic Church
Height176-centimeter
RelationshipsMerula Salaman (1938 - 2000)
ChildrenMatthew Guinness
FatherAndrew Geddes
MotherAgnes Cuff
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesPaddington, United Kingdom
Also Known AsAlec Guinness de Cuffe, Sir Alec Guinness, Сэр Алек Гиннесс, الک گینس
AwardsHonorary doctor of the University of Oxford, honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge, Volpi Cup for Best Actor, National Board of Review Award for Best Actor, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Society of London Theatre Special Award, Shakespeare Prize, British Academy Television Award for Best Actor, Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, Knight Bachelor, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Companion of Honour, Academy Fellowship Award, Academy Honorary Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award, Academy Award for Best Actor, Laurence Olivier Award
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