Alec Guinness
Acting · 86 years old
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.
Known For
Apostrophes
Self
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Obi Wan Kenobi
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Julius Caesar
Monsignor Quixote
Father Quixote
The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Star Wars
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Edwin
Sir Fennimore Truscott
Lawrence of Arabia
Prince Feisal
Return of the Jedi
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Nicholson
Smiley's People
George Smiley
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Oliver Twist
Fagin
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Smiley
Doctor Zhivago
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Eskimo Day
James
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Earl of Dorincourt
The Ladykillers
Professor Marcus
Great Expectations
Herbert Pocket
