Alec Guinness

Biography

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

Great Performances

Star Wars

Apostrophes

Thirty-Minute Theatre

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Oscars

MGM Parade

Omnibus

All Movies (82)

• Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies2022 · as Self - (archive footage)
• A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019 · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens2015 · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
• Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel2015 · as Self
• Starring Sigmund Freud2012 · as (archive footage)
• Hitler: The Comedy Years2007 · as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess2006 · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• When Star Wars Ruled the World2004 · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
• The Story of Star Wars2004 · as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
• The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Eskimo Day1996 · as James
• Mute Witness1995 · as The Reaper
• A Foreign Field1993 · as Amos
• Audrey Hepburn: Remembered1993 · as Self (archive footage)
• Tales from Hollywood1992 · as Heinrich Mann
• Kafka1991 · as The Chief Clerk
• A Handful of Dust1988 · as Mr. Todd
• Little Dorrit1987 · as William Dorrit
• Grace Kelly: The American Princess1987 · as Self (archive footage)
• Monsignor Quixote1985 · as Father Quixote
• David Lean: A Life in Film1985 · as Self
• A Passage to India1984 · as Professor Godbole
• Edwin1984 · as Sir Fennimore Truscott
• Return of the Jedi1983 · as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
• Lovesick1983 · as Sigmund Freud
• Little Lord Fauntleroy1980 · as Earl of Dorincourt
• SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back1980 · as Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
• Raise the Titanic1980 · as John Bigalow
• The Empire Strikes Back1980 · as Obi-Wan Kenobi
• The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness1978
• The Star Wars Holiday Special1978 · as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Making of Star Wars1977 · as Self
• Star Wars1977 · as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
• Murder by Death1976 · as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
• Caesar and Cleopatra1976 · as Caesar
• The Gift of Friendship1974 · as Jocelyn Broome
• Hitler: The Last Ten Days1973 · as Adolf Hitler
• Brother Sun, Sister Moon1972 · as Papst Innozenz III.
• Scrooge1970 · as Jacob Marley's Ghost
• The Ealing Comedies1970 · as Self
• Cromwell1970 · as King Charles I
• Twelfth Night1970 · as Malvolio
• The Comedians1967 · as Major H. O. Jones
• The Comedians in Africa1967 · as Self (uncredited)
• Lionpower from MGM1967 · as Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Quiller Memorandum1966 · as Pol
• Hotel Paradiso1966 · as Benedict Boniface
• Pasternak1965 · as Self (archive footage)
• Doctor Zhivago1965 · as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
• Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious1965 · as Wilhelm Frick
• The Fall of the Roman Empire1964 · as Marcus Aurelius
• Lawrence of Arabia1962 · as Prince Feisal
• H.M.S. Defiant1962 · as Captain Crawford
• A Majority of One1961 · as Koichi Asano
• Tunes of Glory1960 · as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
• Our Man in Havana1960 · as Jim Wormold
• The Scapegoat1959 · as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
• The Horse's Mouth1958 · as Gulley Jimson
• The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant1958 · as Self
• ...On Seeing Film1958 · as Self
• Barnacle Bill1957 · as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
• The Bridge on the River Kwai1957 · as Col. Nicholson
• The Swan1956 · as Prince Albert
• The Ladykillers1955 · as Professor Marcus
• The Prisoner1955 · as The Cardinal
• To Paris with Love1955 · as Sir Edgar Fraser
• Rowlandson's England1955 · as Narrator
• The Stratford Adventure1954 · as Self
• Father Brown1954 · as Father Brown
• The Captain's Paradise1953 · as Captain Henry St. James
• Malta Story1953 · as Flight Lt. Peter Ross
• The Card1952 · as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
• The Man in the White Suit1951 · as Sidney Stratton
• The Lavender Hill Mob1951 · as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
• The Mudlark1950 · as Benjamin Disraeli
• Last Holiday1950 · as George Bird
• A Run for Your Money1949 · as Whimple
• Kind Hearts and Coronets1949 · as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
• Oliver Twist1948 · as Fagin
• Great Expectations1946 · as Herbert Pocket
• Evensong1934 · as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)

All TV Shows (18)

• Talking Pictures2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• Performance1991 · as Heinrich Mann
• Screen One1989 · as Amos
• Smiley's People1982 · as George Smiley
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy1979 · as George Smiley
• The South Bank Show1978 · as Self
• Apostrophes1975 · as Self
• Film '721971 · as Self
• Great Performances1971 · as Father Quixote
• Omnibus1967 · as Self
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Jocelyn Broome
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as The Executioner
• Startime1959 · as Jebal Deeks
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
• MGM Parade1955 · as self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Julius Caesar
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self