Alec Guinness
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Great Performances
Father Quixote
1971
Film
Star Wars
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
1977
Series
Omnibus
Self
1967
Series
American Playhouse
Heinrich Mann
1982
Series
Apostrophes
Self
1975
Series
The South Bank Show
Self
1978
Film '72
Self
1971
Film
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
2015
Film
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
2019
Series
ITV Playhouse
Jocelyn Broome
1967
Film
The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
1980
Film
Return of the Jedi
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
1983
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Executioner
1965
Series
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
1956
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Film
Lawrence of Arabia
Prince Feisal
1962
Series
Performance
Heinrich Mann
1991
Series
Screen One
Amos
1989
Series
Startime
Jebal Deeks
1959
Series
MGM Parade
self
1955
Film
Scrooge
Jacob Marley's Ghost
1970
Film
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Nicholson
1957
Film
Doctor Zhivago
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
1965
Series
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Smiley
1979
Series
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
2013
Series
Smiley's People
George Smiley
1982
Film
Murder by Death
Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
1976
Film
Oliver Twist
Fagin
1948
Film
Great Expectations
Herbert Pocket
1946
Film
The Ladykillers
Professor Marcus
1955
Film
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Marcus Aurelius
1964
Film
A Passage to India
Professor Godbole
1984
Film
Raise the Titanic
John Bigalow
1980
Film
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
Film
Cromwell
King Charles I
1970
Film
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Earl of Dorincourt
1980
Film
Mute Witness
The Reaper
1995
Film
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
1978
Film
The Man in the White Suit
Sidney Stratton
1951
Film
Little Dorrit
William Dorrit
1987
Film
The Lavender Hill Mob
Henry 'Dutch' Holland
1951
Film
H.M.S. Defiant
Captain Crawford
1962
Film
The Comedians
Major H. O. Jones
1967
Film
Our Man in Havana
Jim Wormold
1960
Film
A Handful of Dust
Mr. Todd
1988
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Julius Caesar
1951
Film
The Scapegoat
John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
1959
Film
The Quiller Memorandum
Pol
1966
Film
Twelfth Night
Malvolio
1970
Film
Monsignor Quixote
Father Quixote
1985
Film
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Papst Innozenz III.
1972
Film
Tunes of Glory
Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
1960
Film
The Horse's Mouth
Gulley Jimson
1958
Film
The Swan
Prince Albert
1956
Film
Last Holiday
George Bird
1950
Film
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Adolf Hitler
1973
Film
Barnacle Bill
Captain William Horatio Ambrose
1957
Film
Kafka
The Chief Clerk
1991
Film
Malta Story
Flight Lt. Peter Ross
1953
Film
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
1967
Film
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2004
Film
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Self - (archive footage)
2022
Film
The Making of Star Wars
Self
1977
Film
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
1980
Film
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self (archive footage)
1993
Film
The Card
Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
1952
Film
Lovesick
Sigmund Freud
1983
Film
The Captain's Paradise
Captain Henry St. James
1953
Film
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
Wilhelm Frick
1965
Film
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Self
2015
Film
The Story of Star Wars
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2004
Film
Hotel Paradiso
Benedict Boniface
1966
Starring Sigmund Freud
(archive footage)
2012
Film
Tales from Hollywood
Heinrich Mann
1992
Film
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2006
Film
Father Brown
Father Brown
1954
Film
The Prisoner
The Cardinal
1955
Film
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
Film
A Majority of One
Koichi Asano
1961
Film
Pasternak
Self (archive footage)
1965
Film
David Lean: A Life in Film
Self
1985
Film
A Run for Your Money
Whimple
1949
Film
A Foreign Field
Amos
1993
Film
Eskimo Day
James
1996
Film
Edwin
Sir Fennimore Truscott
1984
Film
To Paris with Love
Sir Edgar Fraser
1955
Film
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Self
1958
Film
The Mudlark
Benjamin Disraeli
1950
Rowlandson's England
Narrator
1955
Film
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
The Stratford Adventure
Self
1954
Film
The Gift of Friendship
Jocelyn Broome
1974
Film
The Ealing Comedies
Self
1970
Film
The Comedians in Africa
Self (uncredited)
1967
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1978
Film
Evensong
W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)
1934
Film
...On Seeing Film
Self
1958
Film
Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar
1976
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
Self (archive footage)
2021