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Alec Guinness
Actor

Alec Guinness

7 Movies
7 Credits
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Known For Acting
Known Credits 7
Birthday April 2, 1914 (112 years old)
Place of Birth Marylebone, London, England, UK
Also Known As Alec Guinness de Cuffe, Sir Alec Guinness
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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.

Filmography (99)

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies 2022
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland) 2021
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel 2015
Talking Pictures 2013
Starring Sigmund Freud 2012
Hitler: The Comedy Years 2007
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess 2006
When Star Wars Ruled the World 2004
The Story of Star Wars 2004
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' 2000
Eskimo Day 1996
Mute Witness 1995
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered 1993
A Foreign Field 1993
Tales from Hollywood 1992
Kafka 1991
Performance 1991
Screen One 1989
A Handful of Dust 1988
Little Dorrit 1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess 1987
Monsignor Quixote 1985
David Lean: A Life in Film 1985
A Passage to India 1984
Edwin 1984
Return of the Jedi 1983
Lovesick 1983
Smiley's People 1982
The Empire Strikes Back 1980
Raise the Titanic 1980
Little Lord Fauntleroy 1980
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back 1980
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 1979
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness 1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special 1978
The South Bank Show 1978
Star Wars 1977
The Making of Star Wars 1977
Murder by Death 1976
Caesar and Cleopatra 1976
Apostrophes 1975
The Gift of Friendship 1974
Hitler: The Last Ten Days 1973
Brother Sun, Sister Moon 1972
Great Performances 1971
Film '72 1971
Cromwell 1970
Scrooge 1970
The Ealing Comedies 1970
Twelfth Night 1970
The Comedians 1967
The Comedians in Africa 1967
Lionpower from MGM 1967
Omnibus 1967
ITV Playhouse 1967
The Quiller Memorandum 1966
Hotel Paradiso 1966
Doctor Zhivago 1965
Pasternak 1965
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious 1965
The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964
Lawrence of Arabia 1962
H.M.S. Defiant 1962
A Majority of One 1961
Our Man in Havana 1960
Tunes of Glory 1960
The Scapegoat 1959
Startime 1959
The Horse's Mouth 1958
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant 1958
...On Seeing Film 1958
The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
Barnacle Bill 1957
The Swan 1956
The Steve Allen Show 1956
The Ladykillers 1955
The Prisoner 1955
To Paris with Love 1955
Rowlandson's England 1955
MGM Parade 1955
Father Brown 1954
The Stratford Adventure 1954
The Captain's Paradise 1953
Malta Story 1953
The Oscars 1953
The Card 1952
The Man in the White Suit 1951
The Lavender Hill Mob 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951
Last Holiday 1950
The Mudlark 1950
Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949
A Run for Your Money 1949
Oliver Twist 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show 1948
Great Expectations 1946
Evensong 1934
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