Alec Guinness
Acting
1914-04-02 · 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.
Filmography
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022 · Movie
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
2021 · Movie
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 · Movie
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Movie
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
2015 · Movie
Talking Pictures
2013 · Series
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012 · Movie
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007 · Movie
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006 · Movie
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004 · Movie
The Story of Star Wars
2004 · Movie
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000 · Movie
Eskimo Day
1996 · Movie
Mute Witness
1995 · Movie
A Foreign Field
1993 · Movie
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993 · Movie
Tales from Hollywood
1992 · Movie
Kafka
1991 · Movie
Performance
1991 · Series
Screen One
1989 · Series
A Handful of Dust
1988 · Movie
Little Dorrit
1987 · Movie
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987 · Movie
Monsignor Quixote
1985 · Movie
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985 · Movie
A Passage to India
1984 · Movie
Edwin
1984 · Movie
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Movie
Lovesick
1983 · Movie
Smiley's People
1982 · Series
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980 · Movie
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Movie
Raise the Titanic
1980 · Movie
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Movie
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979 · Series
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1978 · Movie
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978 · Movie
The South Bank Show
1978 · Series
The Making of Star Wars
1977 · Movie
Star Wars
1977 · Movie
Murder by Death
1976 · Movie
Caesar and Cleopatra
1976 · Movie
Apostrophes
1975 · Series
The Gift of Friendship
1974 · Movie
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973 · Movie
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972 · Movie
Film '72
1971 · Series
Great Performances
1971 · Series
Scrooge
1970 · Movie
The Ealing Comedies
1970 · Movie
Cromwell
1970 · Movie
Twelfth Night
1970 · Movie
The Comedians
1967 · Movie
Omnibus
1967 · Series
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Series
The Comedians in Africa
1967 · Movie
Lionpower from MGM
1967 · Movie
The Quiller Memorandum
1966 · Movie
Hotel Paradiso
1966 · Movie
Pasternak
1965 · Movie
Doctor Zhivago
1965 · Movie
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
1965 · Movie
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Series
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 · Movie
Lawrence of Arabia
1962 · Movie
H.M.S. Defiant
1962 · Movie
A Majority of One
1961 · Movie
Tunes of Glory
1960 · Movie
Our Man in Havana
1960 · Movie
Startime
1959 · Series
The Scapegoat
1959 · Movie
The Horse's Mouth
1958 · Movie
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958 · Movie
...On Seeing Film
1958 · Movie
Barnacle Bill
1957 · Movie
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 · Movie
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Series
The Swan
1956 · Movie
The Ladykillers
1955 · Movie
MGM Parade
1955 · Series
The Prisoner
1955 · Movie
To Paris with Love
1955 · Movie
Rowlandson's England
1955 · Movie
The Stratford Adventure
1954 · Movie
Father Brown
1954 · Movie
The Captain's Paradise
1953 · Movie
Malta Story
1953 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
The Card
1952 · Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
The Man in the White Suit
1951 · Movie
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 · Movie
The Mudlark
1950 · Movie
Last Holiday
1950 · Movie
A Run for Your Money
1949 · Movie
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 · Movie
Oliver Twist
1948 · Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Great Expectations
1946 · Movie
Evensong
1934 · Movie