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Alec Guinness

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1914-04-02

Deathday: 2000-08-05 (86 years old)

Biography

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 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

all 103

Movies 87

self 27

TV Shows 16

Writer 1

Narrator 1

Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alec Guinness

Biography

Filmography

all 103

Movies 87

self 27

TV Shows 16

Writer 1

Narrator 1

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022)

Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World (2020)

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Once More with Ealing (2019)

Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel (2015)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

Talking Pictures (2013)

Starring Sigmund Freud (2012)

Honest Trailers (2012)

Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess (2006)

George Lucas: Creating an Empire (2005)

When Star Wars Ruled the World (2004)

The Story of Star Wars (2004)

The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia' (2003)

Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars (2002)

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' (2000)

Eskimo Day (1996)

Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic (1995)

Mute Witness (1995)

The Peter Sellers Story (1995)

A Foreign Field (1993)

Audrey Hepburn: ed (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 age to India (1984)

Edwin (1984)

Return of the Jedi (1983)

Lovesick (1983)

Smiley's People (1982)

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Raise the Titanic (1980)

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)

The Making of Star Wars (1977)

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)

Scrooge (1970)

The Ealing Comedies (1970)

Cromwell (1970)

Twelfth Night (1970)

Solo (1970)

The Comedians (1967)

Omnibus (1967)

The Comedians in Africa (1967)

The Quiller Memorandum (1966)

Hotel Paradiso (1966)

Pasternak (1965)

Doctor Zhivago (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)

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-04-02

Deathday

2000-08-05 (86 years old)

Birth Name

Alec Guinness de Cuffe

Birth Place

Marylebone, United Kingdom

Religion

Catholic Church

Height

176-centimeter

Relationships

Merula Salaman (1938 - 2000)

Children

Matthew Guinness

Father

Andrew Geddes

Mother

Agnes Cuff

Citizenships

United Kingdom

Residences

Paddington, United Kingdom

Also Known As

Alec Guinness de Cuffe, Sir Alec Guinness, Сэр Алек Гиннесс, الک گینس