Alec Guinness
Age: N/A | From: Marylebone, London, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Alec Guinness de Cuffe , Sir Alec Guinness , Сэр Алек Гиннесс
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Marylebone, London, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 58
TV Involvements: 11
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Star Wars
(1977) Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - Winner
The Oscars
(1953) Self
The South Bank Show
(1978) Self
Return of the Jedi
(1983) Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
(2015) Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Thirty-Minute Theatre
(1965) The Executioner
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
(2019) Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2019 | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice) | |
| 2015 | Self | |
| Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited) | ||
| 2013 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2012 | (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2006 | Self - Actor (archive footage) | |
| 2004 | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | |
| Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) | ||
| 2003 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1996 | James | |
| 1995 | The Reaper | |
| 1993 | Amos | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1992 | Heinrich Mann | |
| 1991 | The Chief Clerk | |
| Heinrich Mann | ||
| 1989 | Amos | |
| 1988 | Mr. Todd | |
| 1987 | William Dorrit | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1985 | Father Quixote | |
| Self | ||
| 1984 | Professor Godbole | |
| Sir Fennimore Truscott | ||
| 1983 | Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi | |
| Sigmund Freud | ||
| 1982 | George Smiley | |
| 1980 | Earl of Dorincourt | |
| Obi Wan Kenobi | ||
| John Bigalow | ||
| Obi-Wan Kenobi | ||
| 1979 | George Smiley | |
| 1978 | N/A | |
| Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| 1977 | Self | |
| Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi | ||
| 1976 | Bensonmum | |
| Caesar | ||
| 1975 | Self | |
| 1974 | Jocelyn Broome | |
| 1973 | Adolf Hitler | |
| 1972 | Papst Innozenz III. | |
| 1971 | Father Quixote | |
| 1970 | Jacob Marley's Ghost | |
| Self | ||
| King Charles I | ||
| Malvolio | ||
| 1967 | Major H. O. Jones | |
| Self | ||
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| 1966 | Pol | |
| Benedict Boniface | ||
| 1965 | Himself | |
| Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago | ||
| Wilhelm Frick | ||
| The Executioner | ||
| 1964 | Marcus Aurelius | |
| 1962 | Prince Feisal | |
| Captain Crawford | ||
| 1961 | Koichi Asano | |
| 1960 | Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M. | |
| Jim Wormold | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| John Barratt / Jacques De Gue | ||
| 1958 | Gulley Jimson | |
| Self | ||
| 1957 | Captain William Horatio Ambrose | |
| Col. Nicholson | ||
| 1956 | Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" | |
| Prince Albert | ||
| Self - Winner | ||
| 1955 | Professor Marcus | |
| The Cardinal | ||
| Sir Edgar Fraser | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1954 | Self | |
| Father Brown | ||
| 1953 | Captain Henry St. James | |
| Flight Lt. Peter Ross | ||
| Self | ||
| 1952 | Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin | |
| 1951 | Julius Caesar | |
| Sidney Stratton | ||
| Henry 'Dutch' Holland | ||
| 1950 | Benjamin Disraeli | |
| George Bird | ||
| 1949 | Whimple | |
| The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha | ||
| 1948 | Fagin | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| 1946 | Herbert Pocket | |
| 1934 | W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Thanks | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |