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Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

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.

Birthday: 1914-04-02

Place of birth: Marylebone, London, England, UK

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Also known as: Alec Guinness de Cuffe, Sir Alec Guinness, Сэр Алек Гиннесс, الک گینس

Star Wars
Star Wars

1977-05-25

Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi

Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago

1965-12-22

Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago

Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia

1962-12-11

Prince Feisal

The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957-10-11

Col. Nicholson

Kafka
Kafka

1991-11-15

The Chief Clerk

Return of the Jedi
Return of the Jedi

1983-05-25

Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi

Pasternak
Pasternak

1965-12-31

Himself

The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back

1980-05-20

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Brother Sun, Sister Moon

1972-03-03

Papst Innozenz III.

Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist

1948-06-28

Fagin

The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers

1955-12-08

Professor Marcus

Murder by Death
Murder by Death

1976-06-23

Butler Jamesir Bensonmum

Cromwell
Cromwell

1970-07-16

King Charles I

Kind Hearts and Coronets
Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949-06-21

The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha

Raise the Titanic
Raise the Titanic

1980-08-01

John Bigalow

Our Man in Havana
Our Man in Havana

1960-01-27

Jim Wormold

The Man in the White Suit
The Man in the White Suit

1951-08-07

Sidney Stratton

The Lavender Hill Mob
The Lavender Hill Mob

1951-06-28

Henry 'Dutch' Holland

Scrooge
Scrooge

1970-11-05

Jacob Marley's Ghost

Great Expectations
Great Expectations

1946-12-26

Herbert Pocket

H.M.S. Defiant
H.M.S. Defiant

1962-04-15

Captain Crawford

Tunes of Glory
Tunes of Glory

1960-09-17

Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.

The Captain's Paradise
The Captain's Paradise

1953-09-28

Captain Henry St. James

The Card
The Card

1952-02-25

Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin

The Swan
The Swan

1956-04-26

Prince Albert

The Horse's Mouth
The Horse's Mouth

1958-11-11

Gulley Jimson

A Passage to India
A Passage to India

1984-12-14

Professor Godbole

Barnacle Bill
Barnacle Bill

1957-12-17

Captain William Horatio Ambrose

A Run for Your Money
A Run for Your Money

1949-11-23

Whimple

Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980-12-01

Earl of Dorincourt

A Handful of Dust
A Handful of Dust

1988-06-24

Mr. Todd

Last Holiday
Last Holiday

1950-05-15

George Bird

Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit

1987-12-11

William Dorrit

Malta Story
Malta Story

1953-06-01

Flight Lt. Peter Ross

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973-04-19

Adolf Hitler

The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964-03-24

Marcus Aurelius

Hitler: The Comedy Years
Hitler: The Comedy Years

2007-05-10

Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mute Witness
Mute Witness

1995-09-15

The Reaper

Lovesick
Lovesick

1983-02-18

Sigmund Freud

The Ealing Comedies
The Ealing Comedies

1970-09-08

Self

The Prisoner
The Prisoner

1955-04-19

The Cardinal

The Comedians
The Comedians

1967-10-31

Major H. O. Jones

To Paris with Love
To Paris with Love

1955-01-01

Sir Edgar Fraser

Father Brown
Father Brown

1954-06-08

Father Brown

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

2000-11-21

Self (archive footage)

The Mudlark
The Mudlark

1950-10-03

Benjamin Disraeli

The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat

1959-08-06

John Barratt / Jacques De Gue

Hotel Paradiso
Hotel Paradiso

1966-03-01

Benedict Boniface

A Majority of One
A Majority of One

1961-12-27

Koichi Asano

Monsignor Quixote
Monsignor Quixote

1985-01-01

Father Quixote

Eskimo Day
Eskimo Day

1996-04-04

James

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night

1970-07-12

Malvolio

Tales from Hollywood
Tales from Hollywood

1992-10-18

Heinrich Mann

The Gift of Friendship
The Gift of Friendship

1974-09-24

Jocelyn Broome

Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar and Cleopatra

1976-02-01

Caesar

Evensong
Evensong

1934-09-03

W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

2022-09-07

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

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

1993-08-11

Self (archive footage)

Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Grace Kelly: The American Princess

1987-06-08

Self (archive footage)

When Star Wars Ruled the World
When Star Wars Ruled the World

2004-09-18

Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

The Star Wars Holiday Special
The Star Wars Holiday Special

1978-11-17

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

Rowlandson's England
Rowlandson's England

1955-01-01

Narrator

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015-12-15

Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

1980-09-22

Obi Wan Kenobi

Starring Sigmund Freud
Starring Sigmund Freud

2012-11-01

(archive footage)

The Story of Star Wars
The Story of Star Wars

2004-08-18

Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

A Foreign Field
A Foreign Field

1993-09-10

Amos

The Comedians in Africa
The Comedians in Africa

1967-08-31

Self (uncredited)

Edwin
Edwin

1984-01-01

Sir Fennimore Truscott

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019-12-18

Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

2006-09-16

Self - Actor (archive footage)