Acting · Marylebone, London, England, UK · Born April 2, 1914
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.
MovieWay of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
as Self - (archive footage)
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
MovieStar Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
MovieStar Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
2015
as Self
TVTalking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
as (archive footage)
MovieHitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieGrace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
MovieWhen Star Wars Ruled the World
2004
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
MovieThe Story of Star Wars
2004
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
MovieThe Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MovieEskimo Day
1996
as James
MovieMute Witness
1995
as The Reaper
MovieA Foreign Field
1993
as Amos
MovieAudrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
as Self (archive footage)
MovieTales from Hollywood
1992
as Heinrich Mann
MovieKafka
1991
as The Chief Clerk
TVPerformance
1991
as Heinrich Mann
TVScreen One
1989
as Amos
MovieA Handful of Dust
1988
as Mr. Todd
MovieLittle Dorrit
1987
as William Dorrit
MovieGrace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMonsignor Quixote
1985
as Father Quixote
MovieDavid Lean: A Life in Film
1985
as Self
MovieA Passage to India
1984
as Professor Godbole
MovieEdwin
1984
as Sir Fennimore Truscott
MovieReturn of the Jedi
1983
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
MovieLovesick
1983
as Sigmund Freud
TVSmiley's People
1982
as George Smiley
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Heinrich Mann
MovieLittle Lord Fauntleroy
1980
as Earl of Dorincourt
MovieSP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
MovieRaise the Titanic
1980
as John Bigalow
MovieThe Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
TVTinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
as George Smiley
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1978
MovieThe Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
TVThe South Bank Show
1978
as Self
MovieThe Making of Star Wars
1977
as Self
MovieStar Wars
1977
as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
MovieMurder by Death
1976
as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
MovieCaesar and Cleopatra
1976
as Caesar
TVApostrophes
1975
as Self
MovieThe Gift of Friendship
1974
as Jocelyn Broome
MovieHitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Adolf Hitler
MovieBrother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
as Papst Innozenz III.
Film '72
1971
as Self
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Father Quixote
MovieScrooge
1970
as Jacob Marley's Ghost
MovieThe Ealing Comedies
1970
as Self
MovieCromwell
1970
as King Charles I
MovieTwelfth Night
1970
as Malvolio
MovieThe Comedians
1967
as Major H. O. Jones
TVOmnibus
1967
as Self
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Jocelyn Broome
MovieThe Comedians in Africa
1967
as Self (uncredited)
MovieLionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Quiller Memorandum
1966
as Pol
MovieHotel Paradiso
1966
as Benedict Boniface
MoviePasternak
1965
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDoctor Zhivago
1965
as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
MovieSituation Hopeless — But Not Serious
1965
as Wilhelm Frick
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as The Executioner
MovieThe Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Marcus Aurelius
MovieLawrence of Arabia
1962
as Prince Feisal
MovieH.M.S. Defiant
1962
as Captain Crawford
MovieA Majority of One
1961
as Koichi Asano
MovieTunes of Glory
1960
as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
MovieOur Man in Havana
1960
as Jim Wormold
TVStartime
1959
as Jebal Deeks
MovieThe Scapegoat
1959
as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
MovieThe Horse's Mouth
1958
as Gulley Jimson
MovieThe Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958
as Self
Movie...On Seeing Film
1958
as Self
MovieBarnacle Bill
1957
as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
MovieThe Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
as Col. Nicholson
TVThe Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
MovieThe Swan
1956
as Prince Albert
MovieThe Ladykillers
1955
as Professor Marcus
TVMGM Parade
1955
as self
MovieThe Prisoner
1955
as The Cardinal
MovieTo Paris with Love
1955
as Sir Edgar Fraser
Rowlandson's England
1955
as Narrator
MovieThe Stratford Adventure
1954
as Self
MovieFather Brown
1954
as Father Brown
MovieThe Captain's Paradise
1953
as Captain Henry St. James
MovieMalta Story
1953
as Flight Lt. Peter Ross
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieThe Card
1952
as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Julius Caesar
MovieThe Man in the White Suit
1951
as Sidney Stratton
MovieThe Lavender Hill Mob
1951
as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
MovieThe Mudlark
1950
as Benjamin Disraeli
MovieLast Holiday
1950
as George Bird
MovieA Run for Your Money
1949
as Whimple
MovieKind Hearts and Coronets
1949
as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
MovieOliver Twist
1948
as Fagin
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieGreat Expectations
1946
as Herbert Pocket
MovieEvensong
1934
as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)
