Alec Guinness

Known for ActingBorn 1914-04-02Died 2000-08-05Marylebone, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Gift of Friendship

When Star Wars Ruled the World

Monsignor Quixote

MGM Parade

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Apostrophes

The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars

Eskimo Day

Edwin

Caesar and Cleopatra

Return of the Jedi

Lawrence of Arabia

Rowlandson's England

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

Smiley's People

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

The Story of Star Wars

Doctor Zhivago

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Screen One

Oliver Twist

Murder by Death

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

The Making of Star Wars

Omnibus

The Ladykillers

The Prisoner

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Great Expectations

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

The Lavender Hill Mob

Tunes of Glory

A Passage to India

ITV Playhouse

Last Holiday

Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious

The Oscars

Scrooge

The Swan

The Card

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel