Alec Guinness
Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography 101
Movies (82)
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies2022Self - (archive footage)- A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)2021Self (archive footage)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens2015Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel2015Self- Starring Sigmund Freud2012(archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years2007Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess2006Self - Actor (archive footage)
When Star Wars Ruled the World2004Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars2004Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'2000Self (archive footage)
Eskimo Day1996James
Mute Witness1995The Reaper
A Foreign Field1993Amos
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered1993Self (archive footage)
Tales from Hollywood1992Heinrich Mann
Kafka1991The Chief Clerk
A Handful of Dust1988Mr. Todd
Little Dorrit1987William Dorrit
Grace Kelly: The American Princess1987Self (archive footage)
Monsignor Quixote1985Father Quixote
David Lean: A Life in Film1985Self
A Passage to India1984Professor Godbole
Edwin1984Sir Fennimore Truscott
Return of the Jedi1983Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Lovesick1983Sigmund Freud
Little Lord Fauntleroy1980Earl of Dorincourt
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back1980Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Raise the Titanic1980John Bigalow
The Empire Strikes Back1980Obi-Wan Kenobi
Shows (19)
Talking Pictures2013Self (archive footage)
Performance1991Heinrich Mann
Screen One1989Amos
Smiley's People1982George Smiley
American Playhouse1982Heinrich Mann
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy1979George Smiley
The South Bank Show1978Self
Apostrophes1975Self- Film '721971Self
Great Performances1971Father Quixote
Omnibus1967Self
ITV Playhouse1967Jocelyn Broome
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965The Executioner
Startime1959Jebal Deeks
The Steve Allen Show1956Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
MGM Parade1955self
The Oscars1953Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951Julius Caesar
The Ed Sullivan Show1948Self