Cast
Alec Guinness
Acting
Cast
Alec Guinness
Known for
Acting
Born
1914-04-02
From
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Died
2000-08-05
Also known as Alec Guinness de Cuffe, Sir Alec Guinness
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.
★8.2
MOVIE1977
Star Wars
as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
★6.3
MOVIE2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
★8.4
MOVIE1980
The Empire Strikes Back
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
★7.2
MOVIE2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
★7.9
MOVIE1983
Return of the Jedi
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
★8.0
MOVIE1962
Lawrence of Arabia
as Prince Feisal
★7.6
MOVIE1965
Doctor Zhivago
as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
★6.3
MOVIE1967
Lionpower from MGM
as Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
★7.8
MOVIE1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Col. Nicholson
★7.3
MOVIE1946
Great Expectations
as Herbert Pocket
★7.6
MOVIE1948
Oliver Twist
as Fagin
★3.4
MOVIE1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Marcus Aurelius
★6.8
MOVIE1959
The Scapegoat
as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
★7.6
MOVIE1949
Kind Hearts and Coronets
as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
★6.5
MOVIE1970
Twelfth Night
as Malvolio
★7.2
MOVIE1976
Murder by Death
as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
★8.8
MOVIE1985
Monsignor Quixote
as Father Quixote
★7.3
MOVIE1980
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Earl of Dorincourt
★6.8
MOVIE1984
A Passage to India
as Professor Godbole
★7.2
MOVIE2004
The Story of Star Wars
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
★7.1
MOVIE1977
The Making of Star Wars
as Self
★7.3
MOVIE1955
The Ladykillers
as Professor Marcus
★7.2
MOVIE1951
The Lavender Hill Mob
as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
MOVIE1958
...On Seeing Film
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1995
Mute Witness
as The Reaper
★6.5
MOVIE1962
H.M.S. Defiant
as Captain Crawford
★6.6
MOVIE1970
Cromwell
as King Charles I
★6.9
MOVIE1951
The Man in the White Suit
as Sidney Stratton
★5.9
MOVIE1966
The Quiller Memorandum
as Pol
★6.8
MOVIE1970
Scrooge
as Jacob Marley's Ghost
★6.3
MOVIE2015
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1965
Pasternak
as Self (archive footage)
★6.1
MOVIE1988
A Handful of Dust
as Mr. Todd
★6.2
MOVIE1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
as Adolf Hitler
★6.7
MOVIE1960
Our Man in Havana
as Jim Wormold
★8.0
MOVIE1984
Edwin
as Sir Fennimore Truscott
★2.0
MOVIE2022
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
★6.1
MOVIE1967
The Comedians
as Major H. O. Jones
★5.0
MOVIE2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1972
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
as Papst Innozenz III.
★7.2
MOVIE1950
Last Holiday
as George Bird
★7.0
MOVIE1993
A Foreign Field
as Amos
MOVIE2012
Starring Sigmund Freud
as (archive footage)
★7.6
MOVIE1993
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
★8.3
MOVIE1980
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
as Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
★6.1
MOVIE1953
Malta Story
as Flight Lt. Peter Ross
★6.0
MOVIE1966
Hotel Paradiso
as Benedict Boniface
★5.7
MOVIE1983
Lovesick
as Sigmund Freud
★7.2
MOVIE2006
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
★7.1
MOVIE1960
Tunes of Glory
as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
★6.9
MOVIE1956
The Swan
as Prince Albert
★5.7
MOVIE1953
The Captain's Paradise
as Captain Henry St. James
★6.4
MOVIE1991
Kafka
as The Chief Clerk
★8.0
MOVIE1955
Rowlandson's England
as Narrator
★6.9
MOVIE1965
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
as Wilhelm Frick
★5.9
MOVIE1961
A Majority of One
as Koichi Asano
★6.6
MOVIE1957
Barnacle Bill
as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
★7.0
MOVIE1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
★8.0
MOVIE1976
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Caesar
★7.0
MOVIE1952
The Card
as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
★5.4
MOVIE1980
Raise the Titanic
as John Bigalow
★6.6
MOVIE1950
The Mudlark
as Benjamin Disraeli
★6.4
MOVIE1987
Little Dorrit
as William Dorrit
★6.8
MOVIE1958
The Horse's Mouth
as Gulley Jimson
★3.0
MOVIE1992
Tales from Hollywood
as Heinrich Mann
★6.2
MOVIE1949
A Run for Your Money
as Whimple
★10.0
MOVIE1974
The Gift of Friendship
as Jocelyn Broome
★8.0
MOVIE1996
Eskimo Day
as James
★5.6
MOVIE1955
To Paris with Love
as Sir Edgar Fraser
★6.5
MOVIE1954
Father Brown
as Father Brown
★8.8
MOVIE2004
When Star Wars Ruled the World
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
★7.2
MOVIE1955
The Prisoner
as The Cardinal
★5.8
MOVIE1967
The Comedians in Africa
as Self (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE2000
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1934
Evensong
as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1954
The Stratford Adventure
as Self
MOVIE1958
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
as Self
MOVIE2021
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1985
David Lean: A Life in Film
as Self
MOVIE1970
The Ealing Comedies
as Self
MOVIE1978