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.
Star Wars
as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
The Empire Strikes Back
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Return of the Jedi
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Lawrence of Arabia
as Prince Feisal
Doctor Zhivago
as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Col. Nicholson
Great Expectations
as Herbert Pocket
Oliver Twist
as Fagin
The Fall of the Roman Empire
as Marcus Aurelius
Scrooge
as Jacob Marley's Ghost
The Ladykillers
as Professor Marcus
Mute Witness
as The Reaper
Murder by Death
as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Earl of Dorincourt
The Star Wars Holiday Special
as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Last Holiday
as George Bird
Cromwell
as King Charles I
Raise the Titanic
as John Bigalow
The Swan
as Prince Albert
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
as Self
Little Dorrit
as William Dorrit
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
as Papst Innozenz III.
H.M.S. Defiant
as Captain Crawford
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
A Passage to India
as Professor Godbole
Kafka
as The Chief Clerk
The Lavender Hill Mob
as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
The Man in the White Suit
as Sidney Stratton
The Comedians
as Major H. O. Jones
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
as Adolf Hitler
A Handful of Dust
as Mr. Todd
Malta Story
as Flight Lt. Peter Ross
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
Lovesick
as Sigmund Freud
The Making of Star Wars
as Self
The Card
as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
Father Brown
as Father Brown
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
Monsignor Quixote
as Father Quixote
Lionpower from MGM
as Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
Our Man in Havana
as Jim Wormold
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Quiller Memorandum
as Pol
The Story of Star Wars
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Tunes of Glory
as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
The Scapegoat
as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
A Foreign Field
as Amos
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Prisoner
as The Cardinal
Starring Sigmund Freud
as (archive footage)
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
as Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Hotel Paradiso
as Benedict Boniface
The Captain's Paradise
as Captain Henry St. James
Barnacle Bill
as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
A Run for Your Money
as Whimple
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
as Wilhelm Frick
The Mudlark
as Benjamin Disraeli
The Horse's Mouth
as Gulley Jimson
A Majority of One
as Koichi Asano
Twelfth Night
as Malvolio
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Eskimo Day
as James
To Paris with Love
as Sir Edgar Fraser
Rowlandson's England
as Narrator
Tales from Hollywood
as Heinrich Mann
The Stratford Adventure
as Self
David Lean: A Life in Film
as Self
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
as Self
The Comedians in Africa
as Self (uncredited)
Pasternak
as Self (archive footage)
...On Seeing Film
as Self
Evensong
as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
as Self (archive footage)
The Ealing Comedies
as Self
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
Edwin
as Sir Fennimore Truscott
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Caesar
The Gift of Friendship
as Jocelyn Broome
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
as Self (archive footage)