Actor profile

Alec Guinness

2nd April 1914 Marylebone, London, England, UK Acting

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.

83 Movies 17 TV Shows 100 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies poster

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies 22nd June 2022 as Self - (archive footage)

A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland) 1st January 2021 as Self (archive footage)

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 18th December 2019 as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)

Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel poster

Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel 15th December 2015 as Self

Star Wars: The Force Awakens 15th December 2015 as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)

Las Guerras de las Hayacas 10th December 2014 as Obi de wan Fumobi

Starring Sigmund Freud 1st November 2012 as (archive footage)

Hitler: The Comedy Years 10th May 2007 as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess poster

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess 16th September 2006 as Self - Actor (archive footage)

When Star Wars Ruled the World 18th September 2004 as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

The Story of Star Wars 18th August 2004 as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' poster

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' 21st November 2000 as Self (archive footage)

Eskimo Day 4th April 1996 as James

Mute Witness 15th September 1995 as The Reaper

A Foreign Field 10th September 1993 as Amos

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered 11th August 1993 as Self (archive footage)

Tales from Hollywood 18th October 1992 as Heinrich Mann

Kafka 15th November 1991 as The Chief Clerk

A Handful of Dust 24th June 1988 as Mr. Todd

Little Dorrit 11th December 1987 as William Dorrit

Grace Kelly: The American Princess poster

Grace Kelly: The American Princess 8th June 1987 as Self (archive footage)

David Lean: A Life in Film 1st January 1985 as Self

Monsignor Quixote 1st January 1985 as Father Quixote

A Passage to India 14th December 1984 as Professor Godbole

Edwin 1st January 1984 as Sir Fennimore Truscott

Return of the Jedi 25th May 1983 as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi

Lovesick 18th February 1983 as Sigmund Freud

Little Lord Fauntleroy 1st December 1980 as Earl of Dorincourt

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back 22nd September 1980 as Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

Raise the Titanic 1st August 1980 as John Bigalow

The Empire Strikes Back 20th May 1980 as Obi-Wan Kenobi

The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness 31st December 1978

The Star Wars Holiday Special 17th November 1978 as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Making of Star Wars 16th September 1977 as Self

Star Wars 25th May 1977 as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi

Murder by Death 23rd June 1976 as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum

Caesar and Cleopatra 1st February 1976 as Caesar

The Gift of Friendship 24th September 1974 as Jocelyn Broome

Hitler: The Last Ten Days 19th April 1973 as Adolf Hitler

Brother Sun, Sister Moon 3rd March 1972 as Papst Innozenz III.

Scrooge 5th November 1970 as Jacob Marley's Ghost

The Ealing Comedies 8th September 1970 as Self

Cromwell 16th July 1970 as King Charles I

Twelfth Night 12th July 1970 as Malvolio

The Comedians 31st October 1967 as Major H. O. Jones

The Comedians in Africa 31st August 1967 as Self (uncredited)

Lionpower from MGM 1st January 1967 as Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Quiller Memorandum 10th November 1966 as Pol

Hotel Paradiso 1st March 1966 as Benedict Boniface

Pasternak 31st December 1965 as Self (archive footage)

Doctor Zhivago 22nd December 1965 as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago

Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious poster

Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious 13th October 1965 as Wilhelm Frick

The Fall of the Roman Empire 24th March 1964 as Marcus Aurelius

Lawrence of Arabia 11th December 1962 as Prince Feisal

H.M.S. Defiant 15th April 1962 as Captain Crawford

A Majority of One 27th December 1961 as Koichi Asano

Tunes of Glory 17th September 1960 as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.

Our Man in Havana 27th January 1960 as Jim Wormold

The Scapegoat 6th August 1959 as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue

The Horse's Mouth 11th November 1958 as Gulley Jimson

...On Seeing Film 1st January 1958 as Self

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant poster

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant 1st January 1958 as Self

Barnacle Bill 17th December 1957 as Captain William Horatio Ambrose

The Bridge on the River Kwai 11th October 1957 as Col. Nicholson

The Swan 26th April 1956 as Prince Albert

The Ladykillers 8th December 1955 as Professor Marcus

The Prisoner 19th April 1955 as The Cardinal

Rowlandson's England 1st January 1955 as Narrator

To Paris with Love 1st January 1955 as Sir Edgar Fraser

The Stratford Adventure 2nd August 1954 as Self

Father Brown 8th June 1954 as Father Brown

The Captain's Paradise 9th June 1953 as Captain Henry St. James

Malta Story 1st June 1953 as Flight Lt. Peter Ross

The Card 25th February 1952 as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin

The Man in the White Suit 7th August 1951 as Sidney Stratton

The Lavender Hill Mob 28th June 1951 as Henry 'Dutch' Holland

The Mudlark 3rd October 1950 as Benjamin Disraeli

Last Holiday 15th May 1950 as George Bird

A Run for Your Money 23rd November 1949 as Whimple

Kind Hearts and Coronets 21st June 1949 as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha