Alec Guinness
Actor
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
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited) 2015
The Empire Strikes Back
as Obi-Wan Kenobi 1980
Return of the Jedi
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi 1983
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice) 2019
Lawrence of Arabia
as Prince Feisal 1962
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Col. Nicholson 1957
Doctor Zhivago
as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago 1965
Murder by Death
as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum 1976
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 1949
The Ladykillers
as Professor Marcus 1955
The Star Wars Holiday Special
as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited) 1978
Great Expectations
as Herbert Pocket 1946
A Passage to India
as Professor Godbole 1984
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Earl of Dorincourt 1980
The Lavender Hill Mob
as Henry 'Dutch' Holland 1951
Oliver Twist
as Fagin 1948