Alec Guinness

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

94

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-04-02

Day of death

2000-08-05 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Marylebone, London, England, UK

Alec Guinness

Biography

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 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.

Known For

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

  • Star Wars

    Star Wars

  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • The South Bank Show

    The South Bank Show

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Return of the Jedi

    Return of the Jedi

  • The Empire Strikes Back

    The Empire Strikes Back

  • Lawrence of Arabia

    Lawrence of Arabia

  • The Bridge on the River Kwai

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

  • The Star Wars Holiday Special

    The Star Wars Holiday Special

  • Murder by Death

    Murder by Death

  • Startime

    Startime

  • The Fall of the Roman Empire

    The Fall of the Roman Empire

  • Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

  • Doctor Zhivago

    Doctor Zhivago

  • The Card

    The Card

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • Brother Sun, Sister Moon

    Brother Sun, Sister Moon

  • H.M.S. Defiant

    H.M.S. Defiant

  • Tales from Hollywood

    Tales from Hollywood

  • Last Holiday

    Last Holiday

  • Lovesick

    Lovesick

  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

  • Raise the Titanic

    Raise the Titanic

  • The Swan

    The Swan

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • The Prisoner

    The Prisoner

  • Talking Pictures

    Talking Pictures

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

    The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

  • Cromwell

    Cromwell

  • The Ladykillers

    The Ladykillers

  • Hitler: The Comedy Years

    Hitler: The Comedy Years

  • A Run for Your Money

    A Run for Your Money

  • The Man in the White Suit

    The Man in the White Suit

  • Smiley's People

    Smiley's People

  • The Making of Star Wars

    The Making of Star Wars

  • The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

    The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

  • A Passage to India

    A Passage to India

  • The Mudlark

    The Mudlark

  • Mute Witness

    Mute Witness

  • Scrooge

    Scrooge

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Little Lord Fauntleroy

    Little Lord Fauntleroy

  • The Captain's Paradise

    The Captain's Paradise

  • Evensong

    Evensong

  • A Foreign Field

    A Foreign Field

  • Screen One

    Screen One

  • Eskimo Day

    Eskimo Day

  • The Gift of Friendship

    The Gift of Friendship

  • Kind Hearts and Coronets

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

  • Barnacle Bill

    Barnacle Bill

  • Grace Kelly: The American Princess

    Grace Kelly: The American Princess

  • The Comedians

    The Comedians

  • Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious

    Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious

  • The Ealing Comedies

    The Ealing Comedies

  • Father Brown

    Father Brown

  • Hotel Paradiso

    Hotel Paradiso

  • Kafka

    Kafka

  • The Quiller Memorandum

    The Quiller Memorandum

  • Tunes of Glory

    Tunes of Glory

  • The Scapegoat

    The Scapegoat

  • SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

    SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

  • Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

  • The Stratford Adventure

    The Stratford Adventure

  • To Paris with Love

    To Paris with Love

  • The Story of Star Wars

    The Story of Star Wars

  • Hitler: The Last Ten Days

    Hitler: The Last Ten Days

  • Our Man in Havana

    Our Man in Havana

  • A Handful of Dust

    A Handful of Dust

  • A Majority of One

    A Majority of One

  • The Horse's Mouth

    The Horse's Mouth

  • The Lavender Hill Mob

    The Lavender Hill Mob

  • Monsignor Quixote

    Monsignor Quixote

  • Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

    Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

  • Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel

    Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel

  • Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

    Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

  • When Star Wars Ruled the World

    When Star Wars Ruled the World

  • Edwin

    Edwin

  • David Lean: A Life in Film

    David Lean: A Life in Film

  • Malta Story

    Malta Story

  • Lionpower from MGM

    Lionpower from MGM

  • Starring Sigmund Freud

    Starring Sigmund Freud

  • Pasternak

    Pasternak

  • The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness

    The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness

  • The Comedians in Africa

    The Comedians in Africa

  • Caesar and Cleopatra

    Caesar and Cleopatra

  • A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)

    A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)

  • Rowlandson's England

    Rowlandson's England