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

  • Star Wars

    Star Wars

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Apostrophes

    Apostrophes

  • The South Bank Show

    The South Bank Show

  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens

  • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

  • Lawrence of Arabia

    Lawrence of Arabia

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Empire Strikes Back

    The Empire Strikes Back

  • Return of the Jedi

    Return of the Jedi

  • Screen One

    Screen One

  • Performance

    Performance

  • The Swan

    The Swan

  • Scrooge

    Scrooge

  • A Passage to India

    A Passage to India

  • The Bridge on the River Kwai

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

  • Eskimo Day

    Eskimo Day

  • The Ladykillers

    The Ladykillers

  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

  • Doctor Zhivago

    Doctor Zhivago

  • Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

    Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

  • The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

    The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

  • The Card

    The Card

  • The Mudlark

    The Mudlark

  • Last Holiday

    Last Holiday

  • Lovesick

    Lovesick

  • Mute Witness

    Mute Witness

  • The Fall of the Roman Empire

    The Fall of the Roman Empire

  • The Prisoner

    The Prisoner

  • The Scapegoat

    The Scapegoat

  • Cromwell

    Cromwell

  • The Comedians

    The Comedians

  • Father Brown

    Father Brown

  • Little Lord Fauntleroy

    Little Lord Fauntleroy

  • Smiley's People

    Smiley's People

  • Barnacle Bill

    Barnacle Bill

  • H.M.S. Defiant

    H.M.S. Defiant

  • Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious

    Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious

  • Evensong

    Evensong

  • Raise the Titanic

    Raise the Titanic

  • The Star Wars Holiday Special

    The Star Wars Holiday Special

  • Startime

    Startime

  • Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

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

    The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

  • Monsignor Quixote

    Monsignor Quixote

  • Murder by Death

    Murder by Death

  • Talking Pictures

    Talking Pictures

  • The Making of Star Wars

    The Making of Star Wars

  • A Run for Your Money

    A Run for Your Money

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

    The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness

  • Kafka

    Kafka

  • Brother Sun, Sister Moon

    Brother Sun, Sister Moon

  • The Man in the White Suit

    The Man in the White Suit

  • Kind Hearts and Coronets

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

  • A Handful of Dust

    A Handful of Dust

  • The Captain's Paradise

    The Captain's Paradise

  • The Lavender Hill Mob

    The Lavender Hill Mob

  • The Quiller Memorandum

    The Quiller Memorandum

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

    SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

  • The Stratford Adventure

    The Stratford Adventure

  • Hitler: The Comedy Years

    Hitler: The Comedy Years

  • Our Man in Havana

    Our Man in Havana

  • The Ealing Comedies

    The Ealing Comedies

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hitler: The Last Ten Days

    Hitler: The Last Ten Days

  • To Paris with Love

    To Paris with Love

  • Grace Kelly: The American Princess

    Grace Kelly: The American Princess

  • A Foreign Field

    A Foreign Field

  • Tunes of Glory

    Tunes of Glory

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • When Star Wars Ruled the World

    When Star Wars Ruled the World

  • Tales from Hollywood

    Tales from Hollywood

  • A Majority of One

    A Majority of One

  • Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

    Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

  • The Gift of Friendship

    The Gift of Friendship

  • The Horse's Mouth

    The Horse's Mouth

  • The Comedians in Africa

    The Comedians in Africa

  • Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

  • The Story of Star Wars

    The Story of Star Wars

  • Hotel Paradiso

    Hotel Paradiso

  • Edwin

    Edwin

  • Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel

    Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel

  • Malta Story

    Malta Story

  • Caesar and Cleopatra

    Caesar and Cleopatra

  • Pasternak

    Pasternak

  • Starring Sigmund Freud

    Starring Sigmund Freud

  • Rowlandson's England

    Rowlandson's England

  • Lionpower from MGM

    Lionpower from MGM

  • David Lean: A Life in Film

    David Lean: A Life in Film

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

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