8.8
8.8
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Alec Guinness
Also known as: Alec Guinness de Cuffe, Sir Alec Guinness
Acting
Born:April 2, 1914
Died:August 5, 2000(aged 86)
Birthplace:Marylebone, London, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Height:5'9" (176 cm)
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (74 movies)
8.6
8.6
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Obi Wan Kenobi
8.5
8.5
Monsignor Quixote
1985
as Father Quixote
8.4
8.4
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
8.2
8.2
Star Wars
1977
as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
8.0
8.0
Edwin
1984
as Sir Fennimore Truscott
8.0
8.0
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
as Prince Feisal
7.9
7.9
Return of the Jedi
1983
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
7.8
7.8
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
as Col. Nicholson
7.6
7.6
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949
as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
7.6
7.6
Oliver Twist
1948
as Fagin
7.5
7.5
Eskimo Day
1996
as James
7.5
7.5
Doctor Zhivago
1965
as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
7.4
7.4
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
as Earl of Dorincourt
7.3
7.3
Great Expectations
1946
as Herbert Pocket
7.3
7.3
The Ladykillers
1955
as Professor Marcus
7.3
7.3
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
as Self (archive footage)
7.2
7.2
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
7.2
7.2
The Story of Star Wars
2004
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
7.2
7.2
Murder by Death
1976
as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
7.2
7.2
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
7.2
7.2
The Prisoner
1955
as The Cardinal
7.1
7.1
Last Holiday
1950
as George Bird
7.0
7.0
Tunes of Glory
1960
as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
7.0
7.0
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
1965
as Wilhelm Frick
7.0
7.0
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
as Papst Innozenz III.
7.0
7.0
The Making of Star Wars
1977
as Self
6.9
6.9
The Man in the White Suit
1951
as Sidney Stratton
6.9
6.9
The Card
1952
as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
6.8
6.8
A Passage to India
1984
as Professor Godbole
6.8
6.8
Scrooge
1970
as Jacob Marley's Ghost
6.8
6.8
The Swan
1956
as Prince Albert
6.8
6.8
The Scapegoat
1959
as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
6.7
6.7
Our Man in Havana
1960
as Jim Wormold
6.7
6.7
The Horse's Mouth
1958
Writer
6.5
6.5
Cromwell
1970
as King Charles I
6.5
6.5
H.M.S. Defiant
1962
as Captain Crawford
6.5
6.5
Little Dorrit
1987
as William Dorrit
6.5
6.5
The Mudlark
1950
as Benjamin Disraeli
6.5
6.5
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Marcus Aurelius
6.4
6.4
Kafka
1991
as The Chief Clerk
6.4
6.4
Barnacle Bill
1957
as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
6.4
6.4
Mute Witness
1995
as The Reaper
6.4
6.4
Twelfth Night
1970
as Malvolio
6.4
6.4
Father Brown
1954
as Father Brown
6.3
6.3
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
2015
as Self
6.3
6.3
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
6.1
6.1
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Adolf Hitler
6.1
6.1
The Comedians
1967
as Major H. O. Jones
6.0
6.0
A Handful of Dust
1988
as Mr. Todd
6.0
6.0
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985
as Self
6.0
6.0
Caesar and Cleopatra
1976
as Caesar
6.0
6.0
A Run for Your Money
1949
as Whimple
6.0
6.0
The Stratford Adventure
1954
as Self
5.9
5.9
Malta Story
1953
as Flight Lt. Peter Ross
5.8
5.8
The Quiller Memorandum
1966
as Pol
5.7
5.7
A Majority of One
1961
as Koichi Asano
5.5
5.5
Lovesick
1983
as Sigmund Freud
5.5
5.5
Hotel Paradiso
1966
as Benedict Boniface
5.3
5.3
The Comedians in Africa
1967
as Self (uncredited)
5.3
5.3
Raise the Titanic
1980
as John Bigalow
5.3
5.3
The Captain's Paradise
1953
as Captain Henry St. James
5.2
5.2
To Paris with Love
1955
as Sir Edgar Fraser
5.0
5.0
Pasternak
1965
as Himself
1.0
1.0
Tales from Hollywood
1992
as Heinrich Mann
Rowlandson's England
1955
as Narrator
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Gift of Friendship
1974
as Jocelyn Broome
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
as (archive footage)
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958
as Self
The Ealing Comedies
1970
as Self
Evensong
1934
as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1978
A Foreign Field
1993
as Amos
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