Alec Guinness
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
84
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-04-02
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Also Known As
Alec Guinness de Cuffe, Sir Alec Guinness
Known For
Star Wars 
Doctor Zhivago 
Lawrence of Arabia 
The Bridge on the River Kwai 
Kafka 
The Empire Strikes Back 
Return of the Jedi 
Pasternak 
Brother Sun, Sister Moon 
Oliver Twist 
The Ladykillers 
Murder by Death 
Cromwell 
Kind Hearts and Coronets 
Raise the Titanic 
Our Man in Havana 
The Man in the White Suit 
The Lavender Hill Mob 
Scrooge 
Great Expectations 
H.M.S. Defiant 
Tunes of Glory 
The Captain's Paradise 
The Card 
The Horse's Mouth 
The Swan 
A Passage to India 
Barnacle Bill 
A Run for Your Money 
Little Lord Fauntleroy 
A Handful of Dust 
The Quiller Memorandum 
Last Holiday 
Little Dorrit 
Malta Story 
Hitler: The Last Ten Days 
The Fall of the Roman Empire 
Hitler: The Comedy Years 
Mute Witness 
Lovesick 
The Ealing Comedies 
The Prisoner 
The Comedians 
To Paris with Love 
Father Brown 
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' 
The Mudlark 
The Scapegoat 
Hotel Paradiso 
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious 
A Majority of One 
Monsignor Quixote 
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness 
Eskimo Day 
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant 
Twelfth Night 
Caesar and Cleopatra 
The Gift of Friendship 
Tales from Hollywood 
Evensong 
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered 
Grace Kelly: The American Princess 
When Star Wars Ruled the World 
The Star Wars Holiday Special Rowlandson's England 
Star Wars: The Force Awakens 
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel 
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back 
The Stratford Adventure Starring Sigmund Freud 
The Story of Star Wars 
A Foreign Field 
The Comedians in Africa 
David Lean: A Life in Film 
Edwin 
The Making of Star Wars 
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess 
Lionpower from MGM A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland) 
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies 
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