Alec Guinness
ActingSir 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.
Known For
Star Wars
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Return of the Jedi
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Lawrence of Arabia
Prince Feisal
Oliver Twist
Fagin
Doctor Zhivago
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Nicholson
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Earl of Dorincourt
Filmography — Acting
Star Wars
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Return of the Jedi
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Lawrence of Arabia
Prince Feisal
Oliver Twist
Fagin
Doctor Zhivago
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Nicholson
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Earl of Dorincourt
A Passage to India
Professor Godbole
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Marcus Aurelius
Great Expectations
Herbert Pocket
Kafka
The Chief Clerk
Mute Witness
The Reaper
Murder by Death
Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Cromwell
King Charles I
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
H.M.S. Defiant
Captain Crawford
The Ladykillers
Professor Marcus
Scrooge
Jacob Marley's Ghost
The Quiller Memorandum
Pol
Raise the Titanic
John Bigalow
The Swan
Prince Albert
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Adolf Hitler
The Lavender Hill Mob
Henry 'Dutch' Holland
A Handful of Dust
Mr. Todd
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Papst Innozenz III.
The Scapegoat
John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
Last Holiday
George Bird
Malta Story
Flight Lt. Peter Ross
The Card
Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
The Story of Star Wars
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Little Dorrit
William Dorrit
The Man in the White Suit
Sidney Stratton
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Self
Lovesick
Sigmund Freud
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Obi Wan Kenobi
The Making of Star Wars
Self
Our Man in Havana
Jim Wormold
The Prisoner
The Cardinal
Tunes of Glory
Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self (archive footage)
Barnacle Bill
Captain William Horatio Ambrose
Hotel Paradiso
Benedict Boniface
Father Brown
Father Brown
The Comedians
Major H. O. Jones
The Horse's Mouth
Gulley Jimson
A Foreign Field
Amos
Monsignor Quixote
Father Quixote
The Captain's Paradise
Captain Henry St. James
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Eskimo Day
James
Twelfth Night
Malvolio
David Lean: A Life in Film
Self
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
The Comedians in Africa
Self (uncredited)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
To Paris with Love
Sir Edgar Fraser
Pasternak
Self (archive footage)
The Stratford Adventure
Self
Tales from Hollywood
Heinrich Mann
The Mudlark
Benjamin Disraeli
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
Wilhelm Frick
A Run for Your Money
Whimple
Edwin
Sir Fennimore Truscott
A Majority of One
Koichi Asano
Starring Sigmund Freud
(archive footage)
The Ealing Comedies
Self
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
Self (archive footage)
Evensong
W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)
The Gift of Friendship
Jocelyn Broome
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Self
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar
Rowlandson's England
Narrator
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
Self (archive footage)