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Alec Guinness

Actor • Born 1914

Alec Guinness

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About

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.

Known for

Great Performances posterGreat PerformancesSeries • 1971American Playhouse posterAmerican PlayhouseSeries • 1982ITV Playhouse posterITV PlayhouseSeries • 1967Star Wars posterStar WarsMovie • 1977Thirty-Minute Theatre posterThirty-Minute TheatreSeries • 1965Star Wars: The Force Awakens posterStar Wars: The Force AwakensMovie • 2015Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker posterStar Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerMovie • 2019The Empire Strikes Back posterThe Empire Strikes BackMovie • 1980Performance posterPerformanceSeries • 1991Return of the Jedi posterReturn of the JediMovie • 1983Lawrence of Arabia posterLawrence of ArabiaMovie • 1962Startime posterStartimeSeries • 1959Screen One posterScreen OneSeries • 1989The Bridge on the River Kwai posterThe Bridge on the River KwaiMovie • 1957Doctor Zhivago posterDoctor ZhivagoMovie • 1965Smiley's People posterSmiley's PeopleSeries • 1982Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy posterTinker Tailor Soldier SpySeries • 1979Murder by Death posterMurder by DeathMovie • 1976Mute Witness posterMute WitnessMovie • 1995The Ladykillers posterThe LadykillersMovie • 1955The Fall of the Roman Empire posterThe Fall of the Roman EmpireMovie • 1964Oliver Twist posterOliver TwistMovie • 1948H.M.S. Defiant posterH.M.S. DefiantMovie • 1962Great Expectations posterGreat ExpectationsMovie • 1946