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Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Birthday: 1914-04-02 | Place of Birth: Marylebone, London, England, UK

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (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. His is 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2006
Vader Sessions

as    Obi-Wan Kenobi

2006
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

as    Self - Actor (archive footage)

2005
Star Wars: Deleted Magic

as    Self (archive footage)

2004
When Star Wars Ruled the World

as    Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

2004
The Story of Star Wars

as    Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

2003
The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia'

as    Self (archive footage)

1996
Eskimo Day

as    James

1995
Mute Witness

as    The Reaper

1993
A Foreign Field

as    Amos

1991
Kafka

as    The Chief Clerk

1988
A Handful of Dust

as    Mr. Todd

1987
Little Dorrit

as    William Dorrit

1985
Monsignor Quixote

as    Father Quixote

1985
1984
A Passage to India

as    Professor Godbole

1983
Lovesick

as    Sigmund Freud

1982
Smiley's People

as    George Smiley

1980
Little Lord Fauntleroy

as    Earl of Dorincourt

1980
Raise the Titanic

as    John Bigalow

1980
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

as    Obi Wan Kenobi

1980
The Empire Strikes Back

as    Obi-Wan Kenobi

1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

as    George Smiley

1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

as    George Smiley

1977
Star Wars

as    Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi

1977
The Making of Star Wars

as    Self