Alec Guinness
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Star Wars
1977
as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Return of the Jedi
1983
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
as Prince Feisal
Doctor Zhivago
1965
as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
as Col. Nicholson
Mute Witness
1995
as The Reaper
The Quiller Memorandum
1966
as Pol
Oliver Twist
1948
as Fagin
Great Expectations
1946
as Herbert Pocket
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Marcus Aurelius
A Passage to India
1984
as Professor Godbole
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
as Earl of Dorincourt
The Ladykillers
1955
as Professor Marcus
Murder by Death
1976
as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Scrooge
1970
as Jacob Marley's Ghost
H.M.S. Defiant
1962
as Captain Crawford
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