Alec Guinness
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
as Self - (archive footage)
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
2015
as Self
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
as (archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
2004
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Eskimo Day
1996
as James
Mute Witness
1995
as The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
as Self (archive footage)
A Foreign Field
1993
as Amos
Tales from Hollywood
1992
as Heinrich Mann
Kafka
1991
as The Chief Clerk
Performance
1991
as Heinrich Mann
Screen One
1989
as Amos
A Handful of Dust
1988
as Mr. Todd
Little Dorrit
1987
as William Dorrit
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Monsignor Quixote
1985
as Father Quixote
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985
as Self
A Passage to India
1984
as Professor Godbole
Edwin
1984
as Sir Fennimore Truscott
Return of the Jedi
1983
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Lovesick
1983
as Sigmund Freud
Smiley's People
1982
as George Smiley
American Playhouse
1982
as Heinrich Mann
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Raise the Titanic
1980
as John Bigalow
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
as Earl of Dorincourt
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980
as Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
as George Smiley
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
The South Bank Show
1978
as Self
Star Wars
1977
as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
The Making of Star Wars
1977
as Self
Murder by Death
1976
as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Caesar and Cleopatra
1976
as Caesar
Apostrophes
1975
as Self
The Gift of Friendship
1974
as Jocelyn Broome
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Adolf Hitler
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972
as Papst Innozenz III.
Great Performances
1971
as Father Quixote
Film '72
1971
as Self
Cromwell
1970
as King Charles I
Scrooge
1970
as Jacob Marley's Ghost
The Ealing Comedies
1970
as Self
Twelfth Night
1970
as Malvolio
The Comedians
1967
as Major H. O. Jones
The Comedians in Africa
1967
as Self (uncredited)
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
Omnibus
1967
as Self
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Jocelyn Broome
The Quiller Memorandum
1966
as Pol
Hotel Paradiso
1966
as Benedict Boniface
Doctor Zhivago
1965
as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Pasternak
1965
as Self (archive footage)
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious
1965
as Wilhelm Frick
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as The Executioner
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
as Marcus Aurelius
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
as Prince Feisal
H.M.S. Defiant
1962
as Captain Crawford
A Majority of One
1961
as Koichi Asano
Our Man in Havana
1960
as Jim Wormold
Tunes of Glory
1960
as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
The Scapegoat
1959
as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
Startime
1959
as Jebal Deeks
The Horse's Mouth
1958
as Gulley Jimson
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958
as Self
...On Seeing Film
1958
as Self
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
as Col. Nicholson
Barnacle Bill
1957
as Captain William Horatio Ambrose
The Swan
1956
as Prince Albert
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
The Ladykillers
1955
as Professor Marcus
The Prisoner
1955
as The Cardinal
To Paris with Love
1955
as Sir Edgar Fraser
Rowlandson's England
1955
as Narrator
MGM Parade
1955
as self
Father Brown
1954
as Father Brown
The Stratford Adventure
1954
as Self
The Captain's Paradise
1953
as Captain Henry St. James
Malta Story
1953
as Flight Lt. Peter Ross
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Card
1952
as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
The Man in the White Suit
1951
as Sidney Stratton
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Julius Caesar
Last Holiday
1950
as George Bird
The Mudlark
1950
as Benjamin Disraeli
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
A Run for Your Money
1949
as Whimple
Oliver Twist
1948
as Fagin
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Great Expectations
1946
as Herbert Pocket
Evensong
1934
as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)