Alec Guinness
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 2, 1914, Marylebone, London, England, UK
- Died
- August 5, 2000
- Movies
- 83
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2022 | Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies | Self - (archive footage) |
| 2021 | A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland) | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice) |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel | Self |
| 2012 | Starring Sigmund Freud | (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Hitler: The Comedy Years | Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2006 | Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2004 | When Star Wars Ruled the World | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) |
| 2004 | The Story of Star Wars | Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) |
| 2000 | The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' | Self (archive footage) |
| 1996 | Eskimo Day | James |
| 1995 | Mute Witness | The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star) |
| 1993 | A Foreign Field | Amos |
| 1993 | Audrey Hepburn: Remembered | Self (archive footage) |
| 1992 | Tales from Hollywood | Heinrich Mann |
| 1991 | Kafka | The Chief Clerk |
| 1988 | A Handful of Dust | Mr. Todd |
| 1987 | Little Dorrit | William Dorrit |
| 1987 | Grace Kelly: The American Princess | Self (archive footage) |
| 1985 | Monsignor Quixote | Father Quixote |
| 1985 | David Lean: A Life in Film | Self |
| 1984 | A Passage to India | Professor Godbole |
| 1984 | Edwin | Sir Fennimore Truscott |
| 1983 | Return of the Jedi | Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi |
| 1983 | Lovesick | Sigmund Freud |
| 1980 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Earl of Dorincourt |
| 1980 | SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back | Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage) |
| 1980 | Raise the Titanic | John Bigalow |
| 1980 | The Empire Strikes Back | Obi-Wan Kenobi |
| 1978 | The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness | |
| 1978 | The Star Wars Holiday Special | Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1977 | The Making of Star Wars | Self |
| 1977 | Star Wars | Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi |
| 1976 | Murder by Death | Butler Jamesir Bensonmum |
| 1976 | Caesar and Cleopatra | Caesar |
| 1974 | The Gift of Friendship | Jocelyn Broome |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Adolf Hitler |
| 1972 | Brother Sun, Sister Moon | Papst Innozenz III. |
| 1970 | Scrooge | Jacob Marley's Ghost |
| 1970 | The Ealing Comedies | Self |
| 1970 | Cromwell | King Charles I |
| 1970 | Twelfth Night | Malvolio |
| 1967 | The Comedians | Major H. O. Jones |
| 1967 | The Comedians in Africa | Self (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Lionpower from MGM | Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1966 | The Quiller Memorandum | Pol |
| 1966 | Hotel Paradiso | Benedict Boniface |
| 1965 | Pasternak | Self (archive footage) |
| 1965 | Doctor Zhivago | Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago |
| 1965 | Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious | Wilhelm Frick |
| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire | Marcus Aurelius |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | Prince Feisal |
| 1962 | H.M.S. Defiant | Captain Crawford |
| 1961 | A Majority of One | Koichi Asano |
| 1960 | Tunes of Glory | Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M. |
| 1960 | Our Man in Havana | Jim Wormold |
| 1959 | The Scapegoat | John Barratt / Jacques De Gue |
| 1958 | The Horse's Mouth | Gulley Jimson |
| 1958 | The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant | Self |
| 1958 | ...On Seeing Film | Self |
| 1957 | Barnacle Bill | Captain William Horatio Ambrose |
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Col. Nicholson |
| 1956 | The Swan | Prince Albert |
| 1955 | The Ladykillers | Professor Marcus |
| 1955 | The Prisoner | The Cardinal |
| 1955 | To Paris with Love | Sir Edgar Fraser |
| 1955 | Rowlandson's England | Narrator |
| 1954 | The Stratford Adventure | Self |
| 1954 | Father Brown | Father Brown |
| 1953 | The Captain's Paradise | Captain Henry St. James |
| 1953 | Malta Story | Flight Lt. Peter Ross |
| 1952 | The Card | Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin |
| 1951 | The Man in the White Suit | Sidney Stratton |
| 1951 | The Lavender Hill Mob | Henry 'Dutch' Holland |
| 1950 | The Mudlark | Benjamin Disraeli |
| 1950 | Last Holiday | George Bird |
| 1949 | A Run for Your Money | Whimple |
| 1949 | Kind Hearts and Coronets | The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha |
| 1948 | Oliver Twist | Fagin |
| 1946 | Great Expectations | Herbert Pocket |
| 1934 | Evensong | W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1958 | The Horse's Mouth | Writer |
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