Alec Guinness1914 - 2000

usually

Actor

Popularity

1.2

Famous

Biography

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 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.

Credits

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

2022

Documentary

as Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.8
2.6
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019

Action • Adventure • Science Fiction

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)

6.3
8.9
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015

Action • Adventure • Science Fiction

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)

7.3
10.1
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
6.3
0.7
Starring Sigmund Freud
Starring Sigmund Freud

2012

Documentary

as (archive footage)

0.2
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Hitler: The Comedy Years

2007

Documentary

as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)

5
0.5
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

2006

Documentary • History • TV Movie

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

7.2
0.3
When Star Wars Ruled the World
When Star Wars Ruled the World

2004

Documentary • TV Movie

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

8.8
0.3
The Story of Star Wars
The Story of Star Wars

2004

Documentary

as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

7.1
0.5
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

2000

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

6.3
0.2
Eskimo Day
Eskimo Day

1996

Comedy • Drama • TV Movie

as James

7.5
0.2
Mute Witness
Mute Witness

1995

Horror • Thriller

as The Reaper

6.4
0.8
A Foreign Field
A Foreign Field

1993

Comedy • Romance • TV Movie • War

as Amos

0.5
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

1993

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self (archive footage)

7
0.5
Tales from Hollywood
Tales from Hollywood

1992

Drama • TV Movie

as Heinrich Mann

1
0.3
Kafka
Kafka

1991

Drama • Mystery • Science Fiction

as The Chief Clerk

6.4
1.1
A Handful of Dust
A Handful of Dust

1988

Drama • Romance

as Mr. Todd

6.2
0.9
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit

1987

Drama

as William Dorrit

6.5
0.6
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Grace Kelly: The American Princess

1987

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

6.5
0.3
Monsignor Quixote
Monsignor Quixote

1985

as Father Quixote

8.5
0.2
David Lean: A Life in Film
David Lean: A Life in Film

1985

Documentary

as Self

6
0.2
A Passage to India
A Passage to India

1984

Adventure • Drama • History

as Professor Godbole

6.8
1.2
Edwin
Edwin

1984

Drama • TV Movie

as Sir Fennimore Truscott

8
0.2
Return of the Jedi
Return of the Jedi

1983

Action • Adventure • Science Fiction

as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi

7.9
7
Lovesick
Lovesick

1983

Comedy • Fantasy • Romance

as Sigmund Freud

5.5
0.7
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980

Drama • Family • TV Movie

as Earl of Dorincourt

7.4
1.1
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

1980

Documentary • TV Movie

as Obi Wan Kenobi

8.6
0.3
Raise the Titanic
Raise the Titanic

1980

Adventure

as John Bigalow

5.3
1.3
The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back

1980

Action • Adventure • Science Fiction

as Obi-Wan Kenobi

8.4
7.4
The Star Wars Holiday Special
The Star Wars Holiday Special

1978

Adventure • Family • Music • Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)

3.4
2.1
The Making of Star Wars
The Making of Star Wars

1977

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self

7
0.7
Star Wars
Star Wars

1977

Action • Adventure • Science Fiction

as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi

8.2
17.3
Murder by Death
Murder by Death

1976

Comedy • Crime • Mystery • Thriller

as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum

7.2
1.6
Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar and Cleopatra

1976

Drama

as Caesar

6
0.1
The Gift of Friendship
The Gift of Friendship

1974

TV Movie

as Jocelyn Broome

0.2
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973

Drama • History • War

as Adolf Hitler

6.1
2.2
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Brother Sun, Sister Moon

1972

Drama • History

as Papst Innozenz III.

7
1
Scrooge
Scrooge

1970

Drama • Family • Fantasy

as Jacob Marley's Ghost

6.9
2.2
The Ealing Comedies
The Ealing Comedies

1970

Documentary

as Self

0.1
Cromwell
Cromwell

1970

Drama • History • War

as King Charles I

6.5
0.9
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night

1970

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Malvolio

6.4
0.2
The Comedians
The Comedians

1967

Drama

as Major H. O. Jones

6.1
0.6
The Comedians in Africa
The Comedians in Africa

1967

Documentary

as Self (uncredited)

5.3
0.1
Lionpower from MGM
Lionpower from MGM

1967

Documentary

4.5
0.2
The Quiller Memorandum
The Quiller Memorandum

1966

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Pol

5.7
0.7
Hotel Paradiso
Hotel Paradiso

1966

Comedy

as Benedict Boniface

5.4
0.3
Pasternak
Pasternak

1965

Documentary

as Himself

5
0.1
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago

1965

Drama • Romance • War

as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago

7.5
3.3
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious

1965

Comedy • War

as Wilhelm Frick

7
0.3
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964

Drama • History • War

as Marcus Aurelius

6.5
2.2
Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia

1962

Adventure • History • War

as Prince Feisal

8
5
H.M.S. Defiant
H.M.S. Defiant

1962

Adventure • History • War

as Captain Crawford

6.6
0.8
A Majority of One
A Majority of One

1961

Comedy • Drama

as Koichi Asano

5.7
0.2
Tunes of Glory
Tunes of Glory

1960

Drama

as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.

7.1
0.7
Our Man in Havana
Our Man in Havana

1960

Comedy • Thriller

as Jim Wormold

6.7
0.6
The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat

1959

Crime • Mystery • Thriller

as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue

6.8
0.5
The Horse's Mouth
The Horse's Mouth

1958

Comedy

as Gulley Jimson

6.8
1.2
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
0.4
Barnacle Bill
Barnacle Bill

1957

Comedy

as Captain William Horatio Ambrose

6.4
0.6
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

Drama • History • War

as Col. Nicholson

7.8
3.4
The Swan
The Swan

1956

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Prince Albert

6.8
0.9
The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers

1955

Comedy • Crime

as Professor Marcus

7.3
1.2
The Prisoner
The Prisoner

1955

Drama

as The Cardinal

7.2
0.4
To Paris with Love
To Paris with Love

1955

Comedy • Romance

as Sir Edgar Fraser

5.2
0.4
Rowlandson's England
Rowlandson's England

1955

Documentary

as Narrator

0
The Stratford Adventure
The Stratford Adventure

1954

Documentary

as Self

6
0.2
Father Brown
Father Brown

1954

Comedy • Crime • Mystery

as Father Brown

6.4
0.9
The Captain's Paradise
The Captain's Paradise

1953

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Captain Henry St. James

5.5
0.3
Malta Story
Malta Story

1953

Drama • History • War

as Flight Lt. Peter Ross

5.9
0.6
The Card
The Card

1952

Comedy

as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin

6.9
0.7
The Man in the White Suit
The Man in the White Suit

1951

Comedy • Science Fiction

as Sidney Stratton

6.9
1.6
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Lavender Hill Mob

1951

Comedy • Crime

as Henry 'Dutch' Holland

7.2
1.5
The Mudlark
The Mudlark

1950

Drama

as Benjamin Disraeli

6.5
0.3
Last Holiday
Last Holiday

1950

Comedy • Drama

as George Bird

7.1
0.8
A Run for Your Money
A Run for Your Money

1949

Comedy

as Whimple

6
0.4
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949

Comedy • Crime

as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha

7.7
1.5
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist

1948

Adventure • Comedy • Crime • Drama

as Fagin

7.5
2
Great Expectations
Great Expectations

1946

Drama • Romance

as Herbert Pocket

7.3
1.9
Evensong
Evensong

1934

Drama • Music • Romance • War

as W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)

0.1

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