Alec Guinness
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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
April 2, 1914Deathday
August 5, 2000Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
81Place of birth
Marylebone, London, England, UKAlso known as
Alec Guinness de Cuffe, Sir Alec Guinness, Алек Гиннесс, Сэр Алек Гиннесс, 亚历克·吉尼斯, 亞歷·堅尼斯
Cast credits
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Nicholson
Lawrence of Arabia
Prince Feisal
Doctor Zhivago
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Return of the Jedi
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Kafka
The Chief Clerk
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Papst Innozenz III.
Oliver Twist
Fagin
The Ladykillers
Professor Marcus
Murder by Death
Bensonmum
Cromwell
King Charles I
Raise the Titanic
John Bigalow
Our Man in Havana
Jim Wormold
The Man in the White Suit
Sidney Stratton
The Lavender Hill Mob
Henry 'Dutch' Holland
Scrooge
Jacob Marley's Ghost
Great Expectations
Herbert Pocket
H.M.S. Defiant
Captain Crawford
Tunes of Glory
Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
The Horse's Mouth
Gulley Jimson
The Captain's Paradise
Captain Henry St. JamesCrew credits
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