Alec Guinness

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.

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