Alec Guinness
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1914-04-02 – 2000-08-05
Place of birth: Marylebone, London, England, UK
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 Smiley in the TV adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Known for
Star Wars
1977Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Doctor Zhivago
1965Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Lawrence of Arabia
1962Prince Feisal
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957Col. Nicholson
Kafka
1991The Chief Clerk
Pasternak
1965Self (archive footage)
The Empire Strikes Back
1980Obi-Wan Kenobi
Return of the Jedi
1983Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1972Papst Innozenz III.
Oliver Twist
1948Fagin
The Ladykillers
1955Professor Marcus
Murder by Death
1976Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Cromwell
1970King Charles I
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Raise the Titanic
1980John Bigalow
Our Man in Havana
1960Jim Wormold
The Man in the White Suit
1951Sidney Stratton
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951Henry 'Dutch' Holland
Scrooge
1970Jacob Marley's Ghost