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Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Birthday: 1914-04-02 | Place of Birth: Marylebone, London, England, UK

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (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. His is 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2006
Vader Sessions

as    Obi-Wan Kenobi

2005
Star Wars: Deleted Magic

as    Self (archive footage)

2004
When Star Wars Ruled the World

as    Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

2002
Lawrence of Arabia

as    Prince Feisal

1995
Mute Witness

as    The Reaper

1991
Kafka

as    The Chief Clerk

1987
Little Dorrit

as    William Dorrit

1984
A Passage to India

as    Professor Godbole

1983
Lovesick

as    Sigmund Freud

1982
Smiley's People

as    George Smiley

1980
Raise the Titanic

as    John Bigalow

1980
SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back

as    Obi Wan Kenobi

1980
The Empire Strikes Back

as    Obi-Wan Kenobi

1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

as    George Smiley

1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

as    George Smiley

1977
Star Wars

as    Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi

1977
The Making of Star Wars

as    Self

1976
Murder by Death

as    Bensonmum

1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days

as    Adolf Hitler

1973
Brother Sun, Sister Moon

as    Papst Innozenz III.

1970
Scrooge

as    Jacob Marley's Ghost

1970
Cromwell

as    King Charles I

1969
Twelfth Night

as    Malvolio

1969
Twelfth Night

as    Malvolio

1967
The Comedians

as    Major H. O. Jones

1966
Hotel Paradiso

as    Benedict Boniface

1965
Doctor Zhivago

as    Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago

1965
Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious

as    Wilhelm Frick

1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire

as    Marcus Aurelius