Alec Guinness
Known for: Acting
Born: April 1, 1914 in Marylebone, London, England, UK - Died: August 4, 2000
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.
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Star Wars
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Doctor Zhivago
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Lawrence of Arabia
Prince Feisal
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Nicholson
Kafka
The Chief Clerk
The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Return of the Jedi
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Pasternak
Self (archive footage)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Papst Innozenz III.
Oliver Twist
Fagin
The Ladykillers
Professor Marcus
Murder by Death
Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Cromwell
King Charles I
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
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 Captain's Paradise
Captain Henry St. James
The Card
Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin