Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/2/1914
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Also Known As
Alec Guinness de CuffeSir Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness
Biography
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
Star Wars
as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Lawrence of Arabia
as Prince Feisal
Doctor Zhivago
as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Lovesick
as Sigmund Freud
Eskimo Day
as James
The Empire Strikes Back
as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Mute Witness
as The Reaper
Return of the Jedi
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
The Ladykillers
as Professor Marcus
The Story of Star Wars
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Col. Nicholson
The Man in the White Suit
as Sidney Stratton
Father Brown
as Father Brown
When Star Wars Ruled the World
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Swan
as Prince Albert
Little Dorrit
as William Dorrit
The Prisoner
as The Cardinal
The Captain's Paradise
as Captain Henry St. James