Acting
Alec Guinness
Born 1914-04-02 · Marylebone, London, England, UK · Died 2000-08-05
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. 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: The Force Awakens
Star Wars
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
The Empire Strikes Back
Doctor Zhivago
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Return of the Jedi
Lawrence of Arabia
Oliver Twist
Great Expectations
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Ladykillers
Raise the Titanic
A Passage to India
Murder by Death
Scrooge
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Little Lord Fauntleroy
The Man in the White Suit
The Quiller Memorandum
H.M.S. Defiant
Mute Witness
Our Man in Havana
The Lavender Hill Mob
Kafka
The Scapegoat
Cromwell
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
The Making of Star Wars
The Comedians
Barnacle Bill
Last Holiday
The Prisoner
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Malta Story
The Star Wars Original Trilogy
The Captain's Paradise