Alec Guinness
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.
Filmography
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
as Self - (archive footage)
- No poster
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
2015
as Self
- No poster
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
as (archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
2004
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Eskimo Day
1996
as James
Mute Witness
1995
as The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
A Foreign Field
1993
as Amos
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Tales from Hollywood
1992
as Heinrich Mann
Kafka
1991
as The Chief Clerk
A Handful of Dust
1988
as Mr. Todd
Little Dorrit
1987
as William Dorrit
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Monsignor Quixote
1985
as Father Quixote
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985
as Self
A Passage to India
1984
as Professor Godbole
Edwin
1984
as Sir Fennimore Truscott