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Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

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.

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  • Star Wars

    Star Wars

    Played Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi

    Average Rating
    8.2
    21677 votes
    Release Date
    May 25, 1977
    49 years ago
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Played Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.3
    20096 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 15, 2015
    10 years ago
  • The Empire Strikes Back

    The Empire Strikes Back

    Played Obi-Wan Kenobi

    Average Rating
    8.4
    17851 votes
    Release Date
    May 20, 1980
    46 years ago
  • Return of the Jedi

    Return of the Jedi

    Played Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi

    Average Rating
    7.9
    16456 votes
    Release Date
    May 25, 1983
    43 years ago
  • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    Played Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)

    Average Rating
    6.3
    10463 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 18, 2019
    6 years ago
  • Lawrence of Arabia

    Lawrence of Arabia

    Played Prince Feisal

    Average Rating
    8.0
    3265 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 11, 1962
    64 years ago
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    Played Col. Nicholson

    Average Rating
    7.8
    2258 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 11, 1957
    69 years ago
  • Doctor Zhivago

    Doctor Zhivago

    Played Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago

    Average Rating
    7.5
    1216 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 22, 1965
    61 years ago
  • Murder by Death

    Murder by Death

    Played Butler Jamesir Bensonmum

    Average Rating
    7.2
    855 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 23, 1976
    50 years ago
  • Kind Hearts and Coronets

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    Played The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha

    Average Rating
    7.6
    577 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 21, 1949
    77 years ago
  • The Ladykillers

    The Ladykillers

    Played Professor Marcus

    Average Rating
    7.3
    510 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 08, 1955
    71 years ago
  • The Star Wars Holiday Special

    The Star Wars Holiday Special

    Played Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    3.4
    489 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 17, 1978
    48 years ago
  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    Played Herbert Pocket

    Average Rating
    7.3
    361 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 26, 1946
    80 years ago
  • A Passage to India

    A Passage to India

    Played Professor Godbole

    Average Rating
    6.8
    314 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 14, 1984
    41 years ago
  • Little Lord Fauntleroy

    Little Lord Fauntleroy

    Played Earl of Dorincourt

    Average Rating
    7.4
    299 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 01, 1980
    46 years ago
  • The Lavender Hill Mob

    The Lavender Hill Mob

    Played Henry 'Dutch' Holland

    Average Rating
    7.2
    267 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 28, 1951
    75 years ago
  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

    Played Fagin

    Average Rating
    7.6
    246 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 28, 1948
    78 years ago
  • The Fall of the Roman Empire

    The Fall of the Roman Empire

    Played Marcus Aurelius

    Average Rating
    6.5
    215 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 24, 1964
    62 years ago
  • The Man in the White Suit

    The Man in the White Suit

    Played Sidney Stratton

    Average Rating
    6.9
    195 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 07, 1951
    75 years ago
  • Scrooge

    Scrooge

    Played Jacob Marley's Ghost

    Average Rating
    6.8
    153 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 05, 1970
    56 years ago
  • Mute Witness

    Mute Witness

    Played The Reaper

    Average Rating
    6.4
    150 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 15, 1995
    31 years ago
  • Kafka

    Kafka

    Played The Chief Clerk

    Average Rating
    6.4
    145 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 15, 1991
    34 years ago
  • Brother Sun, Sister Moon

    Brother Sun, Sister Moon

    Played Papst Innozenz III.

    Average Rating
    7.0
    131 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 03, 1972
    54 years ago
  • Our Man in Havana

    Our Man in Havana

    Played Jim Wormold

    Average Rating
    6.7
    115 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 27, 1960
    67 years ago
  • Raise the Titanic

    Raise the Titanic

    Played John Bigalow

    Average Rating
    5.3
    106 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 01, 1980
    46 years ago
  • Cromwell

    Cromwell

    Played King Charles I

    Average Rating
    6.5
    96 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 16, 1970
    56 years ago
  • The Quiller Memorandum

    The Quiller Memorandum

    Played Pol

    Average Rating
    5.8
    82 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 10, 1966
    60 years ago
  • Tunes of Glory

    Tunes of Glory

    Played Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.

    Average Rating
    7.1
    61 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 17, 1960
    66 years ago
  • H.M.S. Defiant

    H.M.S. Defiant

    Played Captain Crawford

    Average Rating
    6.5
    57 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 15, 1962
    64 years ago
  • Last Holiday

    Last Holiday

    Played George Bird

    Average Rating
    7.1
    52 votes
    Release Date
    May 15, 1950
    77 years ago
  • The Horse's Mouth

    The Horse's Mouth

    Played Gulley Jimson

    Average Rating
    6.7
    46 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 11, 1958
    68 years ago
  • The Comedians

    The Comedians

    Played Major H. O. Jones

    Average Rating
    6.1
    43 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 31, 1967
    59 years ago
  • A Handful of Dust

    A Handful of Dust

    Played Mr. Todd

    Average Rating
    6.0
    41 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 24, 1988
    38 years ago
  • The Card

    The Card

    Played Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin

    Average Rating
    6.9
    39 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 25, 1952
    75 years ago
  • Hitler: The Last Ten Days

    Hitler: The Last Ten Days

    Played Adolf Hitler

    Average Rating
    6.1
    37 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 19, 1973
    53 years ago
  • The Making of Star Wars

    The Making of Star Wars

    Played Self

    Average Rating
    7.0
    37 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 16, 1977
    49 years ago
  • The Scapegoat

    The Scapegoat

    Played John Barratt / Jacques De Gue

    Average Rating
    6.8
    34 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 06, 1959
    67 years ago
  • The Swan

    The Swan

    Played Prince Albert

    Average Rating
    6.9
    31 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 26, 1956
    70 years ago
  • Father Brown

    Father Brown

    Played Father Brown

    Average Rating
    6.4
    29 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 08, 1954
    72 years ago
  • Barnacle Bill

    Barnacle Bill

    Played Captain William Horatio Ambrose

    Average Rating
    6.4
    22 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 17, 1957
    69 years ago
  • The Story of Star Wars

    The Story of Star Wars

    Played Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    7.2
    22 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 18, 2004
    21 years ago
  • The Captain's Paradise

    The Captain's Paradise

    Played Captain Henry St. James

    Average Rating
    5.2
    21 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 09, 1953
    73 years ago
  • The Prisoner

    The Prisoner

    Played The Cardinal

    Average Rating
    7.2
    20 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 19, 1955
    72 years ago
  • A Run for Your Money

    A Run for Your Money

    Played Whimple

    Average Rating
    6.0
    18 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 23, 1949
    77 years ago
  • Malta Story

    Malta Story

    Played Flight Lt. Peter Ross

    Average Rating
    5.9
    18 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 01, 1953
    73 years ago
  • A Majority of One

    A Majority of One

    Played Koichi Asano

    Average Rating
    5.7
    15 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 27, 1961
    65 years ago
  • Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel

    Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel

    Played Self

    Average Rating
    6.3
    13 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 15, 2015
    10 years ago
  • Lovesick

    Lovesick

    Played Sigmund Freud

    Average Rating
    5.5
    12 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 18, 1983
    43 years ago
  • Little Dorrit

    Little Dorrit

    Played William Dorrit

    Average Rating
    6.5
    11 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 11, 1987
    38 years ago
  • Hotel Paradiso

    Hotel Paradiso

    Played Benedict Boniface

    Average Rating
    5.5
    11 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 01, 1966
    60 years ago
  • When Star Wars Ruled the World

    When Star Wars Ruled the World

    Played Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    8.8
    10 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 18, 2004
    21 years ago
  • SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

    SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

    Played Obi Wan Kenobi

    Average Rating
    8.6
    10 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 22, 1980
    46 years ago
  • The Mudlark

    The Mudlark

    Played Benjamin Disraeli

    Average Rating
    6.5
    8 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 03, 1950
    76 years ago
  • Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious

    Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious

    Played Wilhelm Frick

    Average Rating
    6.9
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 13, 1965
    61 years ago
  • To Paris with Love

    To Paris with Love

    Played Sir Edgar Fraser

    Average Rating
    5.2
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1955
    72 years ago
  • Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

    Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

    Played Self - Actor (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    7.2
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 16, 2006
    19 years ago
  • Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

    Played Malvolio

    Average Rating
    6.4
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 12, 1970
    56 years ago
  • Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

    Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

    Played Self (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    7.3
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 11, 1993
    33 years ago
  • The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

    The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

    Played Self (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    6.3
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 21, 2000
    25 years ago
  • The Stratford Adventure

    The Stratford Adventure

    Played Self

    Average Rating
    6.0
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 02, 1954
    72 years ago
  • The Comedians in Africa

    The Comedians in Africa

    Played Self (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.3
    3 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 31, 1967
    59 years ago
  • Eskimo Day

    Eskimo Day

    Played James

    Average Rating
    7.5
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 04, 1996
    30 years ago
  • Tales from Hollywood

    Tales from Hollywood

    Played Heinrich Mann

    Average Rating
    1.0
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 18, 1992
    33 years ago
  • Grace Kelly: The American Princess

    Grace Kelly: The American Princess

    Played Self (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    6.5
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 08, 1987
    39 years ago
  • Lionpower from MGM

    Lionpower from MGM

    Average Rating
    4.5
    2 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1967
    60 years ago
  • Pasternak

    Pasternak

    Played Himself

    Average Rating
    5.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 31, 1965
    61 years ago
  • Hitler: The Comedy Years

    Hitler: The Comedy Years

    Played Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    May 10, 2007
    19 years ago
  • Monsignor Quixote

    Monsignor Quixote

    Played Father Quixote

    Average Rating
    8.5
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1985
    41 years ago
  • Caesar and Cleopatra

    Caesar and Cleopatra

    Played Caesar

    Average Rating
    6.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 01, 1976
    50 years ago
  • Evensong

    Evensong

    Played W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    5.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 03, 1934
    92 years ago
  • A Foreign Field

    A Foreign Field

    Played Amos

    Average Rating
    0.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 10, 1993
    33 years ago
  • David Lean: A Life in Film

    David Lean: A Life in Film

    Played Self

    Average Rating
    6.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1985
    41 years ago
  • Edwin

    Edwin

    Played Sir Fennimore Truscott

    Average Rating
    8.0
    1 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1984
    42 years ago
  • The Ealing Comedies

    The Ealing Comedies

    Played Self

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 08, 1970
    56 years ago

  • The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 31, 1978
    47 years ago
  • The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

    The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

    Played Self

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1958
    69 years ago
  • The Gift of Friendship

    The Gift of Friendship

    Played Jocelyn Broome

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 24, 1974
    52 years ago

  • Rowlandson's England

    Played Narrator

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1955
    72 years ago

  • Starring Sigmund Freud

    Played (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 01, 2012
    13 years ago

  • A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)

    Played Self (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    0.0
    0 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 2021
    5 years ago
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