Personal Info
Birthday
April 2, 1914
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
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.
Acting Filmography (96)
2.0
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Movie2022
6.3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Movie2019
7.2
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Movie2015
6.3
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Movie2015
No Backdrop
6.2
Talking Pictures
TV Series2013
No Backdrop
5.0
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Movie2007
7.2
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Movie2006
No Backdrop
8.8
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Movie2004
No Backdrop
7.2
The Story of Star Wars
Movie2004
No Backdrop
6.8
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
Movie2000
8.0
Eskimo Day
Movie1996
6.5
Mute Witness
Movie1995
7.0
A Foreign Field
Movie1993
7.6
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Movie1993
No Backdrop
3.0
Tales from Hollywood
Movie1992
6.4
Kafka
Movie1991
No Backdrop
6.3
Performance
TV Series1991
7.2
Screen One
TV Series1989
6.1
A Handful of Dust
Movie1988
6.4
Little Dorrit
Movie1987
No Backdrop
7.0
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Movie1987
No Backdrop
8.8
Monsignor Quixote
Movie1985
No Backdrop
6.0
David Lean: A Life in Film
Movie1985
6.8
A Passage to India
Movie1984
No Backdrop
8.0
Edwin
Movie1984
7.9
Return of the Jedi
Movie1983
5.7
Lovesick
Movie1983
7.7
Smiley's People
TV Series1982
6.6
American Playhouse
TV Series1982
7.3
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Movie1980
8.3
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Movie1980
5.4
Raise the Titanic
Movie1980
8.4
The Empire Strikes Back
Movie1980
7.6
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
TV Series1979
3.4
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Movie1978
5.6
The South Bank Show
TV Series1978
7.1
The Making of Star Wars
Movie1977
8.2
Star Wars
Movie1977
7.2
Murder by Death
Movie1976
No Backdrop
8.0
Caesar and Cleopatra
Movie1976
8.5
Apostrophes
TV Series1975
No Backdrop
10.0
The Gift of Friendship
Movie1974
6.2
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Movie1973
7.0
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Movie1972
6.1
Great Performances
TV Series1971
6.8
Scrooge
Movie1970
0.0
The Ealing Comedies
Movie1970
6.6
Cromwell
Movie1970
No Backdrop
6.5
Twelfth Night
Movie1970
6.1
The Comedians
Movie1967
7.2
Omnibus
TV Series1967
7.0
ITV Playhouse
TV Series1967
No Backdrop
5.8
The Comedians in Africa
Movie1967
6.3
Lionpower from MGM
Movie1967
5.9
The Quiller Memorandum
Movie1966
6.0
Hotel Paradiso
Movie1966
No Backdrop
6.7
Pasternak
Movie1965
7.6
Doctor Zhivago
Movie1965
6.9
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
Movie1965
No Backdrop
4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV Series1965
6.5
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Movie1964
8.0
Lawrence of Arabia
Movie1962
6.5
H.M.S. Defiant
Movie1962
5.9
A Majority of One
Movie1961
7.1
Tunes of Glory
Movie1960
6.7
Our Man in Havana
Movie1960
No Backdrop
6.8
Startime
TV Series1959
6.8
The Scapegoat
Movie1959
6.8
The Horse's Mouth
Movie1958
No Backdrop
0.0
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Movie1958
No Backdrop
0.0
...On Seeing Film
Movie1958
6.6
Barnacle Bill
Movie1957
7.8
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Movie1957
No Backdrop
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
TV Series1956
6.9
The Swan
Movie1956
7.3
The Ladykillers
Movie1955
7.5
MGM Parade
TV Series1955
7.2
The Prisoner
Movie1955
5.6
To Paris with Love
Movie1955
6.2
The Stratford Adventure
Movie1954
6.5
Father Brown
Movie1954
5.7
The Captain's Paradise
Movie1953
6.1
Malta Story
Movie1953
7.0
The Oscars
TV Series1953
7.0
The Card
Movie1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV Series1951
6.9
The Man in the White Suit
Movie1951
7.2
The Lavender Hill Mob
Movie1951
6.6
The Mudlark
Movie1950
7.2
Last Holiday
Movie1950
6.2
A Run for Your Money
Movie1949
7.6
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Movie1949
7.6
Oliver Twist
Movie1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV Series1948
7.3
Great Expectations
Movie1946
6.0
Evensong
Movie1934