Alec Guinness
Birthday
Apr 02, 1914
Day of Death
Aug 05, 2000 (86 years)
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England, UK
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.
Movies (80)
Star Wars
1977
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Lionpower from MGM
1967
Return of the Jedi
1983
Hotel Paradiso
1966
Malta Story
1953
Scrooge
1970
Doctor Zhivago
1965
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
Little Dorrit
1987
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
The Story of Star Wars
2004
The Ladykillers
1955
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
A Passage to India
1984
Oliver Twist
1948
TV Shows (16)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Great Performances
1971
Apostrophes
1975
The South Bank Show
1978
Omnibus
1967
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Oscars
1953
Performance
1991
Startime
1959
Talking Pictures
2013
MGM Parade
1955
Screen One
1989
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
Smiley's People
1982
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
