Alec Guinness
Acting
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.
Known for
2019Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
2015Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
2015Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Self
2007Hitler: The Comedy Years
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2004When Star Wars Ruled the World
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2004The Story of Star Wars
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2000The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
Self (archive footage)
1996Eskimo Day
James
1995Mute Witness
The Reaper
1993Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self (archive footage)
1993A Foreign Field
Amos
1992Tales from Hollywood
Heinrich Mann
1991Kafka
The Chief Clerk
1988A Handful of Dust
Mr. Todd
1987Little Dorrit
William Dorrit
1987Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
1985Monsignor Quixote
Father Quixote
1985David Lean: A Life in Film
Self
1984A Passage to India
Professor Godbole
1984Edwin
Sir Fennimore Truscott
1983Return of the Jedi
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
1983Lovesick
Sigmund Freud
1980The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
