Alec Guinness
Acting
Born April 2, 1914 · 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.
Known For · 40 titles
Great Performances
Apostrophes
Omnibus
Star Wars
The South Bank Show
American Playhouse
ITV Playhouse
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Steve Allen Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Film '72
The Oscars
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Return of the Jedi
Performance
MGM Parade
Lawrence of Arabia
Screen One
Scrooge
Startime
Talking Pictures
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Doctor Zhivago
Smiley's People
Oliver Twist
Great Expectations
The Fall of the Roman Empire
The Ladykillers
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Murder by Death
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Little Lord Fauntleroy
The Man in the White Suit
The Lavender Hill Mob
A Passage to India