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.

Movies with Alec Guinness

• Star Wars 1977 · ★ 8.2
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015 · ★ 7.2
• The Empire Strikes Back 1980 · ★ 8.4
• Return of the Jedi 1983 · ★ 7.9
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019 · ★ 6.2
• Lawrence of Arabia 1962 · ★ 8.0
• The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 · ★ 7.8
• Doctor Zhivago 1965 · ★ 7.6
• Murder by Death 1976 · ★ 7.1
• Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 · ★ 7.6
• The Ladykillers 1955 · ★ 7.3
• The Star Wars Holiday Special 1978 · ★ 3.4
• Great Expectations 1946 · ★ 7.3
• A Passage to India 1984 · ★ 6.8
• Little Lord Fauntleroy 1980 · ★ 7.3
• The Lavender Hill Mob 1951 · ★ 7.2
• Oliver Twist 1948 · ★ 7.6
• The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964 · ★ 6.5
• The Man in the White Suit 1951 · ★ 6.9
• Scrooge 1970 · ★ 6.8
• Mute Witness 1995 · ★ 6.5
• Kafka 1991 · ★ 6.4
• Brother Sun, Sister Moon 1972 · ★ 7.1
• Our Man in Havana 1960 · ★ 6.7
• Raise the Titanic 1980 · ★ 5.4
• Cromwell 1970 · ★ 6.6
• The Quiller Memorandum 1966 · ★ 5.9
• Tunes of Glory 1960 · ★ 7.0
• H.M.S. Defiant 1962 · ★ 6.6
• Last Holiday 1950 · ★ 7.1
• The Horse's Mouth 1958 · ★ 6.7
• The Comedians 1967 · ★ 6.1
• A Handful of Dust 1988 · ★ 6.1
• Hitler: The Last Ten Days 1973 · ★ 6.2
• The Card 1952 · ★ 7.0
• The Scapegoat 1959 · ★ 6.8
• The Making of Star Wars 1977 · ★ 7.1
• The Swan 1956 · ★ 6.9
• Father Brown 1954 · ★ 6.5
• The Captain's Paradise 1953 · ★ 5.7