Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
02 Apr, 1914 (111 years old)
Death date
05 Aug, 2000
Alec Guinness
Biography
Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 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
Acting
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
1995
Mute Witness
1991
Kafka
1988
A Handful of Dust
1987
Little Dorrit
1984
A Passage to India
1983
Return of the Jedi
1980
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
Raise the Titanic
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1977
Star Wars
1976
Murder by Death
1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1972
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
1970
Scrooge
1970
Cromwell
1967
The Comedians
1966
The Quiller Memorandum
1966
Hotel Paradiso
1965
Doctor Zhivago
1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1962
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
H.M.S. Defiant
1961
A Majority of One
1960
Tunes of Glory
1960
Our Man in Havana
1959
The Scapegoat
1958
The Horse's Mouth
1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1954
Father Brown
1951
The Man in the White Suit
1951
The Lavender Hill Mob
1946
Great Expectations