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.
Academy Awards
Best Actor
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Known For
Star Wars
(1977)
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Scrooge
(1970)
Jacob Marley's Ghost
Return of the Jedi
(1983)
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Lawrence of Arabia
(1962)
Prince Feisal
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
(2019)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
(2015)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Empire Strikes Back
(1980)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Great Expectations
(1946)
Herbert Pocket
Doctor Zhivago
(1965)
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Raise the Titanic
(1980)
John Bigalow
The Ladykillers
(1955)
Professor Marcus
The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957)
Col. Nicholson
Oliver Twist
(1948)
Fagin
The Fall of the Roman Empire
(1964)
Marcus Aurelius
Cromwell
(1970)
King Charles I
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
(2022)
Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
Evensong
(1934)
W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)
Great Expectations
(1946)
Herbert Pocket
Oliver Twist
(1948)
Fagin
Kind Hearts and Coronets
(1949)
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
A Run for Your Money
(1949)
Whimple
Last Holiday
(1950)
George Bird
The Mudlark
(1950)
Benjamin Disraeli
The Lavender Hill Mob
(1951)
Henry 'Dutch' Holland
The Man in the White Suit
(1951)
Sidney Stratton
The Card
(1952)
Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
The Captain's Paradise
(1953)
Captain Henry St. James
Malta Story
(1953)
Flight Lt. Peter Ross
Father Brown
(1954)
Father Brown
The Stratford Adventure
(1954)
Self
The Ladykillers
(1955)
Professor Marcus
The Prisoner
(1955)
The Cardinal
To Paris with Love
(1955)
Sir Edgar Fraser
Rowlandson's England
(1955)
Narrator
The Swan
(1956)
Prince Albert
The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957)
Col. Nicholson
Barnacle Bill
(1957)
Captain William Horatio Ambrose
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
(1958)
Self
The Horse's Mouth
(1958)
Gulley Jimson
The Scapegoat
(1959)
John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
Tunes of Glory
(1960)
Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
Our Man in Havana
(1960)
Jim Wormold
A Majority of One
(1961)
Koichi Asano
H.M.S. Defiant
(1962)
Captain Crawford
Lawrence of Arabia
(1962)
Prince Feisal
The Fall of the Roman Empire
(1964)
Marcus Aurelius
Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious
(1965)
Wilhelm Frick
Doctor Zhivago
(1965)
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Pasternak
(1965)
Himself
Hotel Paradiso
(1966)
Benedict Boniface
The Quiller Memorandum
(1966)
Pol
The Comedians in Africa
(1967)
Self (uncredited)
The Comedians
(1967)
Major H. O. Jones
Scrooge
(1970)
Jacob Marley's Ghost
Cromwell
(1970)
King Charles I
The Ealing Comedies
(1970)
Self
Twelfth Night
(1970)
Malvolio
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
(1972)
Papst Innozenz III.
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
(1973)
Adolf Hitler
The Gift of Friendship
(1974)
Jocelyn Broome
Murder by Death
(1976)
Bensonmum
Caesar and Cleopatra
(1976)
Caesar
Star Wars
(1977)
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
The Making of Star Wars
(1977)
Self
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
(1978)
The Star Wars Holiday Special
(1978)
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back
(1980)
Obi Wan Kenobi
Little Lord Fauntleroy
(1980)
Earl of Dorincourt
Raise the Titanic
(1980)
John Bigalow
The Empire Strikes Back
(1980)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Lovesick
(1983)
Sigmund Freud
Return of the Jedi
(1983)
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Edwin
(1984)
Sir Fennimore Truscott
A Passage to India
(1984)
Professor Godbole
David Lean: A Life in Film
(1985)
Self
Monsignor Quixote
(1985)
Father Quixote
Little Dorrit
(1987)
William Dorrit
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
(1987)
Self (archive footage)
A Handful of Dust
(1988)
Mr. Todd
Kafka
(1991)
The Chief Clerk
Tales from Hollywood
(1992)
Heinrich Mann
A Foreign Field
(1993)
Amos
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
(1993)
Self (archive footage)
Mute Witness
(1995)
The Reaper
Eskimo Day
(1996)
James
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
(2000)
Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia'
(2003)
Self (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
(2004)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
(2004)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
(2006)
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
(2007)
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
(2015)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
(2015)
Self
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
(2019)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
(2022)
Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Writing
Crew