86
Age
81
Movies
17
TV Shows
8.5
Rating
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.
86
Died at
81
Movies
17
TV Shows
8.5
Avg Rating
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.
ITV Playhouse
1967
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.
Gender
Male
Birthday
April 2, 1914
Died
August 5, 2000
Birthplace
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Also Known As
Star Wars
1977
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Return of the Jedi
1983
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
Doctor Zhivago
1965
Oliver Twist
1948
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
Mute Witness
1995
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
Murder by Death
1976
Great Expectations
1946
The Card
1952
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
The Ladykillers
1955
A Handful of Dust
1988
Raise the Titanic
1980
Kafka
1991
+ 61 more movies
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Great Performances
1971
ITV Playhouse
1967
Apostrophes
1975
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Performance
1991
Omnibus
1967
The Oscars
1953
MGM Parade
1955
Startime
1959
The South Bank Show
1978
Talking Pictures
2013
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
Smiley's People
1982
Screen One
1989
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
