Alec Guinness
Birthday
Apr 02, 1914
Day of Death
Aug 05, 2000 (86 years)
Place of Birth
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.
Movies (80)
Star Wars
1977
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
Lionpower from MGM
1967
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
Return of the Jedi
1983
Malta Story
1953
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
Doctor Zhivago
1965
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
The Ladykillers
1955
Monsignor Quixote
1985
Little Dorrit
1987
Great Expectations
1946
The Scapegoat
1959
The Quiller Memorandum
1966
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
Oliver Twist
1948
TV Shows (16)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Great Performances
1971
Apostrophes
1975
Omnibus
1967
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The South Bank Show
1978
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Oscars
1953
Performance
1991
Startime
1959
MGM Parade
1955
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
Screen One
1989
Smiley's People
1982
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Talking Pictures
2013
