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Alec Guinness

Acting · Born April 2, 1914 · Marylebone, London, England, UK

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) — Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
• 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
• Return of the Jedi (1983) — Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962) — Prince Feisal
• Doctor Zhivago (1965) — Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
• The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) — Col. Nicholson
• The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) — Marcus Aurelius
• Murder by Death (1976) — Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
• A Passage to India (1984) — Professor Godbole
• Oliver Twist (1948) — Fagin

TV shows with Alec Guinness

• Smiley's People (1982) — George Smiley
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) — George Smiley