Actor
Alec Guinness
112 years · Marylebone, London, England, UK · 78 films
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.
Best known for
Star Wars
1977 · Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
On Disney Plus
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
On Philo
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Obi-Wan Kenobi
On YouTube TV
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
On Disney Plus
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 · Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
On Disney Plus
Lawrence of Arabia
1962 · Prince Feisal
On Netflix
Filmography 78
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022 · Self - (archive footage)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 · Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
On Disney Plus
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
On Philo
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
2015 · Self
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007 · Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004 · Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
2004 · Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000 · Self (archive footage)
Eskimo Day
1996 · James
Mute Witness
1995 · The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
On Philo
A Foreign Field
1993 · Amos
On Tubi TV
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993 · Self (archive footage)
On Kanopy
Tales from Hollywood
1992 · Heinrich Mann
Kafka
1991 · The Chief Clerk
A Handful of Dust
1988 · Mr. Todd
On Plex
Little Dorrit
1987 · William Dorrit
On Philo
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987 · Self (archive footage)
On Kanopy
Monsignor Quixote
1985 · Father Quixote
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985 · Self
A Passage to India
1984 · Professor Godbole
On YouTube Free
Edwin
1984 · Sir Fennimore Truscott
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
On Disney Plus
Lovesick
1983 · Sigmund Freud