Alec Guinness

Known for

Acting

Born

Apr 2, 1914

Died

Aug 5, 2000

From

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.

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Star Wars

19778.2out of 10

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

20157.2out of 10

The Empire Strikes Back

19808.4out of 10

Return of the Jedi

19837.9out of 10

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

20196.2out of 10

Lawrence of Arabia

19628.0out of 10

The Bridge on the River Kwai

19577.8out of 10

Doctor Zhivago

19657.5out of 10

Murder by Death

19767.1out of 10

Kind Hearts and Coronets

19497.6out of 10

The Ladykillers

19557.3out of 10

The Star Wars Holiday Special

19783.4out of 10

Great Expectations

19467.3out of 10

A Passage to India

19846.8out of 10

Little Lord Fauntleroy

19807.3out of 10

The Lavender Hill Mob

19517.2out of 10

Oliver Twist

19487.6out of 10

The Fall of the Roman Empire

19646.5out of 10