Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 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 Lawren...

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Star Wars

As Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi

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Doctor Zhivago

As Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago

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Lawrence of Arabia

As Prince Feisal

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

As Col. Nicholson

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Kafka

As The Chief Clerk

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Return of the Jedi

As Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi

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Pasternak

As Himself

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The Empire Strikes Back

As Obi-Wan Kenobi

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Brother Sun, Sister Moon

As Papst Innozenz III.

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Oliver Twist

As Fagin

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The Ladykillers

As Professor Marcus

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Murder by Death

As Butler Jamesir Bensonmum

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Cromwell

As King Charles I

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Kind Hearts and Coronets

As The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha

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Raise the Titanic

As John Bigalow

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Our Man in Havana

As Jim Wormold

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The Man in the White Suit

As Sidney Stratton

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The Lavender Hill Mob

As Henry 'Dutch' Holland

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Scrooge

As Jacob Marley's Ghost

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Great Expectations

As Herbert Pocket

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H.M.S. Defiant

As Captain Crawford

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Tunes of Glory

As Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.

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The Captain's Paradise

As Captain Henry St. James

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The Card

As Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin

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The Swan

As Prince Albert

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The Horse's Mouth

As Gulley Jimson

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A Passage to India

As Professor Godbole

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Barnacle Bill

As Captain William Horatio Ambrose

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A Run for Your Money

As Whimple

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Little Lord Fauntleroy

As Earl of Dorincourt

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A Handful of Dust

As Mr. Todd

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The Quiller Memorandum

As Pol

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Last Holiday

As George Bird

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Little Dorrit

As William Dorrit

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Malta Story

As Flight Lt. Peter Ross

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Hitler: The Last Ten Days

As Adolf Hitler

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The Fall of the Roman Empire

As Marcus Aurelius

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Hitler: The Comedy Years

As Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Mute Witness

As The Reaper

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Lovesick

As Sigmund Freud

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The Ealing Comedies

As Self

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The Prisoner

As The Cardinal

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The Comedians

As Major H. O. Jones

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To Paris with Love

As Sir Edgar Fraser

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Father Brown

As Father Brown

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The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

As Self (archive footage)

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The Mudlark

As Benjamin Disraeli

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The Scapegoat

As John Barratt / Jacques De Gue

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Hotel Paradiso

As Benedict Boniface

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Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious

As Wilhelm Frick

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A Majority of One

As Koichi Asano

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Monsignor Quixote

As Father Quixote

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The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia'

As Self (archive footage)

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The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness

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Eskimo Day

As James

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The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

As Self

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Twelfth Night

As Malvolio

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Tales from Hollywood

As Heinrich Mann

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The Gift of Friendship

As Jocelyn Broome

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Caesar and Cleopatra

As Caesar

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Evensong

As W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)

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Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

As Self - Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Audrey Hepburn: Remembered

As Self (archive footage)

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Grace Kelly: The American Princess

As Self (archive footage)

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When Star Wars Ruled the World

As Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

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The Star Wars Holiday Special

As Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Rowlandson's England

As Narrator

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

As Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)

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Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel

As Self

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SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

As Obi Wan Kenobi

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The Stratford Adventure

As Self

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Starring Sigmund Freud

As (archive footage)

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The Story of Star Wars

As Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)

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A Foreign Field

As Amos

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The Comedians in Africa

As Self (uncredited)

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David Lean: A Life in Film

As Self

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Edwin

As Sir Fennimore Truscott

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The Making of Star Wars

As Self

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

As Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)

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Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

As Self - Actor (archive footage)

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The South Bank Show

As Self

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

As Julius Caesar

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The Steve Allen Show

As Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai"

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Smiley's People

As George Smiley

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The Oscars

As Self

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Startime

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

As George Smiley

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Performance

As Heinrich Mann

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Screen One

As Amos

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Talking Pictures

As Self (archive footage)

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The Ed Sullivan Show

As Self

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Omnibus

As Self

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Apostrophes

As Self

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Great Performances

As Father Quixote