Acting credits
91
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Alec Guinness
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 76Series: 15Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 12248
IMDb ID: nm0000027
Known for: Acting
Born: April 2, 1914
Died: August 5, 2000
Age: 86
Place of birth: Marylebone, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1934 - 2019
Years active: 86
Average TMDB rating: 6.84
Wikidata: Q103894
Also known as
Alec Guinness de Cuffe • Sir Alec Guinness
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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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Alec Guinness.
6.3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
2019 Movie
7.3
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
2015 Movie
6.3
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
as Self
2015 Movie
5.0
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007 Movie
7.2
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2006 Movie
8.8
When Star Wars Ruled the World
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2004 Movie
7.2
The Story of Star Wars
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2004 Movie
6.3
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
as Self (archive footage)
2000 Movie
7.5
Eskimo Day
as James
1996 Movie
6.4
Mute Witness
as The Reaper
1995 Movie
A Foreign Field
as Amos
1993 Movie
7.2
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
1993 Movie
1.0
Tales from Hollywood
as Heinrich Mann
1992 Movie
6.4
Kafka
as The Chief Clerk
1991 Movie
6.0
A Handful of Dust
as Mr. Todd
1988 Movie
6.5
Little Dorrit
as William Dorrit
1987 Movie
6.5
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
1987 Movie
8.5
Monsignor Quixote
as Father Quixote
1985 Movie
6.0
David Lean: A Life in Film
as Self
1985 Movie
6.8
A Passage to India
as Professor Godbole
1984 Movie
8.0
Edwin
as Sir Fennimore Truscott
1984 Movie
7.9
Return of the Jedi
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
1983 Movie
5.5
Lovesick
as Sigmund Freud
1983 Movie
7.4
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Earl of Dorincourt
1980 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Alec Guinness.
5.8
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.0
Performance
as Heinrich Mann • 1 eps
1991 Series
7.0
Screen One
as Amos • 1 eps
1989 Series
7.7
Smiley's People
as George Smiley • 6 eps
1982 Series
7.6
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as George Smiley • 7 eps
1979 Series
5.6
The South Bank Show
as Self • 2 eps
1978 Series
9.0
Apostrophes
as Self • 1 eps
1975 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as Father Quixote • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.2
Omnibus
as Self • 1 eps
1967 Series
6.0
Startime
1 eps
1959 Series
5.6
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Set of "The Bridge on the River Kwai" • 1 eps
1956 Series
MGM Parade
as self • 1 eps
1955 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 2 eps
1953 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Julius Caesar • 1 eps
1951 Series
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self • 1 eps
1948 Series