Acting credits
96
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Alec Guinness
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
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Movies: 78Series: 18Crew 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 - 2022
Years active: 89
Average TMDB rating: 6.86
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.
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2022 Movie
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
2019 Movie
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
2015 Movie
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
as Self
2015 Movie
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007 Movie
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2006 Movie
When Star Wars Ruled the World
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2004 Movie
The Story of Star Wars
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
2004 Movie
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
as Self (archive footage)
2000 Movie
Eskimo Day
as James
1996 Movie
Mute Witness
as The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
1995 Movie
A Foreign Field
as Amos
1993 Movie
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
1993 Movie
Tales from Hollywood
as Heinrich Mann
1992 Movie
Kafka
as The Chief Clerk
1991 Movie
A Handful of Dust
as Mr. Todd
1988 Movie
Little Dorrit
as William Dorrit
1987 Movie
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
1987 Movie
Monsignor Quixote
as Father Quixote
1985 Movie
David Lean: A Life in Film
as Self
1985 Movie
A Passage to India
as Professor Godbole
1984 Movie
Edwin
as Sir Fennimore Truscott
1984 Movie
Return of the Jedi
as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
1983 Movie
Lovesick
as Sigmund Freud
1983 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Alec Guinness.
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2013 Series
Performance
as Heinrich Mann • 1 eps
1991 Series
Screen One
as Amos • 1 eps
1989 Series
Smiley's People
as George Smiley • 6 eps
1982 Series
American Playhouse
as Heinrich Mann • 1 eps
1982 Series
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as George Smiley • 7 eps
1979 Series
The South Bank Show
as Self • 2 eps
1978 Series
Apostrophes
as Self • 1 eps
1975 Series
Great Performances
as Father Quixote • 1 eps
1971 Series
Omnibus
as Self • 1 eps
1967 Series
ITV Playhouse
as Jocelyn Broome • 1 eps
1967 Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as The Executioner • 1 eps
1965 Series
Startime
as Jebal Deeks • 1 eps
1959 Series
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
The Oscars
as Self • 2 eps
1953 Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Julius Caesar • 1 eps
1951 Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self • 1 eps
1948 Series