Alec Guinness
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.
Top Filmography
Star Wars
1977 // MOVIE
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 // MOVIE
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 // MOVIE
Return of the Jedi
1983 // MOVIE
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 // MOVIE
Lawrence of Arabia
1962 // MOVIE
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 // MOVIE
Doctor Zhivago
1965 // MOVIE
Murder by Death
1976 // MOVIE
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 // MOVIE
The Ladykillers
1955 // MOVIE
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978 // MOVIE
Great Expectations
1946 // MOVIE
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 // TV
A Passage to India
1984 // MOVIE