Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

UKAge 112Born 2 April 1914
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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.

Movies

The Ladykillers
5.0

The Ladykillers

1955

as Professor Marcus

Murder by Death
7.2

Murder by Death

1976

as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum

Star Wars
8.2

Star Wars

1977

as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi

Doctor Zhivago
7.5

Doctor Zhivago

1965

as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago

Return of the Jedi
7.9

Return of the Jedi

1983

as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi

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