Alec Guinness
birthday: 1914-04-02
Place of birth: Marylebone, London, England, UK
deathday: 2000-08-05

Alec Guinness

Biography

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 Lawrence of Arabia and George Smiley in the TV adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

Star Wars

Star Wars

1977 . movie

Kafka

Kafka

1991 . movie

Pasternak

Pasternak

1965 . movie

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1948 . movie

Cromwell

Cromwell

1970 . movie

Scrooge

Scrooge

1970 . movie

The Card

The Card

1952 . movie

The Swan

The Swan

1956 . movie

Last Holiday

Last Holiday

1950 . movie

Malta Story

Malta Story

1953 . movie

Mute Witness

Mute Witness

1995 . movie

Lovesick

Lovesick

1983 . movie

The Prisoner

The Prisoner

1955 . movie

Father Brown

Father Brown

1954 . movie

The Mudlark

The Mudlark

1950 . movie

Eskimo Day

Eskimo Day

1996 . movie

Evensong

Evensong

1934 . movie

Edwin

Edwin

1984 . movie

Smiley's People

Smiley's People

1982 . tv

The Oscars

The Oscars

1953 . tv

Startime

Startime

1959 . tv

Performance

Performance

1991 . tv

Screen One

Screen One

1989 . tv

Omnibus

Omnibus

1967 . tv

Apostrophes

Apostrophes

1975 . tv