Alec Guinness
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.
Birthday: 02 April 1914
Birth place: Marylebone, London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Movies known for
Star Wars
Doctor Zhivago
Lawrence of Arabia
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Kafka
Pasternak
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Oliver Twist
The Ladykillers
Murder by Death
Cromwell
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Raise the Titanic
Our Man in Havana
The Man in the White Suit
The Lavender Hill Mob
Scrooge
Great Expectations
H.M.S. Defiant
Tunes of Glory
The Captain's Paradise
The Card
The Horse's Mouth
The Swan
A Passage to India
Barnacle Bill
A Run for Your Money
Little Lord Fauntleroy
A Handful of Dust
The Quiller Memorandum
Last Holiday
Little Dorrit
Malta Story
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Mute Witness
Lovesick
The Ealing Comedies
Related TV Shows
The South Bank Show
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Steve Allen Show
Smiley's People
The Oscars
Startime
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Performance
Screen One
Talking Pictures
The Ed Sullivan Show
Omnibus
Apostrophes
Great Performances