Acting
Alec Guinness
1914-2000
Known for Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Lawrence of Arabia.
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Born04/02/1914
Died08/05/2000
AgeDied at 86
BirthplaceMarylebone, London, England, UK
DepartmentActing
Also known asAlec Guinness de Cuffe, Sir 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.
Movie Credits
The Scapegoat (1959)
The Ladykillers (1955)
The Card (1952)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Last Holiday (1950)
Murder by Death (1976)
Scrooge (1970)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
A Majority of One (1961)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Swan (1956)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Raise the Titanic (1980)
Star Wars (1977)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Mute Witness (1995)
A Handful of Dust (1988)
The Making of Star Wars (1977)
Kafka (1991)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
