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Alec Guinness
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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.
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82 acting credits · Includes cameos and other appearances where listed.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Return of the Jedi
Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
Lawrence of Arabia
Prince Feisal
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Col. Nicholson
Doctor Zhivago
Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Murder by Death
Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Marcus Aurelius
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Great Expectations
Herbert Pocket
A Passage to India
Professor Godbole
Oliver Twist
Fagin
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Raise the Titanic
John Bigalow
Mute Witness
The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
The Ladykillers
Professor Marcus
H.M.S. Defiant
Captain Crawford
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Papst Innozenz III.
The Lavender Hill Mob
Henry 'Dutch' Holland
The Man in the White Suit
Sidney Stratton
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Earl of Dorincourt
Scrooge
Jacob Marley's Ghost
A Handful of Dust
Mr. Todd
Our Man in Havana
Jim Wormold
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Adolf Hitler
The Card
Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
Cromwell
King Charles I
Tunes of Glory
Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
Little Dorrit
William Dorrit
The Swan
Prince Albert
The Scapegoat
John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
Kafka
The Chief Clerk
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious
Wilhelm Frick
Twelfth Night
Malvolio
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Last Holiday
George Bird
The Horse's Mouth
Gulley Jimson
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Self (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
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