Star Wars1977
As Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Alec Guinness
Born
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.
Filmography (82)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019
As Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Star Wars: The Force Awakens2015
As Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Empire Strikes Back1980
As Obi-Wan Kenobi
TMDb 8.4 / 10
Return of the Jedi1983
As Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Lawrence of Arabia1962
As Prince Feisal
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Bridge on the River Kwai1957
As Col. Nicholson
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Doctor Zhivago1965
As Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Murder by Death1976
As Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Oliver Twist1948
As Fagin
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Great Expectations1946
As Herbert Pocket
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Mute Witness1995
As The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Twelfth Night1970
As Malvolio
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Fall of the Roman Empire1964
As Marcus Aurelius
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Star Wars Holiday Special1978
As Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 3.4 / 10
Raise the Titanic1980
As John Bigalow
TMDb 5.4 / 10
A Passage to India1984
As Professor Godbole
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Little Lord Fauntleroy1980
As Earl of Dorincourt
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Ladykillers1955
As Professor Marcus
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Kind Hearts and Coronets1949
As The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Monsignor Quixote1985
As Father Quixote
TMDb 8.8 / 10
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies2022
As Self - (archive footage)
TMDb 2.0 / 10
H.M.S. Defiant1962
As Captain Crawford
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Scrooge1970
As Jacob Marley's Ghost
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Scapegoat1959
As John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Cromwell1970
As King Charles I
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Man in the White Suit1951
As Sidney Stratton
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Swan1956
As Prince Albert
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Lavender Hill Mob1951
As Henry 'Dutch' Holland
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Kafka1991
As The Chief Clerk
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Little Dorrit1987
As William Dorrit
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Barnacle Bill1957
As Captain William Horatio Ambrose
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Comedians1967
As Major H. O. Jones
TMDb 6.1 / 10
A Handful of Dust1988
As Mr. Todd
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Last Holiday1950
As George Bird
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Brother Sun, Sister Moon1972
As Papst Innozenz III.
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hitler: The Comedy Years2007
As Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Quiller Memorandum1966
As Pol
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Edwin1984
As Sir Fennimore Truscott
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Hitler: The Last Ten Days1973
As Adolf Hitler
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered1993
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel2015
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Our Man in Havana1960
As Jim Wormold
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Making of Star Wars1977
As Self
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Pasternak1965
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Father Brown1954
As Father Brown
TMDb 6.5 / 10
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back1980
As Obi Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
TMDb 8.2 / 10
The Card1952
As Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Horse's Mouth1958
As Gulley Jimson
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Lovesick1983
As Sigmund Freud
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Eskimo Day1996
As James
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious1965
As Wilhelm Frick
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Tunes of Glory1960
As Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Starring Sigmund Freud
Starring Sigmund Freud2012
As (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars2004
As Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
A Run for Your Money1949
As Whimple
TMDb 6.2 / 10
A Majority of One1961
As Koichi Asano
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Captain's Paradise1953
As Captain Henry St. James
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'2000
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess2006
As Self - Actor (archive footage)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Malta Story1953
As Flight Lt. Peter Ross
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Mudlark1950
As Benjamin Disraeli
TMDb 6.6 / 10
A Foreign Field1993
As Amos
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Lionpower from MGM1967
As Self - Major H. O. Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Tales from Hollywood1992
As Heinrich Mann
TMDb 3.0 / 10
The Prisoner1955
As The Cardinal
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Hotel Paradiso1966
As Benedict Boniface
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Rowlandson's England
Rowlandson's England1955
As Narrator
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Stratford Adventure1954
As Self
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Evensong1934
As W.W.I. soldier in concert audience (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
David Lean: A Life in Film1985
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Ealing Comedies1970
As Self
When Star Wars Ruled the World2004
As Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
TMDb 8.8 / 10
Grace Kelly: The American Princess1987
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness1978
The Comedians in Africa1967
As Self (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
To Paris with Love1955
As Sir Edgar Fraser
TMDb 5.6 / 10
...On Seeing Film1958
As Self
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant1958
As Self
Caesar and Cleopatra1976
As Caesar
TMDb 8.0 / 10
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)2021
As Self (archive footage)
The Gift of Friendship1974
As Jocelyn Broome
TMDb 10.0 / 10
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