Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Birthday

02.04.1914

Deathday

05.08.2000

Place of birth

Marylebone, London, England, UK

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

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.

Movies

Star Wars

Star Wars

5/25/1977

Eskimo Day

Eskimo Day

4/4/1996

Edwin

Edwin

1/1/1984

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

6/28/1948

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

12/22/1965

The Prisoner

The Prisoner

4/19/1955

Last Holiday

Last Holiday

5/15/1950

The Card

The Card

2/25/1952

The Swan

The Swan

4/26/1956

Scrooge

Scrooge

11/5/1970

Cromwell

Cromwell

7/16/1970

The Mudlark

The Mudlark

10/3/1950

Barnacle Bill

Barnacle Bill

12/17/1957

Pasternak

Pasternak

12/31/1965

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

7/12/1970

Father Brown

Father Brown

6/8/1954

Mute Witness

Mute Witness

9/15/1995

Kafka

Kafka

11/15/1991

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

12/11/1987

The Comedians

The Comedians

10/31/1967

Malta Story

Malta Story

6/1/1953

Evensong

Evensong

9/3/1934

Lovesick

Lovesick

2/18/1983

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