
Alec Guinness
0 FOLLOWERS • 24 CREDITS • APR 2, 1914 - AUG 5, 2000 • 86
Biography
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.
Known For

The Ed Sullivan Show

Tony Awards

The Steve Allen Show

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Oscars

Startime

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The Star Wars Holiday Special

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

Return of the Jedi

The Empire Strikes Back

The Story of Star Wars

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

The Making of Star Wars

Star Wars

Doctor Zhivago

A Passage to India

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Cromwell

Lawrence of Arabia

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
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