Alec Guinness
Born April 02, 1914 (Age: 111)
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Marylebone, London, England, UK
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.
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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Filmography
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A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
2021
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 106
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
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as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
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Age: 105
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
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as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
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Age: 101
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 86
A Handful of Dust
1988
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as Mr. Todd
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Age: 74
A Passage to India
1984
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as Professor Godbole
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Age: 70
Return of the Jedi
1983
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as Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi
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Age: 69
Lovesick
1983
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as Sigmund Freud
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Age: 68
Raise the Titanic
1980
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as John Bigalow
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Age: 66
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
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as Obi-Wan Kenobi
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Age: 66
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The Art of Film: The Many Roles of Alec Guinness
1978
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as
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Age: 64
Star Wars
1977
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as Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
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Age: 63
Murder by Death
1976
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as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
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Age: 62
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
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as Adolf Hitler
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Age: 59
Scrooge
1970
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as Jacob Marley's Ghost
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Age: 56
The Quiller Memorandum
1966
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as Pol
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Age: 52
Doctor Zhivago
1965
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as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
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Age: 51
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964
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as Marcus Aurelius
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Age: 49
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
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as Prince Feisal
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Age: 48
A Majority of One
1961
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as Koichi Asano
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Age: 47
The Scapegoat
1959
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as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
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Age: 45
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958
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as Self
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Age: 43
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Rowlandson's England
1955
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as Narrator
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Age: 40