Alec Guinness
Born April 02, 1914 (Age: 112)
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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
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Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 98
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006
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as Self - Actor (archive footage)
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Age: 92
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004
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as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
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Age: 90
The Story of Star Wars
2004
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as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
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Age: 90
The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 86
Eskimo Day
1996
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as James
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Age: 82
A Foreign Field
1993
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as Amos
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Age: 79
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 79
Tales from Hollywood
1992
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as Heinrich Mann
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Age: 78
Kafka
1991
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as The Chief Clerk
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Age: 77
A Handful of Dust
1988
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as Mr. Todd
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Age: 74
Little Dorrit
1987
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as William Dorrit
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Age: 73
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 73
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985
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as Self
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Age: 70
Monsignor Quixote
1985
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as Father Quixote
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Age: 70
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
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
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as Earl of Dorincourt
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Age: 66
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980
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as Obi Wan Kenobi
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Age: 66
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
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
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as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited)
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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
The Gift of Friendship
1974
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as Jocelyn Broome
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Age: 60
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
Pasternak
1965
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 51
Doctor Zhivago
1965
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as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
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Age: 51
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
1965
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as Wilhelm Frick
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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
H.M.S. Defiant
1962
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as Captain Crawford
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Age: 48
A Majority of One
1961
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as Koichi Asano
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Age: 47
Tunes of Glory
1960
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as Maj. Jock Sinclair, D.S.O., M.M.
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Age: 46
Our Man in Havana
1960
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as Jim Wormold
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Age: 45
The Scapegoat
1959
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as John Barratt / Jacques De Gue
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Age: 45
The Horse's Mouth
1958
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as Gulley Jimson
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Age: 44
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958
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as Self
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Age: 43
The Swan
1956
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as Prince Albert
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Age: 42
The Ladykillers
1955
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as Professor Marcus
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Age: 41
The Prisoner
1955
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as The Cardinal
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Age: 41
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Rowlandson's England
1955
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as Narrator
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Age: 40
To Paris with Love
1955
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as Sir Edgar Fraser
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Age: 40
The Stratford Adventure
1954
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as Self
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Age: 40
Father Brown
1954
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as Father Brown
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Age: 40
The Captain's Paradise
1953
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as Captain Henry St. James
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Age: 39
Malta Story
1953
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as Flight Lt. Peter Ross
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Age: 39
The Mudlark
1950
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as Benjamin Disraeli
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Age: 36
Last Holiday
1950
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as George Bird
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Age: 36