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Alec Guinness de Cuffe
Sir Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness
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.
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
A Pee, a Poop, a Plate: Paradise (Heidi in Dreamland)
as Self (archive footage)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive voice)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive sound) (uncredited)
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
as Self
Starring Sigmund Freud
as (archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Adolf Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage)
TV Shows
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Obi-Wan Kenobi (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 ep.
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.
Performance
as Heinrich Mann · 1 ep.
Screen One
as Amos · 1 ep.
Smiley's People
as George Smiley · 6 ep.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as George Smiley · 7 ep.
The South Bank Show
as Self · 2 ep.
Apostrophes
as Self · 1 ep.
Great Performances
as Father Quixote · 1 ep.
Omnibus
as Self · 1 ep.
